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A week of travel with manual focus primes on the GX8

Started Jun 2, 2016 | User reviews thread
mshine
mshine Regular Member • Posts: 195
Re: A week of travel with manual focus primes on the GX8
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Congrats for an excellent lens choice!

Only 'body' IS works with manual lenses, and when taking stills. Unfortunately, with manual lenses video doesn't have IBIS.

Set IBIS focal length in terms of the format, at 18mm. However, if you're coming from Olympus don't expect a miracle from the IBIS...

Also, I've found peaking unreliable with shallow dof. Better way to 'peek' is to set sharpness at maximum +5 for chosen picture mode. High contrast areas start to flicker when in focus and indicate critical focus accurately. Note that this method works only when shooting raw; maximum sharpness setting will ruin jpgs by oversharpening them.

DogsRule wrote:

Hi, Cameron. I have a GX8 and I JUST got the Voigtlander 17.5 mm. Which stabilization are you using in the menu--or, rather, which one qualifies as IBIS (both?)? Then, when the camera turns on, and the camera asks about the focal length, do you stay at 35mm? Should I switch to 18mm?

Confused. Thanks either way.

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