Definitely! The lumix g9 is a great camera, I love it for video using manual focus, but it does lacks on autofocus! Hopefully panasonic realizes that their cameras could be some of the best cameras on the market, if they only put the effort to fix the autofocus issues.
Thank you for the review. I would be curious to give a fast Canon lens a try, to see if it makes different colors than the M43 lenses. Did you consider the Panasonic 40-150mm ? It is small, cheap and native lens with OIS. Not as fast though. btw Maybe you did already but for those auto focus issue you could try the near and far focus option on the G9. Greatly helps telling the camera your preference on focusing distance. I have set the 2 front buttons of the camera to near and far and it is so handy for macro/close up shots.
Yes, I ultimately ended up buying the Lumix G 40-150mm a few weeks ago. Found it for about $80 on eBay and decided to give it a try. I am actually quiet impressed with the results I have gotten with such a small lens so far. I would much rather recommend it over the Canon, although the reach is not as long. I haven't had any issues focusing with it, I would say its even good while using the Continuous focus feature on the G9 with it. I did not know that such far and near options existed on the G9, I will play around with it tomorrow and see if I can set them as well. Those would come in very handy. Thank you for letting me know and checking out my review!
@@alexmatute5228 Hi Alex, here's a video that details the Far and Near shit focus options and how to set them up ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G-tisDjT3kk.html I don't have the 45-150, I thought it would be equivalent to a FF 300mm. Maybe for the speedbooster is changing the focal lens too ? Anyway 150mm is a bit short for wildlife for sure. The Panasonic 100-300 is not that expensive. Sure you can find a bargain 2nd hand for this too.
@@laurentyarp514 Thank you for the link, I honestly did not know about that feature. I love the 45-150, its honestly a lot sharper and faster than I thought. As of today, for wildlife, I have sold my canon 75-300 and bought the Tamron 100-400. Its a much sharper lens and although the autofocus is still slow, I enjoy taking it out on the field with my g9 a lot more because of the longer reach. i also own a Canon body, which works fantastic with that lens.
Not much of a review actually. First impressions -- okay. It would be much more informative if you put more samples/examples of that pros/cons and overall experience of using the lens.
Yeah. First video review, lots to improve on but its a start. Will make sure to include your tips on the next one! But honestly, I wouldn't recommend this lens for a serious wildlife or sports shooter on the G9, not fast enough focus and too soft. Overall experience, its okay. Good for when taking your kids out to the park, or photographing random birds in the backyard. Only reason im keeping it is because I own a canon Dslr and its very light weight to carry around. Im working on a website, ill post more sample pictures about this combo when im done creating it. Ill make sure to place the link in the description of the video.
