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This is lengthy and may be full of stupid questions, but here we go. I worked at a TV station in the 90s as a camera operator on one of those news/talk/round table type of shows. Can't recall the brand or model, but the camera was one of those big, honkin' types on wheels with two large grips...

I recently purchased and used the Olympus Zuiko f2.8 12-40mm lens indoors. The LCD display on my AF100 never says f2.8, only something like f3.4. What am I doing wrong?

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Can anyone tell me what I did wrong? I recorded figure skaters on white ice for a skating show. Many of them have, where a dark shadow should be, a white shadow. The shadow is actually brighter than the ice.

I've seen .43x Macro brand and Vivitar brand on Amazon. Reeely cheap. Should I stay away from these? I can't seem to find a name like Panasonic or Olympus that makes a converter for this particular lens. Also, what's going to happen when I zoom with a converter on? Major vignetting?

Like the title says, can a regular follow focus be wrapped around the zoom grips of the Panasonic Lumix 35-100 lens to zoom? I regularly shoot figure skaters and need zoom and low light lens abilities together.

I am completely new to the AF100A, so let me just tell you all exactly what I want to do and tell me if the AF100A can do it (or what I need to do to accomplish my end goal). I want to record video and audio at an event through the AF100A onto an Atomos Samurai Blade. At the same time, I have...