how well does this lens perform in low light on say a panasonic gh4?
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This is a kit lens (it's often sold with a camera body). Kit lenses are usually just average quality. It's not very fast (f3.5 - 5.6) so in low light you'll be shooting at slower speeds which may result in blur due to moving the camera. A good body like the GH4 will compensate a lot by letting you shoot at a higher ISO (and faster speeds) without getting a lot of noise. It's great to have such a fantastic camera body; it's probably worth putting as good glass on it as you can afford. This lens (IMO) would be like putting $50 tires on a Ferrari. :-)
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The lens has a maximum aperture of f4, if the lighting is really poor, a lens with a maximum f2.8 or 1.4 would give more flexibility. This is a nice lens and good for portraits but a prime ens may be better in there circumstances. I use a 50mm f1.4
361235
It shoots video just fine, it's a matter of being able to focus quickly which takes a while to get used to. If you know what you're doing, this lens is perfectly fine to use in low light situations
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Yes it's great in low light. I've taken pictures in pitch black with the flash and they turned out great!
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It isn't bad in low light, just use a wide angle lens to use as much light in the area as possible and you shouldn't have any problems.
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This lens is great for low light. The F/2.8 aperture is fast and there is little need for a tripod.
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The G5 does surprisingly well in low light! I am a bit amazed at the pictures I can take with street lights as the only illumination. There is sensor noise; somewhat more than with my Nikon D600, about the same as my Nikon D7000. Noise elimination post-processing cleans it up fairly nicely.On the other hand, consider that most Micro 4/3 lenses are fairly slow. So unless you get one of the fast lenses, you'll be using the "low-light" capabilities more than you would if you had a camera with an fast lens. The lens based anti-shake system works OK, but it's not as effective as some costlier systems, so a tripod is a must for "available dark" shooting. The G5 does surprisingly well in low light! I am a bit amazed at the pictures I can take with street lights as the only illumination. There is sensor noise; somewhat more than with my Nikon D600, about the same as my Nikon D7000. Noise elimination post-processing cleans it up fairly nicely.On the other hand, consider that most Micro 4/3 lenses are fairly slow. So unless you get one of the fast lenses, you'll be using the "low-light" capabilities more than you would if you had a camera with an fast lens. The lens based anti-shake system works OK, but it's not as... » Read More The G5 does surprisingly well in low light! I am a bit amazed at the pictures I can take with street lights as the only illumination. There is sensor noise; somewhat more than with my Nikon D600, about the same as my Nikon D7000. Noise elimination post-processing cleans it up fairly nicely.On the other hand, consider that most Micro 4/3 lenses are fairly slow. So unless you get one of the fast lenses, you'll be using the "low-light" capabilities more than you would if you had a camera with an fast lens. The lens based anti-shake system works OK, but it's not as effective as some costlier systems, so a tripod is a must for "available dark" shooting. « Show Less
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This is a lens for outdoors in good light. It won't work in low light. Get a lens with a lot f stop to do low light photography. Eg 20mm 1.7f
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I do street photography with this lens. No problem in most lighting conditions. Can hunt with low light on my X-M1, but much better with X-E2 (update your firmware). No worse than my other Fuji lenses.
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It has nothing to do with the lens, low light has to do with the camera. The 1.4 Fstop helps, but if you have a pro level DSLR going to 100,000 ISO is no problem.
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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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I got the G2 a month ago. It's a fun camera and I'm glad I chose it. I like it's small size, light weight, the bright EVF, the articulating LCD, and the touch screen. I wish it had In Body Image Stabilization so it would be steady when I use my old Nikon lenses, with an adapter, that don't have it. Also the kit lens has a plastic mount that isn't durable. Panasonic makes a few 4/3rds mount lenses but Olympus and Sigma make a lot more. The Panasonic G2 has a micro 4/3rds mount that is smaller than the 4/3rds mount. There are adapters to use 4/3rds lenses on M4/3rds cameras but not the other way around. So if you get the G2 you can use your Panasonic lens on it with an adapter. There are also M4/3rds adapters for lenses made by most manufacturers, but in manual focus. Here is a link for a list of all lenses that comply with the 4/3rds standard, meant for Panasonic M4/3rds cameras. http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/connect/g1.html
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This lens is fantastic for daylight sports photography but is going to be much weaker in low light situations than the 2.8 versions. In my particular situation I use a crop-frame camera so I'm especially handicapped in low light. My last attempt was photographing a nighttime car race with stadium lighting. Maybe 1 in 10 shots were satisfactory unless I shot on corners where the cars were slowed down significantly.
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I have Panasonic 7-14 mm and I like it very much. It is very nice wide view lens with very limited distortion but not so fast.In real situation it means that with F4 lens you will need 8 times more light eg than with F1.4 or 100 W bulb vs 800WDifference between f/2 and F1,7 is not that much only about 50% more light (100W vs 150W). I have also Voigtlander 0,95 25 mm lens it would be great for low light high motion scenes but the main problem is that it is only manual focus and maybe you will not be able to catch all photos in focus.
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Yes, if you are talking about image stabilization. With regard to auto focus since this is one of oly's first premium lenses it should work but maybe be slower to find focus in the Lumix camera. Check different focus settings in the GH4.
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I would go with a more versatile lens for low light performances. Maybe a 70-200 or something similar.
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The low light performance is good. The lens displays very little distortion for the width that it is, obviously as long as you do not tilt it too much. It is a pro lens so the build quality is good. mine has displayed no lens creep. Why do you need VR on a lens of this width? if you shake that badly use a tripod. And as for filters I have been shooting professionally for 45 years in some very inhospitable environments, I have never used a filter and never scratched a lens. All you do with a filter (other than make someone selling them money) is degrade the performance by placing an extra 2 air/glass surfaces in front of you lens. Just make sure that you really need this lens. It is very wide, very large and does have limited applications. That said it is a great lens!