what lenses other than panasonic can i use with my gf5
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The other major manufacturer of m4/3 lenses is Olympus, however Olympus lenses do not have image stabilization (as Olympus applies IS at the sensor inside the body). It is also possible to use many other lenses through the use of adapters (but may only be manual focus). The m4/3 format probably has the most choices, among mirror-less cameras. See the m4/3 website: http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/lense.html via The Wirecutter, "You can pick up official adapters for Olympus Four Thirds lenses (those are for Olympus SLRs), for older Olympus OM lenses, for Leica M lenses, Leica R lenses, Voigtlander VM, Carl Zeiss ZM, Voigtlander Ai-S, Carl Zeiss ZF, Voigtlander PK-A/R,KA, and Carl Zeiss ZK lenses. And those are just ones that are official! A quick trip to eBay, and you can find adapters for all sorts of other manufacturers, including Canon, Nikon, Contax, and pretty much every other lens type ever. Now, most of these adapters will limit what you can do with the lens - they'll be manual focus, and probably won't meter properly."
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I have the Lumix 12-35mm for my GH3. It's a great lens. But I would also like the Olympus 12-40mm for my OM-D E-M1. It's also a great lens. The Lumix 12-35mm has Optical Image Stabilization. The Olympus does not. It requires Image Stabilization in the camera body. If you have Panasonic stick with Panasonic. It you have Olympus stick with Olympus. If you have both get the Panasonic. You can turn off Image Stabilization when on the Olympus camera.
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There are limited choices for the new smaller multilense cameras. This has worked well for my Panasonic Lumix G5. I like the space for extra space for additional lenses and accessories. Perhaps a little large but I am very happy with it.
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The GF3K that I have came with a manual 14-42mm zoom. They come with a variety of lenses but primarily the 14mm pancake lens. I believe that a similar Lumix model has electric zoom but I am not familiar with the specific model.
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Yes, I actually used it on my GF5... it does look very disproportionate, but it works the same as on any other m 4/3 camera
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Most - if not all - of them should. Panasonic has a great lens compatibility chart at http://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/connect/gh3.html.You can look up any of your specific lenses there.
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I only use it for Lumix FZ200 and it works fine. I am not sure about G5 compatibility.
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Hi, thanks question.Perhaps this lens can not work Aoto Foucus for GH2.I think much better More new type lens for Panasonic.Thanks in advance.
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Go with this one:Panasonic LUMIX G X VARIO 12-35mm/F2.8 ASPH./POWER O.I.S./H-HS12035 - International Version (No Warranty)Really hard to get your hands on one but if you do, you're in luck! Great lens for the camera.
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Low light with the kit lens is pretty bad. At f3.5 even with image stabilization you have to crank the ISO up. I'm talking on the beach by torchlight low light mind you. I mostly use the Sigma 19mm and 30mm f2.8 and the extra stop makes it a lot better. I'm sure with the Panasonic 25mm f1.4 this camera shines in low light. I recently took my G5 with 19mm to a gaming convention and the pics turned out really well.
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Operation in the version of GH3 American product does not I can not examined here,According to our http://panasonic.jp/support/dsc/download/fts/index.html of Japan,Lens of the customer has been made to consider the firmware update of Panasonic lens in the middle of the page, andI think operable by the sky update the description of the H-FS014045 is because it is.Thank you for your question this time.
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As the other responders have mentioned, this lens will work with any micro 4/3rds camera such as the GF series. I'm using it occasionally on my Panasonic G3 body.You hands to set the "Shoot without lens" menu option to On, and easiest is to leave it set to Aperture Priority to have the camera set the shutter speed for you.
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See the link below for update procedures for a G3 and lenses attached to a G3:http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/index.html
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It depends on what you are shooting and how much money you have. For example for sports videos you would need extreme telephoto lenses. For general purpose film making the Panasonic 14mm, 20mm and the Olympus 45mm MSC would give you very professional results. If you already have DSLR or 35mm camera lenses then look for an adapter for the GH2 mount. you will have to use manual controls but I believe it's well worth the trouble. Hope that helps.
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Hi Jon,I have used the lens with myGF3, G3 and OMD E-5. Works great and love the size versus when using my Panasonic 45-200.
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Yes it should. The DMC-GF3KK a micro four thirds interchangeable lens camera and therefore will be able to accept all micro four third lenses. In fact according to one review... "Panasonic has put a lot of work in on this [auto focus] and the GF3 is claimed to focus in just 0.18 sec (approx) with the LUMIX G VARIO HD 14-140mm f/4.0-5.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. lens mounted (www.techradar.com).
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Yes there are adapters from different manufacturers available. One of them if Fotodiox adapters which is available on amazon. Please note when searching online do not use Panasonic gx7 in the search term instead search for Nikon lens to micro 4/3rd adapter because this is the lens mount for Panasonic