Panasonic G9 or a 100-400 lens

Eightace wrote:

jalywol wrote:

AdaTiada wrote:

Add Lumix Leica 50-200 plus TC 2x add your list.

You will get about par with 100-400 and without TC you could use it for portrait and middle tele with excellent quality for 50-200, including better low light wildlife photos.

No, not really.
I have owned the 50-200mm and the 100-400mm, and the 50-200mm is indeed a fabulous lens, even with the TC 1.4X. With the 1.4 TC, which maxes out at 280mm, you can do very well with the 50-200mm...but the OP wants to go longer than what he has now (300mm) so it is not the optimal choice for his purposes.

Unfortunately, with the TC 2X, you have to stop down to f10 to get reliably sharp images without chromatic aberration when you are out at the long end, so at 400mm, you are a lot slower than than with the 100-400mm (which has a max aperture of 6.3, and is sharp at it)

For shooting at 400mm, the 100-400mm is definitely a better choice.

-J

Yeah i can see how the 50-200 works for many. Its nice to have high quality and better low light at shorter distances but with the option to use a TC.

But most of my wildlife photography is with the lens at 300mm and still itching for more.

Don't think F10 would work well in the UK in november. Saying that, its a fantastic day today.

Yeah, TC 2x double the aperture to at least f8. Step down to f10 is increase the sharpness.

Well, then 100-400 might suit you best.

I own old Zuiko 70-300. The AF is slow. Yes, it is slow. But I can add 2x converter if I really want the extra reach, with some expectation compromise. Manual focus is better in some circumtances.

100-400 has much faster AF. I saw in Yt that someone did a small modif in the mounting so the TC 2x teleconverter could be used with it.