Panasonic 100-400mm vs others

Martin.au wrote:

I appreciate Panasonic's design choices. There's now two other 100-400 lenses, both f4-5.6 out now.

• Panasonic 100-400 f4-6.3 comes in at almost exactly the same size as the 40-150 f2.8 + TC.

83mm x 172mm & 985gm

• Fuji's 100-400 f4.5-5.6

95mm x 211mm & 1375gm

• Canon 100-400 f4-5.6

94mm x 193mm & 1550gm (1615gm with foot).

Given those weights and sizes, I'm quite glad Panasonic went with the smaller aperture. At that size, it's compatible with all my existing bags, and anything I've built to hold the 40-150+tc (eg: my kayak deck bag).

Hopefully that lens will perform, too.

Its excellent choices m4/3 is getting and wonderful to see Martin. Makes me smile and looking forward to what a few in here will take with those lenses.

Just been looking at that Fuji, another stunning lens. A good review out and saw some snake shots taken with it, phew, it's another beauty. Mind you, they are taken by one heck of an expert at what hes doing !!. All those lenses you have listed there would be among the top tele zoom lenses out there at the moment IMO, we just need to see more from the Panasonic.

Prefer heavier lenses for stability, I like the bulk I guess, but that's not what everyone is into for sure. 350-400mm is about right for m4/3, but that also depends on where you shoot and how co operative the subjects are.

All the best and this is something Sony should have done years ago. I have no idea what they are thinking. If you don't have the lenses, they won't come to start with

Danny.