C200: anyone using the CN-E 18-80? Is AF working with this lens?

Clermond

Clermond

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anyone using the CN-E 18-80? Is AF working with this lens?

I'd appreciate someone had some sample footage. Thanks!
 
AF is working with this lens on the C200, I can upload some footage when I get home.




Edit: I no longer have the lens test footage from when we initially bought the lens, just client footage which I can't post.

We got the best results using AF Boosted MF and/or Face Detection. Also never tried with the lens stabilization enabled.
With the camera in Continuous AF, it seemed to either hunt or be slower to respond to movement in the frame than other lenses that I regularly use. (AF Speed at 0 and response at 0).
It is definitely a slower focusing lens than the Sigma 18-35 for example, which i have been shooting at Speed -7 recently when I'm not focusing manually.

Hope that helps, maybe others have footage for you.
 
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Its my go-to lens on the C300m2, I now believe AF is fine, can totally rely on it in run/gun situations. Ive set the assignable button 1 on the grip to toggle on/off AF just it case, works great. But I dont rely on AF in low light, it can struggle. But generally better than the Af on for instance 70-200 f2,8 II. That really hunts, I dont trust it at all.

Hope that helps.
Dont have any available examples im afraid at the moment.

But I can recommend the lens!
 
Worked with the lens for three years. Really nice lens. Parfocal, beautiful images, nice and contrasty. The stabilisation has three settings which is great. Great for handheld work when you're shooting at 80mm, but also to reduce tiny whobbles on a lighter tripod. If it were 2.8 it was perfect. Yet more heavy, and ... ah here we go again...
 
puredrifting said:
Except Canon would then be charging $8-9k for it and it would weigh a ton more.
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I don't think it would be under 10k :)

I own the lens. I like it. It literally lives on my EVA1.
I am thinking back and forth of switching to C200 or C500ii.
Keeping the 18-80 would be a point for the C200
 
Does it vignette?
If you have a UV or polarizer on it will you get dark corners?
The 17-55 vignettes like crazy on my C200.
It lives on my BMPC.
The last time I was at Canon Burbank they didn't have one to look at.
I guess I could rent one for a week for $300 if I get super interested.
 
Stills2HDConvert said:
Does it vignette?
If you have a UV or polarizer on it will you get dark corners?
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it doesn't vignette at all. I have a clear protection filter on all my lenses it since a cow once spit on one. I never use a polarizer. I can't tell anyting about BMPC neither about the 17-55.
 
Clermond said:
I don't think it would be under 10k :)

I own the lens. I like it. It literally lives on my EVA1.
I am thinking back and forth of switching to C200 or C500ii.
Keeping the 18-80 would be a point for the C200
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Having shot several times with the EVA 1 and shot a LOT with the C200 over the past two years since we bought it, I like the images from the EVA 1,
it's a great camera. I like the I/O. Operationally though, it needs an EVF, which is $$. The AF is useless, the included screen is dim, the OSD fonts are way too
tiny to see, even with reading glasses, they're microscopic. And on top of all of that, it can't shoot internal RAW.

The only real downside of the of the C200 for us, only occasionally is no TC i/o, although my Tentacle Sync Es solve that issue. I, for one, bought the C200 specifically
to shoot RAW so the lack of XF-AVC 10-bit isn't a drawback for me at all, that's why I bought the C300 MKII. But YMMV, it seems like the rest of the world regards the
C200 as a failure simply because it lacks a stupid mid-range codec. It's actually a brilliant camera that lacks a few things for broadcast type shooters, that's it.
And the Cinema RAW Light, when well shot and lit is breathtaking. The CN E Compact zooms are good on the C200/C300 MKII but they are a bit slow for some work
and it pisses me off that I have to buy that stupid Zacuto cable to use them. But very good (non-cine) lenses.
 
Clermond said:
anyone using the CN-E 18-80? Is AF working with this lens?

I'd appreciate someone had some sample footage. Thanks!
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I have use this lens on several projects and don’t recall the autofocus behaving any differently than most of my other Canon lenses. The only lenses that I have noticed a drop in response to auto focus is the canon 17-55 and the sigma art 18-35.
 
Clermond said:
it doesn't vignette at all. I have a clear protection filter on all my lenses it since a cow once spit on one. I never use a polarizer. I can't tell anyting about BMPC neither about the 17-55.
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The crop factor on the BMPC is 1.7 so the 17-55 doesn't vignette.
 
puredrifting said:
C200 as a failure simply because it lacks a stupid mid-range codec. It's actually a brilliant camera that lacks a few things for broadcast type shooters, that's it. s.
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I am happy with the images of the EVA1. I admit the lack of the mid range codec was the final reason against the C200. I started to reconsider this seeing more the benefits of a reliable AF. I have no decision made yet. Staying in the Panasonic ecosystem with EVA1 S1 S1R and GH5s or switching to C200 or even C500II
 
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