Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Mirrorless Cameras => Topic started by: stever on January 02, 2016, 06:47:15 pm
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mine came from Adorama for $228 with V2.5 loaded and pretty much works as advertised with usably fast autofocus (AFS only)
tested with GX7 and Canon 35mm f2 IS, 100L, 70-200 f4 IS (&1.4x) and 100-400ii. IS works with all but the 100-400ii (hopefully we'll there will be a future fix).
using autofocus and Imatest resolution target and software, resolution at optimum aperture is probably sensor limited. at 200mm eff the maximum resolution of the 70-200 matches the Pany 35-100 f2.8 but at f5.6 instead of f4. the 35 and 100 are a bit sharper at f4 with surprisingly (to me) very little loss at f8 and (not surprising) sharp corners at all apertures. the 100-400 resolution is pretty much the same as the 70-200 (as it is on Canon cameras).
the only disappointment is loss of sharpness wide open with the 1.4x - on the other hand there is virtually no loss stopped down to f8
my reason for buying the adapter is to fill the high IQ long lens gap left by Pany & Oly with the 70-200 f4 (which actually weighs less than the Oly 40-150 non-IS) - looks like mission accomplished.
the 35 f2 potentially has some use for low light with it's great IS, and for landscape stitching (if I ever happen to carry the lens with the GX7) and the 200mm eff macro potentially has some use)
for normal use, i'll still rely on the Pany 7-14, 12-35 f2.8, and 35-100 f4