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DxO to add support for LUMIX 26mm f8 and 18-40mm f4.5-6.3 lenses in September

Pete_W

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Markuswelder said:
How are you liking the little 26mm Pete? You did end up getting it yes?
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Yep, it came as a "freebie" but not when I picked up the camera. I had to send proof of purchase to Panasonic and then they shipped it out. I've had a it a few weeks but have only used it once while out with the S9. It was quite low light (after dusk) and I only took a few shot but didn't nail the focus. Although to be fair, I've not used an MF lens in decades, LOL.

So I've done a bit of reading of the manual and some practice at home since then and think I'll do much better next time. What I stupidly didn't think to do was use the MF assist (punch-in) screen when focusing! On an AF lens in MF mode this screen comes up automatically as soon as you turn the focus ring. I didn't realise on this lens that it doesn't work that way - you have to push the AF mode button on the command dial to activate MF assist. Then on the MF Assist screen I was able to switch from PIP to full screen mode and use the command dial to zoom it up to 20x. Now I could see what I was trying to focus on!

So it was a dumb rookie error on my part. I'm looking forward to trying it out again now that I know what I am doing, hopefully tomorrow. It is incredibly light-weight and looks great on the S9.
 
I see they've hit the retail stores now, & I'm pretty tempted to grab one. There's a couple of shops selling them for about $330 with free delivery. Yeah, if I waited for a while could probably get it cheaper, but it's not like they're cattle station money right now :)
 
Markuswelder said:
I see they've hit the retail stores now, & I'm pretty tempted to grab one. There's a couple of shops selling them for about $330 with free delivery. Yeah, if I waited for a while could probably get it cheaper, but it's not like they're cattle station money right now :)
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Lol. That didn't take long. Should have it by the middle of the week. Do I need it? Absolutely not. Am I looking to take award winning shots with it? Definitely not. Will I have fun with it? Absolutely :)
 
Markuswelder said:
Lol. That didn't take long. Should have it by the middle of the week. Do I need it? Absolutely not. Am I looking to take award winning shots with it? Definitely not. Will I have fun with it? Absolutely :)
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Ha ha! Now you just need an S9 to go with it. :D
 
Pete_W said:
Ha ha! Now you just need an S9 to go with it. :D
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He he. Nope -not going to happen. The S5 was originally just to scratch an itch for playing with a nifty/fast 50, it's grown a little bit since then, but there's no second body on the horizon.

Incidentally, the S9, 26mm & yet unreleased 18-40mm must be proving pretty popular for Panasonic, as I don't recall DXO ever releasing or talking about support in advance. And they're only going to make that sort of effort if the demand is actually there
 
Markuswelder said:
He he. Nope -not going to happen. The S5 was originally just to scratch an itch for playing with a nifty/fast 50, it's grown a little bit since then, but there's no second body on the horizon.
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I am loving mine. Very similar form factor to the GX85 so it's easy to carry around but so much better IQ and features.
Markuswelder said:
Incidentally, the S9, 26mm & yet unreleased 18-40mm must be proving pretty popular for Panasonic, as I don't recall DXO ever releasing or talking about support in advance. And they're only going to make that sort of effort if the demand is actually there
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I think you're right. After the crazy negativity from the "camera experts" when it was released, it is now getting a lot of love from people who have one and who realise how much fun it is to shoot and edit/share images quickly with Lumix Lab.
 

Curiosity: If you remove the front aperture patch on the LUMIX S 26mm F8, will it become equivalent to F4? - L mount system camera rumors and news

Asobinet report about an interesting finding: If you remove the aperture patch on the LUMIX S 26mm F8, it will change from F8 to F4. At infinity, the amount of incoming light may exceed F4. Not recommended if you do not have disassembly skills. When checking with the aperture patch removed...
www.l-rumors.com www.l-rumors.com

Interesting. I much prefer it as f8 though
 
Prosecutor said:
Any idea of the pricing for the 18-40? 600-700 $?
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There was an article on a UK website back in May that quoted Panasonic as saying it would be around £500 which I guess should mean about the same in USD. If so, I think that's reasonable.
 
Markuswelder said:
Lol. That didn't take long. Should have it by the middle of the week. Do I need it? Absolutely not. Am I looking to take award winning shots with it? Definitely not. Will I have fun with it? Absolutely :)
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Well that surprised me. It's already out for delivery, and with Australia Post too. Should be ready to collect after work I'd guess
 
Markuswelder said:
Well that surprised me. It's already out for delivery, and with Australia Post too. Should be ready to collect after work I'd guess
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Went and collected it (the 26mm f8) from the Post Office after work, trundled home, popped it on the S5, and shot a few frames with it. It's tiny. And light. Small enough that I've got to be a little bit careful not to get my fingers in the frame lol. I've read a few complaints in regards to the manual focusing, I find it a breeze. I've got the joystick set that when I click it, it punches in to the magnified view, combined with focus peaking it's then childs play :) Twirl the rear dial from there if you want more magnification, & it jumps in even tighter.
It looks plenty sharp to me. I watched a review where they said it's quite comparable to the Lumix 20-60mm, I'd have to agree with that.
Colour rendition looks very much the same as my other Lumix lenses, no complaints there. I can get it to flare shooting into the sun, wouldn't say it's any worse than other similar focal length lenses.
Experimented a little bit tonight with some flash, being a fixed f8 it's a little bit more tricky to get the balance between ambient & flash, and get a natural looking exposure. Just takes a bit more tweaking and learning -not impossible.
All in all, I'm pretty happy with it at this point. I can see myself really really enjoying it, I do tend to agree with Panasonic's marketing in that all you really have to think about is framing up your shot, and hitting focus of course, set minimum shutter speed & auto ISO, point, twist & shoot. Great fun.Takes me right back to the little EF 40mm pancake on my 6D days it does :)
 
So this is what it looks like on my S5 ha ha. The grip sticks out as far as the lens :)

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  • Panasonic - DC-G100
  • 25.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.1
  • 1/40 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 200


Playing around with a bit of flash last night. Oh yeah, I got the 5 year extended warranty too. No cost, just had to register.

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  • Panasonic - DC-S5
  • 26.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/3 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 100



And this is what I envisage using it for mostly. Yeah, you're right, a phone camera would work just as well, but I just hate phone cameras.
Sensor stabilization seems to work pretty good with it. 1/5 of a second easy. Oh, & Chinese LED lights are evil. I can not get the colour right, no matter how much I tweak and fiddle with it.

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  • Panasonic - DC-S5
  • 26.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/8 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 100


In the process of stripping it down, turntable/fifth wheel off, mudguards off, fuel tanks off, batteries out etc etc, ready for crane fit up :)
 
Markuswelder said:
So this is what it looks like on my S5 ha ha. The grip sticks out as far as the lens :)
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Ha ha! It's so small but very cool.

Markuswelder said:
Playing around with a bit of flash last night. Oh yeah, I got the 5 year extended warranty too. No cost, just had to register.
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I got the 5-year warranty too. It's a good move by Pana to offer this for their gear.
 
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