GH2 Lumix G X Vario 12-35 Test Footage

[Erik Naso]

I received the lens a few weeks ago and just got to shooting with it. Really like this new high quality lens. I used an AF-100 but I also have a GH2 so owning this little beauty is double awesome! From what I can tell it’s parfocal. It’s not a servo lens but when you change focal range it holds focus. I didn’t test doing pushes and pulls yet. I should have done this but my shooting time was short.

 

[AdrianF]

Thanks for posting. Once the new camera body comes out, then this lens should be getting a lot of attention.
How do you find the feel of the focus ring for manual focussing?

 

[Erik Naso]

Thanks for posting. Once the new camera body comes out, then this lens should be getting a lot of attention.
How do you find the feel of the focus ring for manual focussing?

Its smooth with some dampening. Unfortunately no repeatable focus. I tested the lens with a Tilta follow focus that has two hard stops. The focus never repeated between them. Also it’s not a servo style zoom. I got a exposure stutter when preforming a slow push/pull. The lens does hold focus when changing focal range.

 

[OldCorpse]

Oh this is marvelous! By the strangest coincidence tomorrow I'm going to make extensive cam+lens tests at Old Mission Santa Ines so it was super nice to see some test footage from another mission... in general, I've been visiting and shooting the Cali missions for years and years now - just love 'em.

What filters were you using around 0:57 to 1:13? Very nice footage in general. I loved the shot of the sun revealed as you move past the building... impressive lens. I know you loves yer AF100, but admit, the GH2 ain't too shabby

 

[Erik Naso]

Oh this is marvelous! By the strangest coincidence tomorrow I'm going to make extensive cam+lens tests at Old Mission Santa Ines so it was super nice to see some test footage from another mission... in general, I've been visiting and shooting the Cali missions for years and years now - just love 'em.

What filters were you using around 0:57 to 1:13? Very nice footage in general. I loved the shot of the sun revealed as you move past the building... impressive lens. I know you loves yer AF100, but admit, the GH2 ain't too shabby

I only used a polarizer filter. Graded the footage with Magic Bullet Colorista II. I shoot fairly flat to get the most out the image in post.

I love the GH2! It’s not one or the other for me. It’s both! The GH2 has turned into my main stills camera for time lapse shooting and general all around stills. I shoot most product reviews with it. It’s a great camera. My AF-100 does the heavy lifting for video production but the GH2 is always with me in case I need a second camera or a backup. Cant wait for an upgraded GH2

 

[AdrianF]

Its smooth with some dampening. Unfortunately no repeatable focus.

Thanks for confirming. It's one of the downsides these fly by wire lenses, not being able to repeat focus. If it has a good feel, then I can live with that.

 

[Jim Simon]

It's one of the downsides these fly by wire lenses

I really wish these camera and lens makers would give us what we really need here, both auto and mechanical focus and iris on every single lens ever made, with hard stops and very repeatable in manual mode. As well we need both servo and mechanical zoom on all zoom lenses. Usually they give us one or the other, but we really need lenses with both auto and mechanical. I mean, video lenses do it with zoom and aperture just fine, changed with the flip of a switch, so there's no reason it can't be done with focus as well.

 

[peripatew]

How does the in-lens image stabilization work? I'm mostly using Canon FD's and the Panny 25mm/1.4 w/ a pocket rig. I'm considering dropping some of those lenses to pick this up, but one of the advantages would be reducing "the shakes". I realize a full rig with counter balance would possible be a better first investment, but a lot of the places I shoot I wouldn't have the luxury of using a rig like that.

Can you speak to the stability improvements over a non-stabilized lens?

 

[stoneinapond]

How does the in-lens image stabilization work?

The image stabilization is one of the strong points of this lens. It is in my opinion one of the best implementations although I have not tried every Panasonic lens. In terms of comparison to a non stabilized lens, there is no comparison.

 

[Erik Naso]

How does the in-lens image stabilization work? I'm mostly using Canon FD's and the Panny 25mm/1.4 w/ a pocket rig. I'm considering dropping some of those lenses to pick this up, but one of the advantages would be reducing "the shakes". I realize a full rig with counter balance would possible be a better first investment, but a lot of the places I shoot I wouldn't have the luxury of using a rig like that.

Can you speak to the stability improvements over a non-stabilized lens?

Takes the small jitter out. It won't make the camera an instant SteadiCam but defiantly helps.