I went a different route to you for a fast 4/3 lens and I only use it for low light conditions photographing deer in woodland, to prevent motion blur in the subject. I already owned an Olympus EM1 mk 1 and bought a four thirds 50 - 200 f2.8 -3.5. Its a mk 1 version which has a slower operating motor, but much sharper according to old reviews I read. It needs to be paired with a EM1 mk any, with their hybrid autofocus. Not as fast autofocus as the Panny, but much faster than the Canon. The lens cost me £100 from cash converters.
Sounds like a bargain, I have heard good things about that lens. Hope it works for you. Not quite the same focal range as the canon 400mm but I’m Shure it would be great for deer 🦌.
Good, thorough review. My Lumix 200mm with 1.4x (i.e 280mm, 560mm full frame equivalent) is definitely much sharper at f5.6 than f4. But my Olympus 300mm f4 is sharper still when at f4. So, if you're thinking of which to choose, I'd definitely recommend the Olympus for sharpness. The Lumix stabilisation is superior (even with the 1.4x on an Olympus body, ignore Olympus claims about lens/body I.S.) and the shorter 200mm focal length with f2.8 might be useful in some situations.
Keith Hider: The aperture control works perfectly. you also get all the metadata as well. The only difference between a native lens would be the AF performance.
The Canon lens will be at its best on AF for stills. Switch to video, and the AF will fall apart and be useless, thus if AF is required for video, the Panasonic lens is the only choice.
As much as I like the M43 system I have moved back to Canon for my wildlife Photography mainly due to the focus!!! Guess we have both come to the same conclusion.
@@altphotostore5933 I just ordered the new Olympus OM 1 and the Olympus 300mm F4 Pro lens with 1.4x TC for wildlife photography. I am trying to switch from Canon to M4/3 mostly because of the lightness, the incredible stabilization that the Olympus combination offers and last but not least the improved auto focus that this new model offers. I would like to try this camera with some of my Canon lenses like 400mm F5.6, 400mm F4 DO IS II USM, 300mm F4 IS, but I'm still not sure which adapter to use. Of course, I do not intend to combine Canon lenses with an Olympus camera for serious work, as I realized that native lenses should be used for best results with native cameras. I am disappointed with the AF performance of Canon cameras over the last 10 years, especially the difficulty of tracking fast-moving objects. Yes, the new R5 and R6 may be better in this direction, but they remain heavy equipment compared to the M4/3rd cameras. In my case, it will save me even a lot of money by selling most of my Canon equipment. High image quality combined with improved ISO performance on the new OM 1 with the 1,053 auto focus points covering 100 percent of the image area and every point is cross-type is the thing that can solve most of my wildlife photography problems. Only time will tell if I'm on the right track. Good luck.
I went a different route to you for a fast 4/3 lens and I only use it for low light conditions photographing deer in woodland, to prevent motion blur in the subject. I already owned an Olympus EM1 mk 1 and bought a four thirds 50 - 200 f2.8 -3.5. Its a mk 1 version which has a slower operating motor, but much sharper according to old reviews I read. It needs to be paired with a EM1 mk any, with their hybrid autofocus. Not as fast autofocus as the Panny, but much faster than the Canon. The lens cost me £100 from cash converters.
Sounds like a bargain, I have heard good things about that lens. Hope it works for you. Not quite the same focal range as the canon 400mm but I’m Shure it would be great for deer 🦌.
Awesome video
Need to put the 200mm on a g9
Good, thorough review. My Lumix 200mm with 1.4x (i.e 280mm, 560mm full frame equivalent) is definitely much sharper at f5.6 than f4. But my Olympus 300mm f4 is sharper still when at f4. So, if you're thinking of which to choose, I'd definitely recommend the Olympus for sharpness. The Lumix stabilisation is superior (even with the 1.4x on an Olympus body, ignore Olympus claims about lens/body I.S.) and the shorter 200mm focal length with f2.8 might be useful in some situations.
try canon 200 f2.8 with leica 200 f2.8.
Interesting comparison for anyone using m43 cameras. How does the aperture control work with the Viltrox adapter? Thanks.
Keith Hider: The aperture control works perfectly. you also get all the metadata as well. The only difference between a native lens would be the AF performance.
The Canon lens will be at its best on AF for stills. Switch to video, and the AF will fall apart and be useless, thus if AF is required for video, the Panasonic lens is the only choice.
Thank you!
Should have more views on this video
G9 focus sucks ive decide to sell all my Panasonic and leica equipment
As much as I like the M43 system I have moved back to Canon for my wildlife Photography mainly due to the focus!!! Guess we have both come to the same conclusion.
@@altphotostore5933 I just ordered the new Olympus OM 1 and the Olympus 300mm F4 Pro lens with 1.4x TC for wildlife photography. I am trying to switch from Canon to M4/3 mostly because of the lightness, the incredible stabilization that the Olympus combination offers and last but not least the improved auto focus that this new model offers. I would like to try this camera with some of my Canon lenses like 400mm F5.6, 400mm F4 DO IS II USM, 300mm F4 IS, but I'm still not sure which adapter to use. Of course, I do not intend to combine Canon lenses with an Olympus camera for serious work, as I realized that native lenses should be used for best results with native cameras. I am disappointed with the AF performance of Canon cameras over the last 10 years, especially the difficulty of tracking fast-moving objects. Yes, the new R5 and R6 may be better in this direction, but they remain heavy equipment compared to the M4/3rd cameras. In my case, it will save me even a lot of money by selling most of my Canon equipment. High image quality combined with improved ISO performance on the new OM 1 with the 1,053 auto focus points covering 100 percent of the image area and every point is cross-type is the thing that can solve most of my wildlife photography problems. Only time will tell if I'm on the right track. Good luck.
@@kirostar12 So what is your opinion on that combination with extender? How much slower is autofocus and what hitrate is on base 300 mm and 420 mm?