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Why no 400mm or longer M43 Lenses

ragnar — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:46:54 +0000

I might be answering this question myself but I would still like to hear from others on this topic. As far as I know 300mm is the top end for M43 lenses. I own the Pana 100-300 lens and use it a lot for bird photography and I enjoy its qualities. I'm wondering if there is a specific technological reason why neither Pana or Oly have not come out with a longer M43 lens. Is it just a size consideration as it would be too big for M43 cams? I guess I could understand that. Maybe there is no demand for anything longer than 300mm for M43?

I've adapted several longers FD lenses to my GH2 and it works of course but I would really love a true M43 400mm or longer lens. I suppose with the Metabones thingy I could adapt a Canon 600mm EF lens and go that route but that'll cost many benjamins for sure. My 100-300 lens is very portable so I think that 400mm could be done but perhaps 300mm is the technological sweet spot for M43 cams and lenses and going 400mm would be just too difficult?

Harold

200-400mm F4 Canon lens

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:02:54 +0000

Specifications

200–400 mm
4 stops IS
F4-F32
9 blades
25 elements in 20 groups
Minimum focus at 2m
Magnification - 0.15x
Ultrasonic ring AF
Magnesium alloy barrel
Sealed
Filter thread - 52mm for drop in filter
3 position distance limiter
Built-in 1.4x extender (8 elements in 4 groups)m making lens 280-560mm F5.6 lens with 0.21x max magnification
3620 g (7.98 lb)
Diameter - 128 mm (5.04″)
Length - 366 mm (14.41″)

Previews and samples:

http://www.focus-numerique.com/canon-ef-200-400mm-4l-is-usm-extender-1-4x-12-999-euros-news-4250.html

Available at:

http://www.adorama.com/CA2004004.html

400mm f/5.6L Canon EF on my GH2?

ragnar — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:14:40 +0000

I've got this lens on my wishlist at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-400mm-Super-Telephoto-Cameras/dp/B00009USW3/

and was wondering if I could adapt it for use on my GH2. I have a Vivitar 400mm FD lens that I use. I also have the Lumix 100-300 lens. I'm thinking maybe this Canon lens would be really sharp for my nature photography/video as the Vivitar isn't that great and the 100-300 is a bit dull after 200mm. I think that Canon 400 I have listed is manual, but I could be wrong.

Harold House

Any cheap AF zoom lens for GH1?

vishalrana — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:39:44 +0000

Thanks to Vitaliy - many of us have been able to hack a GH1 (even the recently untouchable unhackable model). So thanks to him first of all. For a DSLR nooB it's a great feat :-) Ok actually its a great feat by Vitaliy.

Now I gotta find a lens that is cheap, future-proof and hopefully able to keep focus during HD shoots.
I've just started reading a whole lot of stuff about adapters and different kinds of lens - nikon/olympus/tokina/canon FD and my head is spinning already.
So any suggestions for a good cheap lens adapter and a decent zoom lens upto 200/300/400mm?

Thanks in advance and for the great job Vitaliy and the community is doing.