Panasonic Lumix S 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 OIS Macro In-Depth Review 

already preordered 😂✌🏻... thanks Richard for the review..

Thanks for watching and Enjoy Mohamed!!

I wanted the Lumix 70-200 f2.8 for (for Wedding Video/Photo) but now I don´t know. Do you have any thoughts on this?

@@marcusgaertner52 I'm in the same situation. The bokeh doesn’t matter so much with long focal length. On 200mm you have a nice bokeh with 1:5.6 too. So the point is how often do you shoot in dark situations? With 5.6 you need a higher Iso at the same setting. I will buy the 70-300. Mainly because of the price, weight and size. But I don’t use the long focal length not so often. The most is 35mm and 85mm. Sorry for my English, I’m German 😅

@@philiwilli42 alles klar :)

Ismaeel Glad you like them!

Thank you Tim! Yes that reminds me I should get some adaptor to adapt my old manual focus F mount lenses on the S5 as well

Glad you like it Kenneth!

Thanks for watching doogieham

Thank you so much, sorry only just saw your comment

yes hopefully it will hit the shelf soon. COVID and the recent fire at the japan AFM factory really screw up a lot of product release/manufacturing!

Enjoy and let me know your experience!

Thanks! Glad you like the review and the video centric tests. :)

If you are interested in L-mount I have a few other reviews on my channel :)

@@TheRealRichardWong thank you! I’ll watch through more. Planning to get the S5 iiX soon, just need to figure out which lens bundle to go with. 70-300 is on my list now :)

Thanks Tom! If you don't need the constant f/4 aperture, the 70-300 is a very good choice

Thanks for watching Andy!

Awesome! Sounds like you got a great deal! Enjoy and glad the video helped :)

Thank you very much!

awesome! Enjoy your S5. Hope the guys at Auckland Camera looked after you well! Remember to update your S5 to latest firmware as well!

@@TheRealRichardWong yes they were great as usual. They gave me a fair trade-in value for my G9, which made things nice and easy. Do you know what the NZ price is likely to be for the 70-300?

Thanks richard! yes i've tested the 20-60. here is my review :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OBmuOirW070.html

haha that was the first question i had myself too when Panasonic showed me the lens!

Thanks for watching! I think focus clutch is reserved for the Pro lenses, but yeah would love it if it supports the teleconverter, even though it maybe a bit too slow even with a 1.4x TC.

the sigma does provide a lot more reach than the Lumix 70-300!

Consider yourself lucky to be able to get your hands on the Sigma 150-600mm DG DN for L mount.

@@tamilhoward9708 I ordered one the day after Sigma announced it's release. I still had to wait a month to get my hands on it though. I am looking at a Macro now, and no-one has them in stock here.

Hi Nikolaos, the 70-200 f/4 has constant aperture and better build quality

I usually use default settings unless otherwise stated.

@@TheRealRichardWong ok thank you

Thanks Rohit!

It really depends on the shooting distance and aperture. With the 85 1.8 I could make it unreliable if I shoot at close distance, at near maximum aperture and moves quickly. But otherwise I found the 85 1.8 works ok for video af. This is same thing with the 70-300... You could also make it unreliable especially if shooting at 150mm+, max aperture and close distance and moves quickly. Otherwise it works ok.

You can do that .. just keep in mind the maximum focal length would be slightly shorter as it's only 300mm and not 400mm (+ you can use TC with the 50-200 but not with the 70-300). But yes you get better low light, more bokeh

@@TheRealRichardWong Thank you

Not that I'm aware of.

@@TheRealRichardWong Thanks amazing channel

Thank you Marcus! I havent test the Sigma 100-400 myself so can't really say much sorry. Not sure how effective the OIS works by itself, but I can only say the Dual I.S. 2 works very well on the S5.

I didn't do direct comparison but it's also pretty good

The sigma is a really popular choice for sure esp if you want the longer range

No you can't

A teleconverter significantly impacts image quality. I needed a 600mm lens, I'd go for a 600mm lens, not a 300mm with teleconverter.

@@NikolaosTsarmpopoulos the pana 1.4x is good though

If you have those two lenses already, then yes probably don't need one more tele-photo lens

I am trying to choose between this lens and the sigma 100-400 for my S5... I am leaning towards the sigma, simply because it's cheaper and longer, and I already get to 105 mm with my 24-105 f4 Any suggestion? Thank you

@@alpao74 did you decide? I've got the same decision to make!

@@007silverwings sorry nope, I haven't bought either yet :( I'll let you know if I do 😃

@@alpao74 im always in the 70-105 range on the 24-105. Considering exchanging it for a 70-300 but the variable aperture puts me off. Might get the sigma 135 instead. For supertele, i'd look into other systems altogether. Om1, sony aps-c, canon.

As mentioned at 15:28. there is a bit of cats eye bokeh when target is at very close distance :)

@@TheRealRichardWong Yes I love swirly bokeh =)

Thanks for watching!

If af and lens choices is imporant to you, that makes sense. For video quality, nothing touches pana full frame until you get to red, arri, bpm, pana, canon dedicated film cameras (at 5-10k and up). But you need to be comfortable focusing manually or adjusting to the af limitations, and think about what lenses you'll be using. I'm almost always in the 85-135 range, i want ibis and close focusing abilities - l mount has that covered both with slow zooms snd fast primes.

@@fredriksvard2603 I started photography in 1962 and shot only 4x5, 6x6 and 6x9 for the first 12 years. Manual focus is in my blood. I am also the Bolex generation and I actually prefer the increased depth of field of 16mm and these days MFT. I find affordability (and lens choices) creatively liberating. However I would find the full frame Lumix more interesting if there was more interoperability between Lumix FF and MFT. I always liked the Canon approach to EF-S and EF, and while the Sony E-mount does give them some problems I love that there is the same mount for Sony FF and APS-C. As a result, even though I prefer Panasonic feature sets, I have Sony A7S II for my full frame and some of my APS-C needs. However, I also have a JVC LS300 which I love. Super 35 sensor with an MFT mount. A brilliant idea implemented superbly. I wish Panasonic and Olympus would think outside the box like that more often. Unlike the L mount cameras, it gives me a larger sensor but allows me my MFT mount for lens flexibility.