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  1. J

    Panasonic 100-300 help

    The Pana-Leica 100-400mm is now supposed to be announced Jan. 5, and the Oly on Jan. 6. They appear to be competing to get these out--probably because they know whoever lags behind is going to lose sales to the other. So I'm hoping/expecting they'll be available fairly soon. Interesting...
  2. J

    Panasonic 100-300 help

    Thanks. DxO mark does give the lens a slightly higher rating when combined with the Olympus EM-1 than with the Panny GH-2, GH-3, or GX-7 (GH-4 is not rated). http://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Panasonic/Panasonic-LUMIX-G-VARIO-100-300mm-F40-56-MEGA-OIS-mounted-on-Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-GX7__901...
  3. J

    Panasonic 100-300 help

    Attached are some recent photos of mine taken on an E-M1 with the 100mm-300mm Panasonic lens. These are handheld at maximum zoom with the aperture set at F7.1, and are among the sharpest photos I took on a recent Peru trip. To my mind, these refute the notion that you cannot get sharp photos...
  4. J

    Panasonic 100-300 help

    Hi, I do not think that is a fair comparison. I expect most photos are going to look softer at ISO 2500 than ISO 400 regardless of your equipment. Also, you do not say whether you are shooting raw. For a fair comparison, you should shoot raw and then postprocess in the same fashion...
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