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PROS: BIF Your Experiences Panasonic 100-300mm f/4-5.6 on Oly EM1X or Mark II

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3Percent
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PROS: BIF Your Experiences Panasonic 100-300mm f/4-5.6 on Oly EM1X or Mark II

Particularly looking for thoughts using the Panasonic 100-300mm f/4-5.6 on the E-M1X and/or E-M1 Mark II.

  • Image Stabilization: Do you shut off the lens IS and use just the body, or vice versa (since both don't work in synchro together)? Assume shut off the lens IS since the bodies have better IS built in.
  • Continuous AF Tracking: Do you find that this lens communicates with either body in terms of speed of acquisition, holding a lock, and overall hit rates?

I've never used mine with an Oly body before. I have two new bodies coming (sure you can guess which), so looking for experiences using this lens on either body for BIF, aircraft, or other action photography.

I prefer high quality zooms to prime lenses for action photography. The Pana 100-400mm is much larger, heavier, and more expensive than the 100-300mm I have currently.

Doubt the 12-200mm OLY is any good for BIF/action, but there's no founding in that doubt, just my hunch. Seems more like a vacation-all in one kind of lens than something to be taken seriously for action. But better to ask.

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