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you needn't feel too bad about new panasonic coming out... given how developmental the GH5 was at photokina, I'd be surprised if you see it on the shelves within 6months and it won't have IBIS anyway.

Every bricks and mortar store i walk into in Australia has it on the shelf and have for months... cant imagine why its hard to get anywhere unless they sent them all to Oz!

surprised no comments, you have a great diversity of images here, the volcano crater shots are great, and borobodur shot in that compressed manner with misty background works well. Nice candids ...

i'd second this advice. I have a range of gear including Full Frame Canon and Sony equipment (currently the a7rii), but when I travel and especially for anything requiring trekking the micro four ...

correct

I've been reading a lot of posts that point to lens quality/capability being a limiting factor for the new pixel shift high resolution modes, similar to how the more recent batches of ~50Mp ...

fair enough, doubt I'll ever get the chance to try the CV, but I might give the Samyang a go. I had the 14 on my canon and was sorry I sold it. I do know they can make super sharp optics.

I know that this comment is made with some context (and experience), and I haven't used the CZ or Samyang, but having owned and used the 135L I just cannot imagine anyone ever being disappointed ...

Placed 37^th in the challenge.

Placed 68^th in the challenge.

Yes but they can be market aware in their sequencing. .. surely 135mm is way overdue and given the lack of competition would surely have sold better than another 85 no matter how wonderful.

superb, moving and peaceful... really enjoyed

Now that's  service for the OP :-)

Surprised this hasnt received any comment. Tokina make some outstanding glass both in optical and mechanical quality. 20 at f2 and still with a reasonably compact size 62mm filter and 490gm. .. ...

mick this looks normal to me. I wouldn't expect to be seeing much in the way of sharp blades of grass this far away at F9 at the best of times noting it appears your focus is on the house here.

Your photo is grossly under-exposed which will greatly increase the apparent noise.

ok I've had a good look at both of these at via the site's loupe tool. Yes there is a softening toward the edges... that said it does not appear extreme and I do not think there is anything wrong ...

can you post some samples of what you are seeing here?

thanks all for posting. I'm greatly encouraged by what I've read and seen here. Would still welcome seeing more examples and especially any at the long end stopped down for corner sharpness.

these are a particularly convincing set.  Very impressed.