Who Chose the 300 f4 over the 100-400 for Birding and Why?

petebuster wrote:

sdw1 wrote:

petebuster wrote:

sdw1 wrote:

Pd printer wrote:

I am interested in a M4/3 system for photography which requires more magnification i.e. macro and birds/reptiles. Both the 300 and 100-400 allow quite close focusing which would important use of these lenses for me but I have not seen any comparison at the closest range. Otherwise I would tend to the 300.

Also I have not made any decision on which camera: GX8 or PenF. Panasonic uses the same batteries as my Leica Q and I like the tiltable viewfinder but I am concerned losing the advantage of IBIS working with Olympus lenses.

We are thinking the same thing Pd printer.

The 6 stop sync IS available with the 300 and EM5 II seems very desirable.

Another feature we like in the 100-400 is the 72mm filter size which would allow us to use the filters we already have for the 40-150 Pro.

I guess we're like everyone else; we wish the Oly and Panny stabilizer systems were fully cross compatible.

Both the 300 and 100-400 have advantages and disadvantages, but I'm glad they are here!

Doc

The thing with the Olympus 300mm f4 price is for less cost you could get a nikon dslr, tc and their image stabilised 300mm f4 and have a bigger sensor so Imo it's a no brainer and there's little difference in size and weight so why spend all that on a lens??? To me Olympus have shot themselves in the foot with that one.over 2k for a not very versatile lens is ridiculous.

Petebuster:

Are you referring to the Nikkor 300 F4 made for full frame? I'll look into it - saw a price of $1995.00 on it but need to know more.

And, thanks for your response.

Doc

It works just as well on aspc, I know I've tried it, on ff it's not going to be a cheaper combo but with say a d7100 it's much cheaper than the Olympus lens alone, it's the newer pf ed vr

So, if I have this right, on a D7100 the 300 PF becomes a 450mm, add a 1.4TC and it becomes a 630mm F5.6, and a 2.0TC takes it out to 900mm at F6.3?

Also, you probably crop pics in PP some as well, right?

Is that working well for you?

My thought about the Oly 300 F4 (600mm on an EM5 II) was also to use it with the MC-14 TC which I already have and which would take the 300 out to 840mm at F5.6... ...and I would not have to invest in another body or system.

But yes, I see some advantages of going with a bigger sensor and another system; just don't know if I want to do that right now - but am open.

Doc