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TAMRON AF 70-300mm on GH4?

Started Apr 14, 2018 | Discussions thread
Astrotripper Veteran Member • Posts: 8,676
Are you sure?
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latency wrote:

I'm interested in buying a TAMRON AF 70-300mm for my Panasonic GH4 but have no clue which adapter to use. Metabones speed boosters are far to expensive in my opinion. I know there are cheaper alternatives but have no idea of which model that will work?

Are you sure it's worth it? I mean, even if you are speaking of the cheapest 70-300 Tamron, the adapter would more than double the total price and if you want a focal reducer version, it's gonna be even more.

So it might end up costing similar to native Olympus 75-300, which is going to be smaller, lighter, offer better image quality and autofocus performance. It's regularly on sale and part of promotions. If I remember correctly, it was about 350 EUR during last cashback in Europe.

Now, if you plan to get some other cheap EF lenses to use adapted, it might be a different calculation.

For the record, I use Metabones SpeedBooster with Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8, which I consider to be the craziest thing I bought for my camera. Especially seeing how now I could have gotten the Viltrox adapter for like 1/3 of the price.

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