cap'n bill
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There seems little comment on this lens and I haven't seen many examples of it. I didn't get one when I bought the camera and am wondering whether to get one now. Advice and pictures please.
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Well there's my problem. I have the Oly 50-200. Optically it's great but the manual focus is awful, no feel to it, no distance scale or stops and very difficult to use when things are moving quickly. The 12-60 is much better because it has real mechanical focusing. I really miss AF on the tele for wildlife and motor sport to the extent that I'm thinking of buying either the Panasonic lens or, for about the same or rather less money, an e420 body just for tele work.I've got one. I'd agree that it's fine for the money, but it's not going to knock your socks off optically compared to something like the Olympus 50-200mm. Of course, it's not going to break your back like the Olympus either...
Same with me Diane. It is a good lens, but at least so far I haven't used the 45-200 very often. Other long lenses I do use occasionally with the G1 are the CV 75mm f/2.5 Heliar and the Canon FD 85mm f/1.8.Its interesting that there are so many fewer 45-200 photos than for the 14-45 thread. It leads one to a conclusion that this lens is used a lot less than the kit lens--I wonder?!?!? I do know that I carry it less--use it less also. For my part, its primarily because I tend to shoot under 45mm primarily. Is it the same for others or are they using other long lenses??
Diane
I would guess it's simply because it's almost impossible to buy a new G1 without the 14-45 lens, but the 45-200 is an optional purchase... and a fairly costly one at that. So, the universe of 14-45 users is much larger, meaning the pool of post-worthy 14-45 pictures is proportionally larger as well.Its interesting that there are so many fewer 45-200 photos than for the 14-45 thread. It leads one to a conclusion that this lens is used a lot less than the kit lens--I wonder?!?!? I do know that I carry it less--use it less also. For my part, its primarily because I tend to shoot under 45mm primarily. Is it the same for others or are they using other long lenses?
Thanks for the info,TEBThere are a couple of ways. If the image is on your hard drive. Hit the go advanced button and then use the paperclip. If you are linking to your picture on line use the little square with the mountain in it and and paste in your url
Here are instructions
http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54