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GH4 Lens

Started Sep 21, 2018 | Discussions thread
alcelc
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Re: GH4 Lens

Hudsonriver wrote:

I have the GH4 and the 14 to 140 Lens and I want more zoom but I understand non Pan and Zeiss Lens don't have full function with Panasonic cameras but they are too expensive for my budget.

Can someone tell me what function is missing and if there a work around.I was hoping to get 400mm or so

I appreciate any advice....Thanks...Jeff

We don't have a non adapted Zeiss lens yet... Do you mean the Panasonic Leica instead?

Are you talking about 400mm eq AoV to FF or 400mm physical focal length in native M43? If 400mm eq AoV, there are the cheap 45-200 f/4-5.6 and 100-300 f/4-5.6 that can have an eq AoV to FF of 400mm/600mm. Mark I of these 2 lenses are very cost friendly, even their Mk-II versions are not costly. But these 2 lenses have to be stopped down to f/7.1-8 for better result.

There are also the premium version 200 f/2.8 with a 1.4x TC to give 280 focal length or 560 eq AoV to FF, the 50-200 f/2.8-4 or Olympus 300 f/4, 40-150 f/2.8 w/ 1.4x TC etc...

If you need a physical focal length of 400, the expensive Pany Leica 100-400 is the only option recently.

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