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Surprise: 45-200 mk-I on G85

Started Aug 23, 2019 | Discussions thread
Terminal Boy Senior Member • Posts: 1,292
Re: Surprise: 45-200 mk-I on G85

The original 45-200 is one of those lenses you hear very little about as the received wisdom is that it was decent enough at the time, but everything else has moved forward in terms of IQ. Not unlike the 20mm f1.7 pancake being slated for poor AF performance when it’s actually perfectly good (AFC isn’t supported), just slower than later lenses because of the worm drive AF mech.

Interesting links. I guess that the 45-200 needs stopping down at the long end to get the best out of it just like the 100-300.

One thing I’ve found with my photography over the years is that if I needed more than the 35mm end of my 12-35, I needed considerably more and found the 45-150mm to be a good standby most of the time.

If the MK2 version of the venerable 45-200 is of a similar IQ to the 45-150, I might have to make space in my camera bag for one.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 Panasonic G85 Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14mm F4 ASPH Panasonic 12-35mm F2.8 Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-150mm F4-5.6 ASPH Mega OIS +2 more
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