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G7 - telephoto distance

Started Mar 27, 2017 | Questions thread
hindesite Veteran Member • Posts: 4,893
Re: G7 - telephoto distance

KOM2016 wrote:

That is what I thought too - however then I read (also here in the forum) that the camera will not use the lense to its full potential (various reasons, one was that the G7 does not have an internal image stabilizer) - that made me think a bit - what are your thoughts on that?

Doesn't matter. At that focal length you aren't likely to be handholding anyway; and Panasonic themselves say that Dual IS loses effectiveness above 280mm.

And the full potential you refer to is only an incremental improvement on what the system can already achieve, and anyway will be unleashed when you upgrade to the GH5

what I was considering before the 100-400 idea came up was to buy a sigma 50-500 for example and some kind of adapter - how does this idea compare to the 100-400mm from panasonic?

Doesn't stack up - do the sums. Also consider that the Sigma isn't even compatible with the G7 in terms of DFD, let alone the Dual IS aspect you mention above.

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