Guys, thanks for your inputs. I took the plunge and got the.. E-P3! Looks like I am going all the way m4/3 now.
Wow, this is as close as I want things to be. I wanted to try the fastest CDAF on 300mm and blew my budget as a result. The reason I chose it is due to its newness and latest sensor plus fastest CDAF. Please tell me I made a good choice.. I wanted to start bird-shooting ASAP! This PEN is a beauty, it is really fast on the kit lens AND its body is not that small to make the 300mm awkward too.
LOL, I wanted to spend $500 and now I spent two times of it. But it is really interesting to see how fast is the 300mm on E-P3. I still lack an adapter, but meanwhile I am having a good time with the kit lens
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I didn't know there's an outing, would love to come! Has anybody tried this combination?? Not much info from the net..
Wow, u really got poisoned from a few threads...u can't go too wrong with latest camera to start with
Although you might be a little disappointed to find that though the 70-300 is CDAF capable, but on EP3 it's still won't be blazing fast, only the new lenses 14-42mk2R, 40-150mk2R, 12/2, 45/1.8 will be fast, the rest of m43 still quite fast, 43 (CDAF, e.g. 70-300) lenses not so fast, 43 (PDAF, e.g ZD 50/2) bloody slow...so by ranking, it's not the slowest, but it won't be that fast, like ard 1 sec to AF...might still be ok for bird shooting
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B&S here, since it's metal as mentioned by agrivar, it will be better option than mmf2.
Good news is the ZD 70-300 is:
- Also a macro lens too
- Capable lens in good light
So try it first, if you really dun like, there are few other long tele options:
- Oly m43 75-300, f4.8-6.7 expensive lens like $1000...much faster AF, smaller, lighter, but at this price not really worthy for me especially for it's slowness (light capturing).
- Pana 100-300, f4-5,6 might be a better option for birding, faster AF than ZD 70-300. I don't do much birding, i use it for zoo mainly. Bought for 2 months, haven't really put it to real test. This lens will cost about 800 brand new.
I have both Oly 70-300 & Pana 100-300, and here's a flickr set of the
70-300 and
100-300 , all using Pen, mainly E-PL1 / E-P3...My preference would be the Pana for the faster AF and lighter, also a good performer in good light, at 300mm, it seems slightly sharper than the 70-300.
Not sure that helps a lot, but you do have options if you find the 70-300 is lacking.
