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Leica 100-400mm vs Olympus100-400mm -Which is the best?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ส.ค. 2020
- I'm comparing the Olympus 100-400mm + Lumix G9 combo to the Leica 100-400mm + Olympus E-M1III combo with Peter Forsgård.
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Peter says in the video that Olympus Pro Capture works with the Leica lens, but the L does not work.
Congratulations on hitting 20k subs, Matti!
So nice to see both of you together again! Been waiting for this "crossover" to happen for a loooooong time. Finally! And perfect topic too, many people would be interested to find out about Panasonic vs Olympus 100-400mm lens. My only wish is to be the one filming all this!
Thanks bro. Would be totally awesome to have you filming these videos for us. Maybe some day.
Hi Robin!
Haha, so thats the holy trinity of M43 on one spot: Matti, Peter and Robin. Having you subbed all three this is just a dream coming true. Robin, you gotta get to Helsinki as soon as worldwide restrictions will loosen... ok? :-)
Jiffi Joff I agree! But I will also put in this list: Rob Trek and David Thorpe!
I love crossovers, and love to see you all together in Malaysia and Finland
I am sorry for Oly but I do prefer the Panasonic. It is smaller, brighter, a less confusing IS, it just seems like a more rounded lens.
The Dynamic Duo!!! Great to see you guys together and in the beautiful Helsinki weather!
Thanks! We try to make more of these in the future.
@@mattisulanto -- It's good to be reminded that M43 is an industry standard supported by a number of manufacturers, and there are great products from big names like Panasonic and Olympus which interoperate (as well as smaller manufacturers) -- that shows that there are more options out there for the M43 photographer. I own a G85 and a handful of Panasonic M43 lenses, but if I come across a good deal on an Olympus M43 lens which fills in a need or function that I do not already have, it's a great thing to know that such a lens would work fine on my camera. Or -- there are some very nice Olympus M43 cameras with some features that I do not have in my G85 -- and if I have an opportunity to get one of those cameras at a great price, I know that it should work great with my existing Panasonic lenses. Plus it's fun to see you guys have to interact totally in English when I am sure that it would be easier for you in Finnish! Thanks!!!
@@aengusmacnaughton1375 I love M4/3 for that reason! I mix and match an E-M1ii with my girlfriend's G7, and I'll be adding a BMPCC4k for short films and a GX85 for travel, all with a mix-and-match set of Oly, Pana and the Meike cine lenses.
@@TonyMacina -- Yep -- it's like 30-40 years ago when you could buy SLRs from a handful of companies and they had the Pentax K mount, and you had a more than a dozen companies who made lenses for the K mount -- so you could stick with one lens mount but have lots of choices for cameras/features and lenses.
Nice cooperation. You two should continue this type of video, promoting Finland and MFT.
Thanks! We have to do this more often.
Thanks for this, gentlemen. Sticking with the Leica. Enjoyable piece of kit.
Thanks!
My wife and I do a lot of still and video work for a living, using a mix of Lumix and Olympus gear. Speaking about still photography, I feel people in our situation are a bit forgotten about with compatibility. My wife prefers to use Lumix bodies because she is more familiar with the UI, I believe my E-M1iii is the best camera ever made. We swap lenses all the time. I know both Lumix and Olympus have very good software development teams, so why aren't they communicating enough to make the IS, aperture control, focus stacking etc fully compatible? I know it's expensive to develop and arrange transfer of protocol, but why not make paid firmware updates to allow more compatibility? People are now used to paying for software, and it would increase the enjoyment out of shooting m43. I hope Lumix and Olympus can work something beneficial out. My Olympus camera has Lumix lenses on it as often as my wife's Lumix has Olympus lenses.
Thanks for sharing. You have an interesting point there.
Great point
If i could disable auto aperture on my panasonic lenses dreamer
i love my new em1x
But hate that the aputure doesn't work on my panasonic 12mm and 42.5mmi wish the A switch was a turn off auto aperture and have a manual aperture ring i don't need auto aperture never use it
i shoot in M mode always
old school
Most of my lenses are Lumix but I shoot both flavours of camera. MFT lenses are supposed to be completely compatible - but they're not. This is very annoying.
Do you or your wife have a preference between the 100-400 between olympus and panasonic? I am looking into buying one of them, already have an olympus 1.4tc. Very undecided between these 2, I have both a g9 and a om d em 5 mark 3.
Was wondering when the two of you would actually come together in a video. Happy to see this friendly camaraderie. After all, we are photographers first, anything else second. You guys should do a shoot-out!
Thanks!
I'm glad I watched this. I've never thought about the ripple effect before.
9:30 Olympus Lens has more beautiful zoom and Focus rings but overall i prefer smaller items So Lumix is my fav in terms of beauty :)
The LUMIX lens also comes with a larger, good quality lens hood, similar to the Olympus although I rarely use it on mine, the shorter pull out one is convenient and keeps the kit compact. And thanks, I always enjoy watching you two, as a double act or alone. I have been using the PL 100-400 on my G9 for quite a while and am happy with it. I also tried it on. EM1-ii body and it also worked perfectly fine, I just couldn’t get used to the ergonomics and controls of that camera but it performed well with the PL lens.
Thanks for sharing.
I have the Leica 100-400 on my EM1 Mark 3, only thing missing with this lens is the ability to use the TC. Thanks for the tip regarding IS Lens priority
Very interesting and useful comparison. The compatibility question sprang to my mind immediately on watching another clip by you and Peter where you investigated the differences between the two lenses on their manufacturer's bodies. I think the final summary was that the best experience will be with manufacturer's lens on the manufacturer's body, and I think I'll follow this advice.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you both for the information and the fun!
Thanks!
It was so funny, I am subscribed to both channels yours and Peter’s and I saw both of you in two new videos. After watching both, I love the idea of cross testing! Honestly, PanaLeica set of zooms could be a solo reason to get G9 ;) Excellent set even 100-400 which is way longer than I can use ;) all makes a practically a perfect system. 100-400 from Olympus is not a true PRO lens and lack of Sync IS is a hint what they have something coming in they PRO line ;) Nevertheless this new one should be a worth to consider for people who do not to break a bank for long reach. BTW, I love one of your early comparison between PanaLeica 50-200 and 100-400. Personally, 200mm is a longest what I may wish in m43 for myself.
Thanks for subscribing.
Already said it on Peters channel, but seeing you two together during Corona brings back the feeling of a social life in a quite authentic way. Would love to see more of you two combining your power and maybe even kind of making a collaborative podcast type of thing.
Thanks! We have think of something in the future.
I really like that Olympus version. It is absurd that Panasonic designed a lens that could not work with teleconverters. With teleconverters the Olympus becomes the best macro lens in MFT because it allows good distance (1.3 meters) between camera and subject while going over 1:1 magnification. I think it gets to around 1,1x or 1.2x, somewhere in that range. The further away the camera is shading is no longer an issue, and small creatures tend to stay put instead of trying to hide from a close photographer. Telecoverters can also extend this lens’s reach out to 1600mm full frame equivalent which can be usefully long, for distant animals and the moon.
That does sound attractive - I have the Laowa 2x macro and using it freehand is nearly impossible even with IBIS :-D Depth of field is about 0.1mm so you have to be ultra steady. Really tripod or jig only stuff. However for everything else, seems like the Panasonic wins.
@@fredio54 That Laowa shines as a studio macro on a tripod but handheld it is hard work :)
@@artistjoh Agreed! :-D
i like the way you avoided embarrassing or confrontational things like information in this video.
And you didn't articulate what you meant - just put a confrontational statement out there, why ? What wasn't said ? Or are you afraid to say anything in case others disagree ? Or is it, you just have nothing to say that would inform others ? Don't be shy - step up to the mark.
@@blackislepeastoo well maybe some comparison of the lenses that actually would require removing them from the box. anyway don't be so confuntashional. It's not there fault thay have to listen to there prospective sponsors.
Thanks Peter and Matti! I watched both of your videos. Very informative for an enthusiast user! I have an Olympus E-M5ii and I got the Panasonic 100-400 mm new for 920 euro when I lived in France last summer, which I viewed as a very good deal. (I bought it through a French online electronics store that ships from Hong Kong.) I have used it a lot, and the image quality is excellent. The auto-focus and stabilization in the lens works well for my use. The result depends more on the person behind the camera than which of these lenses you choose!
Thanks for sharing. You really got a good deal on the lens.
I love these videos with both of you! More perspective into m43.
I am very tempted by the converter option on the Olympus although I have Panasonic body. Getting close to 1200mm is very important for my photography. Size difference is not so big to represent a problem. My concern, and I am sorry to point this out, is the trust in Olympus after their decision to sell the imaging division. After all it costs some money and I do not feel confident to spend it on a company that has retired. Maybe I am exaggerating but this feeling doesn't confort me
lots of questions answered here. thanks a lot
After working with the G9 and the Panasonic-Leica100-400mm lens, I appreciate this combination. The stabilization is amazing. Auto focus is fast, though not hybrid.
The system has limitations but great advantages, too. It is difficult to imagine another system as portable and small as this system. I admire the Olympus brand, too. I would purchase that brand for the same or similar reasons I purchased the Panasonic. I've owned and used Olympic lenses.
I might buy a full-frame for certain uses but am deterred by weight and cost. After 70 years old, weight becomes a bigger issue. The more I master the G9, the better the results.
I have both kinds of camera's, think the Leica might be better for both brands. I use both brands of lenses on either brand and I really don't see any issues.
one of your best videos Malli and Peter, thanks so much.
Thank you!
Add say I watch both your channels and I have Olympus and Panasonic I really liked that crossover-Idea. I use the PanaLeica 100-400 quite often. I couldn’t say wether Focus speed is different. I heard too that the Olympus producers more sharp images. Might be a user mistake as Peter pointed out. I usually blame myself. Looks like a hard choice between the two lenses. 👍🏼
If you can't decide, it's Leica for Lumix and Zuiko for Olympus.
Thank you gentlemen, a very interesting video. I use the Panasonic lens on my E-M1 Mk2 for bird photos and I’m very happy with the results.
Regarding pro-capture, strangely it works at high FPS sequential but not at low FPS sequential, which I prefer to use (less photos to browse at the end of the day). Any idea how to correct this?
Best regards,
David
I can't say why that is, because I'm not familiar with Olympus cameras. Maybe you send Peter a message or comment his video.
Hi Peter and Matti, first of all, my compliments to this format of both of you making a video together; this is both informative and entertaining at the same time. I appreciate your approach to give a really fair and unbiased comparison of Olympus and Panasonic lenses, in the light of you originally siding with your corresponding brands.... Nevertheless the bottomline both of you offered in both videos to preferably combine lens and body of the same make, but if not available, other combinations work almost as good, is very reasonable and is also my opinion. I will put the same comment on Peters video as well.
Thanks!
Enjoyable video Matti and Peter. Thank you! Neither lens seems cost effective to me. Consider the 100-300mm is 1/3 the price in either brand and faster. Then there's the fixed 300 at f/4 etc.
This was very helpful, thank you. I'm an Olympus user but have the Panasonic 100-400 and just love it.
Thank you!
Nice to see gentle rivalry!
Thanks!
Both lenses are fantastic. The Panasonic seems to give up a tiny amount of sharpness at the long end to have it 2/3 of a stop brighter, smaller and lighter. The Olympus seems more rugged, but the controls rotating with the tripod collar are nice on the Panasonic. I'm just looking at dabbling at telephoto shots, so I'm probably getting the even smaller, even lighter and a touch less sharp 100-300 to pair with my E-M1ii and my girlfriend's G7.
Thanks for sharing.
Great point
If i could disable auto aperture on my panasonic lenses dreamer
i love my new em1x
But hate that the aputure doesn't work on my panasonic 12mm and 42.5mmi wish the A switch was a turn off auto aperture and have a manual aperture ring i don't need auto aperture never use it
i shoot in M mode always
old school
Two nice videos of the same. For the first time I would buy the Panasonic lens instead of Olympus. Reason: portability, smaller, lighter.
In future:
can Peter be your co-moderator, because he has no longer work while Olympus is giving up?
Pana wins the battle of MFT and so I invested in the wrong company. But: I like Oly and will stay with it. The equipment/system is good and it will not be bad because of the end of Olympus.
Why don`t Pana buy Olympus?
MFT has beeing bashed for long time by influencers. But it is a good system if you are looking for portability in combination with creative features.
Thanks! I believe Peter has plans with his channel and no time to be my assistant😀
If you want longer reach, you would choose the Olympus since it works with both Extenders while the Panasonic does not.
There is a slightly hacky video from "asia" showing that that isn't the case, however the IBIS is tuned for the non-multiplied values and EXIF is also non-multiplied. Also, you need to be above 200mm to use it, which somewhat makes sense anyway. Reducing toward 100 will cause the extender and back element to collide.
I am a new Olympus em1-markiii user and am surprised I don’t see more discussion re the 1 stop brighter of the Leica lens??
I love these crossover videos. Nice! I follow Peter F. too
Cool, thanks!
I have 2 remarks: German Fotomagazin provides an optical test of the two lenses in the brandnew magazine 9/2020. There the optical performance of the Olympus is a little bit higher, especially at 400mm
Second: why nobody of the Olympus affiliates referes to the point, that the Olympus optical design is obviously identlcal to the sigma 100-400 DG HSM from 2017? That would be a good reason why this lens is bigger and heavier, because there there is a fullframe design build into a new body...
It's very hard to tell any difference in the image quality outside of lab conditions. In real life situations there are always so many variables.
I own an Olympus EM-5 mark iii. Unfortunately every olympus lens I buy, I realise panasonic has got a better version of it. This video is another good example; the Panasonic 100-400mm is smaller, cheaper, lighter, better in everyway than the new olympus lens. I will be switching to Panasonic as soon as the GH6 comes out.
Thanks for sharing.
Can panaleica match the 12 100 f4 is-sync?
You guys are great together, you should do more! Greta video!
Thanks!
Lumix for the win! Olympus lenses a great though.
Thanks that explains alot for me but hopefully lumix has a 100-400m2
There is a badly documented feature when using an Olympus back with a Lumix lens that has an OIS switch - Turn the lens' OIS switch ON. In the menu turn "Use Lens IS" OFF. The system now uses part and part lens and body stabilisation. You can hear both sets of motors whirring. This is neither Synch-IS nor Dual-IS however it does carry an Olympus patent-pending. It does not work with Lumix stabilised lenses that do not have an OIS switch, the camera will merely swap from lens to body in the menu. With Dual-IS (or Dual2) or Synch-IS the lens and body 'talk' to each other. With this Olympus "Dual Stabilisation" they do not but do run independently, to some extent (the whirr from the back is not as enthusiastic).
I have tried this with the E-M5ii, and PEN-F, it is better than using one or the other with a long lens but not as good as Lumix Dual-IS on the G9. Note long lenses, the IBIS alone is better with short ones. The longest lenses may be better with just the Lens-IS, which is where the G9 hits the spot with its integrated Dual2. I do not have an Olympus Pro lens to test the E-M5ii Synch-IS. I'm not sure it does anything with the 3-axes E-PL7 but operating the lens switch with "Use Lens IS" OFF does do something, it certainly turns the OIS on when the back has it switched off in the menu.
That Olympus backs can use Lumix Lens-IS tells me that Olympus do understand the Lumix OIS and could implement some form of Synch-IS with them, but chose not to. So much for compatible lens systems.
Some discussion here www.mu-43.com/threads/olympus-sync-is-and-%E2%80%98olympus-dual-is%E2%80%99-patent-pending.109060/
I would be interested in your views on this? Have you observed this with say a Lumix 150 or 200 lens?
I have not experimented deeply with Lumix lenses on Olympus cameras and I'm not even a Lumix ambassador any more, so I'm afraid I can't say much on this.
I use both Olympus and Panasonic / Lumix - EM1 ii and G9 camera with a variety of lenses from both manufacturers. I have had the 100 - 400m Panasonic / Leica lens for several years as there was no other option at the time. This lens suffers from an extremely bad stiff and jerky zoom action which is far worse in hot countries. When I was in the Gambia with Chris Packham shooting birds the zoom action was so stiff I could barely turn the zoom ring at times. In addition the sharpness of the image with this lens is not great at 400mm full extension for a long distance shot. The maximum zoom I could use was 350mm in these circumstances. At the moment my 300mm pro Olympus lens with the x1.4 teleconverter out performs the Panasonic / Leica lens in all aspects - maybe on par with stabilisation ?? Having said this I have not bought or used the Olympus 100 - 400mm lens as I have been saving money pending the release of the Olympus 150 - 400mm with built in x1.2 teleconverter. I have the x1.4 and x2.0 Olympus teleconverters and hope that the 150 - 400mm pro lens together with the x1.4 teleconverter giving me a range in the order of 260 - 700mm will produce a sharp image (Given the issues of haze and air movement for a long distance shot) As well as obtaining reasonable stability at the maximum focal length. Great video clip guys.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Matti and Peter for this comparison. Seems to me the only reason to get the Olympus is if you want to use a teleconverter. Matti, did you find DFD of the Panasonic Leica on G9 to give better AF than with the Zuiko lens?
Thanks! I found no major difference in the AF performance between these lenses.
Matti if i am correct,the olympus lens is longer to accomedate the "protution" of the 1.4 and 2.0 extentions
The Leica is not compatible with extenders, but the Olympus is.
Pro capture works in High speed Pro capture, but NOT low speed pro capture with continuous focus. However that said, still the Leica Panasonic is a brilliant 100mm - 400mm f4 Lens
Danke euch beiden, obwohl ich euch nicht verstehen kann. Hatte das Oly 100-400 an der Lumix GX8 und war nicht zufrieden, Schnelligkeit und Schärfe. Hatte die OM-1 da noch nicht. Das Leica 100-400mm war wieder an der OM nicht sehr stark. Jetzt hoffe ich mal auf die neue Version der Leica/Pana Linse, in 2023.
Many thx for the review. I’m considering upgrading my longer lens combo from GH5 + Oly 45-150f2.8pro + 1.4 teleconverter to GH6. I shoot surfing videos /photos - excellent portrait-like results when in range.
What lens would you recommend? Thx.
For a Lumix I'd choose a Lumix/Leica, because then you are going to get the max compatibility.
The Olympus certainly looks a nicer lens. I just recently bought the panasonic and a bit disappointed with the stiffness of the zoom. How is it on the Olympus?
Old ones as in the late David Thorpe's video were overly stiff, but modern stock that I've test driven whilst a bit heavier than a small kit zoom lens, are perfectly reasonable considering the size and range and weight and the fact that it is not a power zoom lens :-D
Perhaps if you had tried each other’s combinations you’d have found that the Olympus with the Leica lens is substantially lighter than the Lumix with M.zuiko lens.
Good to hear that you managed to find out that nonetheless and many thanks for that info.
i love the cross comparison, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the comparison. I used info here to decide to replace my 100-300 with the 100-400 Leica. I bought a used one that seems to work fine, but it is loose on the mount lock pin, so it rotates slightly when I'm zooming. Have you experienced this?
I haven't noticed that, but a tiny freeplay is nothing serious.
Olympus plays better with off-Brand lenses, than any other camera I've seen.
Most brands don't play nice at all.
which one did you use? I use Xiaoyi 42.5mm f1.8 and I agree, it works fine.
So was there a real need for the Oly 100-400? I get the 150-400 pro but not the 100-400 given the state of Olympus business.
Please add the link to Peter's video in the description as well as the tile near the end. I had to go searching for it - I hope he linked yours, too.
There is a link at the end of the video.
@@mattisulanto Yes, I know, but it comes and goes and is the least useful place to put one. Also requires actually watching it - but maybe that's your ploy? In either case I'd describe it as good etiquette to post opposing links on each others vids *in the description* or even *in a pinned comment* however neither of you did and actually you only screwed each other and your viewers in the process :-D
@@fredio54 That's what we agreed to do with Peter, who is a good friend of mine. It's a normal practice to put links like that on TH-cam. It's not a ploy or conspiracy. If I make TH-cam content, of course I'd like people to "actually watch". Why else would I have my channel?😀
@@mattisulanto I get what you tried to do, but IMO you failed miserably by *hiding* his video there, and vice versa. I suppose it's symmetric, but as I already said, your viewers were the losers here. Cross reference in your descriptions. Also, now that I'm talking about your descriptions, both of them are horrendously noisy, hard to navigate, have a thousand links in them, etc. And yet out of all those, that I wasted my time scrolling through, the one important link on both videos was not there. Max affiliate dollars, maybe, but minimally useful otherwise. My 2c.
@@fredio54 Oh, somebody who doesn't make videos telling someone who does how to do it ey 😉
Did you say you could change the focal length (zoom) rotation on the Panasonic lens....or did I misinterpret what you said. I did not think this was possible.
We were talking about the focus ring.
Dear boys (both), it would be interesting to make a video(s) about interoperability of whole Panasonic/Olympus lens lineups with the cameras of other manufacturer. I am not sure about it but somewhere in the depths of my memory I can recall some firmware release notes about Panasonic optimised handling of Olympus lenses but I have no such recalls about Olympus doing anything with using Panasonic lenses, however I am not quite sure about these memories because of using Blackmagic gear, too (so I have sometimes quite chaotic recalls).
That has been under construction for some time now😀
Olympus hands down a better choice. The Pro Capture is simply awesome.
Can you be a little more specific about the menu setting on an Olympus camera which needs to be changed to maximize the IS performance on the Penny/Leica lens? Thanks.
I'm not familiar with Olympus settings, but I'd imagine you have to got to IS settings and select Lens Priority (or something similar), if that is available.
Thanks for the review. When do you think the successor to Panasonic G9 camera will be presented, Matti ? There is an opportunity to buy g9 with a big discount, but this model is already 2 years old and I think if Panasonic will present a new camera, I will start to regret buying. Especially if the new camera will have PDAF.
Thanks! I have no idea when the successor to the G9 will come, but I hope it will happen sooner than later. However, right now the G9 is a great value.
The Panasonic lens hood moves back and forth so that when the main hood is in the stowed position, you can push it forward to gain access to the focus ring without having to take it off.
May I ask a question, when entering the lens size for image stability. This is a 400mm lens with 2 times crop factor. So do you call it a 400mm or a 800mm for IS. Also as it is a 100 to 400.. If shooting at 100mm should it be changed to 100mm or stay at 400mm for image stability. thanks for your videos.
If you use native autofocus MFT lenses on Lumix camera you don't have to worry about that. If you use manual lenses with no electronics, use the number on the lens. No need to add or multiply anything.
Great point but teleconverter do work just take the plastic plate off panasonic 100-400mm
2-screws
If i could disable auto aperture on my all my panasonic lenses
I'm dreamer
i love my new em1x
But hate that the aputure doesn't work on my panasonic 12mm and 42.5mmi wish the A switch was a turn off auto aperture and have a manual aperture ring i don't need auto aperture never use it
i shoot in M mode always
old school
Hi, Nice to see you two together. Very interesting vlogs on both channels. One thing I try to do very often is take pictures of subjects at about a quarter of a mile away. I haven't really achieved sharp results with the Oly 75-300 Mk1, or the Oly 12-100 over that distance. I have the Oly 100-400 on order, so will be interested to see if it does that kind of shot any better. Did either of you try to get that sort of reach out of either of your lenses? What were the results?
The problem can be that there is too much air between your camera and subject. That can make the photo blurry looking.
@@mattisulanto Perhaps I could go out very early in the morning on a still sunny day. Would that help, do you think?
@@glennobrien5039 It probably helps, if the air is cool and clean.
@@mattisulanto O'K. Thanks for your help on this issue. I look forward to seeing more of your videos on You Tube. 👍
@@mattisulanto It's not exactly too much air, but air of varying temperatures. You can easily see it over a fire or hot metal outdoors, but at those those distances, particularly over water, there will be enough variation to cause problems.
Shooting across a valley should be better, the more of the air is off the ground, but still it depends.
Have you used either lens with Olympus EE-Dot for tracking birds?
My thoughts exactly when I saw them so close to one another!
For birds in flight I’ve ordered from eBay a generic dot sight. Less than 1/4 the cost of the Olympus.
Did the Panasonic fit on Peter's EM1.3, or did it leave metal shavings in the body?
Yes, it fit perfectly and I don't think there were any metal shavings in the camera. Why do you ask?
Swapping the lenses was a good idea. Lumix all the way!
Thanks!
You guys are great. You should do more collaborations. Maybe you guys should use the others' bodies. It would be good to hear what each of you think about the others' camera body.
Thanks. That is something for the future, maybe.
Hi Matti and Peter! Thanks for this great video!
I am getting confused on teleconverters. I have a Lumix GH5 and you say the Olympus teleconverters will work om my GH5?? I thought the Olympus teleconverters didn't work on Lumix?
Thanks! If you mount Olympus lens and Olympus converter on your Lumix they work, but you can't mix Olympus and Lumix lenses and converters.
@@mattisulanto Thanks Matti!
Thanks for the great video
Our pleasure!
thanks for the video, I have yet to take a sharp picture with my 100-400 Leica, maybe some focusing issues on mine?
Thanks. Long lenses can be a bit tricky at first. Make sure your shooting technique is solid or maybe use a tripod to find out where the problem is.
I have tested and used both lenses. Panasonic Leica is quite soft at 400mm at f6.3. You have to stop down to f8 to get sharp picture at 400mm wit PL lens. Olympus lens is sharper at 400mm.
@@mattisulanto Thanks for your response! I have been playing with it a bit more and I think I'm getting a bit better with it. Thanks for your work, I really appreciate it!!
I have the 100-400 on my g85. Made me happy about my purchase except.... no teleconverter, yaaaaaaaaaa
There is a guy with a Hack where you can put a 1.4 TC on the Panasonic 100-400, in fact he added a tube and added two of them !
He is on You Tube should be easy to find . ( you of course lose some stops )
Hmmm ... think I'll stick with the Leica 50-200mm.
In my dreams 😉😁
The 50-200mm Leica is awesome😀
Oly is heavier, longer, and wider. Don’t like the balance. I’ll stick with Pany.
Bigger and heavier yes but perhaps partly because of the IPX1 classification which Panasonic doesn't offer.
Hi! I Have a Lumix G9, and already have an olympus 40-150 Pro, with the 1.4 teleconverter. I want to buy a lens for wildlife photography, between the Olympus and the Leica which one do you reccommend me? On the G9 is better to buy the compatible Leica with all the features or the Olympus with already the 1.4 teleconverter? Thank you, I love your videos :)
If you use Lumix/Leica lenses with your G9 you'll get superior stabilization compared to any Oly lens. Other than that the differences are not huge, in my opinion.
@@mattisulanto thank you very much for the answer :)
You guys are great!
Thanks.
Great video to you both (for equality ive already thumbs up peter's video). When lenses are so evenly matched the oly-panny comparison far outweighs a singular brand perspective. A video would not be complete without the other lens. Keep up the colaborations. Cheers
Thank you!
I have the 12mm panasonic and the 42.5mm
Great lenses
Great comparison video.
Thanks!
guys i got olympus e-m1 m3 and i want buy 100-400 lens which works better for my camera
Probably the Olympus, but there are many happy Leica/Lumix users too.
I have an e-m1 mk2 and the 100-400 Pan/Leica. I do bird photography every day and its never disappointed me. The focus is fast and it works well with silent / electronic shutter mode so I don't scare the small finches and wrens I often photograph in the wild. The other great thing is weight and balance - I can take pics hiking with this setup all day.
As I have both a G 9 and a EM 5 mark III, which of these would be the wisest choice if the price is similar here in the UK ?
The Leica is more compact and faster at 100mm. My biased opinion is to get the Leica.
@@mattisulanto , that is the conclusion I'm coming to after reading/ watching various other reviews on the new Olympus. Thanks for your input.
@@iandrury1542 Anytime😀
Realy interested if animal /person afc works with g9 olympus 100-400mm as I'm look to switch back to MFT from nikon ff 👍
That’s a good question, but unfortunately I don’t have any first hand info. I suppose the camera would recognize the subject, but the actual AF performance would require some testing.
You got something here. You both are different characters, different gear but friends. Get a good script writer and together could be more than the sum of each one alone.
Thanks!
Hiya Matti,
Is there a difference in the stiffness of rotation of the zoom ring between the two lenses?
The Olympus seems smoother, at least when new. The Leica we had is much used demo unit and the Olympus was obviously brand new.
@@mattisulanto thanks. When shooting birds, if the zoom ring is stiff, it feels like it takes too long to get the framing ready
@@AnandaSim I don't think it's that stiff on the Leica we had in the video, but not as smooth as the Olympus.
Whic is better??
Define better. Both are excellent lenses.
I don't agree that it should always be a Lumix lens on a Lumix body. I love my Pro lenses from olympus. Notably the 25mm and 45mm f1.2s. Just missing the 17mm f1.2. They are amazing lenses even on my G9
Thanks for sharing.
Hi what is the channel for the guest? I want to see the dual IS performance
There are links at the end of the video, please check them.
@@mattisulanto oh silly, me I was searching elsewhere, thanks
Size is the complaint on the Oly.
It's strange how the 300mm olympus is smaller and lighter than the pansonic but with the 400mm lenses it's the opposite.
I own the Leica, and the Leica makes more sense to me in the mft system because of the size. But I think that the Oly is sharper and more versatile because of the TCs.
Great "companion" video to the other one, and it answers the right questions! And no doubt, the beauty contest is easily won by the Olympus lens. Always! ;-)
Thanks! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder😀
@@mattisulanto Yeah, hard to tell why, but I always gravitate to the Olympus lenses, it is this "look & feel" thing that's hard to describe. It's a good thing to have options, and you and Peter are very good in showing it with your mutual respect and humor. I have to say that I, if I needed it, would actually have a very close look at the Panasonic 100-400mm, even to pair it with an Olympus body. Sometimes this could be the right option. (I'm actually using the old, out of production 14-45mm kit zoom lens from Panasonic on my Olympus Pen F - they match quite nicely.)
One thing to note. High speed 60fps ProCapture works with the E-M1ii body and Panasonic lens but the low speed ProCapture does not.
Thanks for sharing.
You are right Douglas. I can’t understand why though. I’d very much like to be able to use it.
@@MrHasherd I'm guessing... I think the focus between the Olympus and the Panasonic lens isn't fast enough to give reliable results with the lower speed ProCapture. The faster ProCapture focuses and meters then goes and takes many many shots at those settings. The lower speed tries to focus in between shots. Whether that is a problem depends on your application. I'd prefer the low speed, but can get by with high. I haven't tried different low speed settings to see if it works at other rates.
Peter Forsgård ❤️❤️❤️❤️
No interest in this lens, but these are fun.
Thanks!
I didn’t realize you were both from Helsinki, Finland.
You learn something new every day😀
@@mattisulanto I found out that I'm subscribed to a third Finn the other day - you two should collaborate with Kika: th-cam.com/users/Kutovakikavideos
Great video
Thanks!
I'm watching this only from a phone but at 10:22 there seems to be problems controlling CA. If it looks like that on a small screen I'm wondering how bad it is on a large print or at high res on a big screen? 🤔
I guess you have to pull out the big screen and see for yourself😀
@@mattisulanto Well, now when I checked that photo from two larger displays it actually looked better 😂. There seems to be some small amount of color fringing, but no more than is typical in this class. I think that the main culprit for my earlier observation was my phone screen's pixel structure.
Olympus had sinc IS it would be the best camera
I'm not going to carry a tripod
Ill pass and keep my g9 100-400mm which has sinc IS
the wrong direction is for rangefinder leica cameras and a zoom pin/handle on the lens on a gx8 or leica body. your hand is not in front of the finder. I hear nothing about the f4 vs f5 this is in low light a big bonus for the lumix and with dual-is 1.5 stop extra on a lumix body dual is-2
AF? You didn't talk about tracking; very important.
We have to get back to that later, because we didn't have time to thoroughly test that. We did some simple tests, but not enough to conclude anything.
Hi, On youtube I'v seen where 2 different pro photographers had moved from the G9 with the Leica 100-400mm lens to an Olympus camera & an Olympus lens - one guy had the Oly 100-400 - in order to get sharper bird images. They both complained about getting more often than not softer distant bird / animal shots with the Pany set up - G9 & Leica 100-400 - but after switching to the Olympus gear their I Q percentage shot up into the 90 / 95% area. It would be incisive if you two ' Pro photographers ' could do a comparison - Pany sys. vs Oly sys. - with distant objects / birds ect. and compare the two. Thanks
Thanks for sharing. It's really difficult to test something like that, because there are always so many variables and neither of us is a bird photographer. However, it's something to think about for the future.
@@mattisulanto Understandable. Maybe not a far off animal but rather an inanimate ah, water fountain, flag on a distant pole, a face mask on a distant statue ?