Lumix 28–200mm f/4–7.1 Sample Images

[PJD]

Zoom range (shot from the same position)View attachment 4527

Hi jomppak: Where is this railroad station located?

 

[jomppak]

Hi jomppak: Where is this railroad station located?

It is in Finland (Tampere). Actually it is an old pulp mill which now has tram tracks going through the mill area.

 

[jomppak]

• Panasonic - DC-S5M2
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/250 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 1250

One more close-up with 28-200

 

[RuleOfThirds]

I finally broke down and got the 28-200mm, and am really looking forward to using it. Hope I got a good copy; my first test shots look good.

Why waited so l long Nice pictures! At least there is somewhere nice weather.... we have our first 1,5 day of summer, this year. On Friday and Saturday. So I'm obliged to take one day off

Love all the pictures posted here so far.. but no itching at all

 

[inspiredtimothy]

This was from an open mic night I photographed for my church. It is wild to me that I was able to get usable images at night indoors at 40,000 ISO. Only issue was that the camera didn't focus well at these apertures. Most of the photos seem to have a suggestion of focus rather than a nice clarity when viewing at 1:1. However I'm very happy with the quality when viewed globally, and very impressed with the S5II output, even when it switched to 12bit for continuous shooting. Really just wish they were all sharp

 

[inspiredtimothy]

It was really lovely being able to have pretty much any conceivable focal length i could need for an event like this covered by one lens. Also, everyone here was a performer at the event so I have issue sharing the photos. Three more here:

 

[Pete_W]

The photos all look acceptably sharp to me, Tim! Really nice light.

 

[inspiredtimothy]

The photos all look acceptably sharp to me, Tim! Really nice light.

Thanks so much, Pete! I'm not used to shooting at such high ISO settings, and when I first processed them I had issues downloading the DXO profiles so I just used normal sharpening and clarity when importing into capture one. I may go back and play with settings a little more and see if using the lens profiles help for 1:1 viewing

 

[Nevyn72]

Thanks so much, Pete! I'm not used to shooting at such high ISO settings, and when I first processed them I had issues downloading the DXO profiles so I just used normal sharpening and clarity when importing into capture one. I may go back and play with settings a little more and see if using the lens profiles help for 1:1 viewing

In our church I also use the 28-200 sometimes, although I try to handle it with one with my primes or the 20-60.

However, I did have some problems with the electronic shutter (for not disturbing the congregation) and low light.

 

[inspiredtimothy]

In our church I also use the 28-200 sometimes, although I try to handle it with one with my primes or the 20-60.

However, I did have some problems with the electronic shutter (for not disturbing the congregation) and low light.

Hmm did you have issues with banding or was it something else?

 

[Nevyn72]

Hmm did you have issues with banding or was it something else?

Here an example of the banding problems.. Actually I just realized this was with the 50mm, at F1.8... I'll check if I can find a example with the 28-200

 

[Nevyn72]

Here an example of the banding problems

Actually I only see it in the shots made with my 50mm or 85mm primes... So It looks I'm mistaken in this.

On second thought I should have expected this... The aperture is a lot smaller (in size) os with the prime, with ofcourse a lot lower shuttertime.
I do have more unsharp pictures due to movement of the subject ofcourse.

 

[Prosecutor]

(Using "SynchroScan" at max. 1/120s I got rid of banding - check it out...)

Some butterfly crops made by S9+28-200:

• Panasonic - DC-S9
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/100 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 2500

• Panasonic - DC-S9
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/100 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 2000

• Panasonic - DC-S9
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/125 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 1600

 

[PJD]

(Using "SynchroScan" at max. 1/120s I got rid of banding - check it out...)

Some butterfly crops made by S9+28-200 ...

Does the banding issue you're discussing sometimes happen in natural daylight AND in certain artificial light?

 

[Oíche]

Good to see macro from this, 2nd one he was as close or close to minimum but gets the 24mm advantage regarding DOF

 

[Prosecutor]

Does the banding issue you're discussing sometimes happen in natural daylight AND in certain artificial light?

Only in certain - not every - artificial light.

 

[PJD]

Only in certain - not every - artificial light.

Cool. I was confused by your comment being in the same post with daylight photos of butterflies. Thanks for clarifying. Cheers!

 

[pdk42]

I popped into our local London Camera Exchange branch today and they happened to have a 28-200 on the shelf so I mounted it on my S1R (that I happened to have with me !!) and snapped a few shots outside. It was a pretty miserable day here in the UK - lots of atmospheric moisture and rather dark. I took a few shots at both 28mm and 200mm and I'm actually quite impressed with the results. For sure at 200mm they're not quite as sharp as my 70-200 would deliver, but they are certainly much better than the images I got off the 28-200 that I briefly had earlier in the year. In fact, I'd go as far as saying that they are just about acceptable for me. Here's a couple of examples:

200mm, 1/40s at f8, handheld. Shot in raw and processed with LR using default settings only:

• Panasonic - DC-S1R
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/40 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

100% crop from centre of the roofline:

• Panasonic - DC-S1R
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/40 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

Right edge of roofline:

• Panasonic - DC-S1R
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/40 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

Left edge of roofline:

• Panasonic - DC-S1R
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/40 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

A bit of PP tweaking (LR raw enhance with "raw details" selected, a bit more sharpening, a bit of dehaze and clarity) gives a decent boost too - here is centre and left edge:

• Panasonic - DC-S1R
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/40 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

• Panasonic - DC-S1R
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/40 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

The sharpness at 28mm is even better - really very good:

• Panasonic - DC-S1R
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 28.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/20 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

Right edge 100%:

• Panasonic - DC-S1R
• LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
• 28.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/20 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

 

[pdk42]

Might need to reconsider my views on this lens !!

 

[Pete_W]

Might need to reconsider my views on this lens !!

It's not a lens that I need (I love my 24-105 and 70-300 lenses) but I have seen some really good photos taken with the 28-200mm lens. I guess if you do a little cropping you can remove some of those soft edges at the long end.