GH4 Long lens options

The 100-300 is not bad, but if I didn't need ois or AF I would go with legacy glass. I've done extensive shooting with the Nikon 300 f4 ED AF and Canon FDn 300 f2.8L on AF100, GH2 and GH3. With the GH4 I am getting almost a 500mm ff equivalent fov using a Canon FDn 200 f2.8 (IF), and it looks really good.
 
I have a 600mm AIS ED that is amazing on the GH4, but it takes a 15 lbs tripod and fluid head to keep it steady.

I also have the 100-300 and it is a very nice lens. It is difficult to do manual focus with though.

Cheers,
Pete
 
The 45-200 surprised me as being pretty darn sharp, even at 200mm. But it was difficult to control handheld at that end.
 
All of the shots are on a motion-controlled rig or a set of sticks. No hand-holding for this project. I am looking for resolution and details.
 
I tried my Nikon 70-300 F4.5-5.6G with the Metabones. Frankly, it looked like crap, but I was using a cheap Vari-ND. I need to try the same setup with a quality ND to see if that was what made the image look like crap.
 
The 100-300, the 45-200 and the Nikon 70-300 are consumer grade lenses and thus you need to adjust your expectations accordingly. Currently there's only one good telephoto zoom, and that's the 35-100/2.8.

Someone mentioned the Nikon 300mm lenses, and they're all good. My favourite for this is the AFS 300mm f/4. It's so good even the dense sensor of the Nikon 1 cameras doesn't hamper it. Of course if you can get one of those superteles...
 
DigitalBard said:
The 45-200 surprised me as being pretty darn sharp, even at 200mm. But it was difficult to control handheld at that end.
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I've got this lens and at the long end (appr 400mm equiv) it seems to work well for video tripod mounted. In the project below I also kept pulling it off the tripod for handheld still images and it also worked well. The OIS helped (I left it on even when tripod mounted since I was doing no panning).

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?325241-Hummingbirds-In-A-Sanctuary-1st-GH4-Project
 
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