T.J. Posted December 30, 2021 Share #1 Posted December 30, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Anyone out there using this lens on their SL2? If so, any general comments. And, does back button autofocus work with the lens. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Virob Posted December 30, 2021 Share #2 Posted December 30, 2021 Yes. It is a very decent lens. I checked mine for decentering when I got it. There have been reports of copies that are poorly aligned, Mine is ok. Bulky, but reasonable weight. My thought was to to use it until some wide angle primes become available, but will likely end up keeping it regardless. Unfortunately it does not back button af. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardC Posted December 30, 2021 Share #3 Posted December 30, 2021 9 hours ago, T.J. said: does back button autofocus work with the lens. It's one of the Panasonic lenses with a focus clutch, which is great if you like to focus for yourself, or if you shoot video. The downside is that it requires a little dance to toggle from MF to AF: the focus ring is moved toward the subject or the camera body. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay B Posted December 30, 2021 Share #4 Posted December 30, 2021 Sent you a message. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.J. Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted December 30, 2021 No back button, rats, that’s a deal breaker for me. Thanks for the info! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleElmar135mm Posted December 31, 2021 Share #6 Posted December 31, 2021 I had this for some days. My copy was heavy decentred. The feeling was not the best and there was a clatter inside - louder that any AF-lens with IS (that's here not implemented). For this the price was too high. The IQ was a bit mixed sharp - but it looks clinical to me. The rings for focus and focal length were not smooth. No problem for still but for video. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardC Posted December 31, 2021 Share #7 Posted December 31, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 14 hours ago, T.J. said: No back button, rats, that’s a deal breaker for me. Just to be clear: you can back-button-focus, but you need to switch the lens to AF first by moving the focus ring back and forth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ivar B Posted January 3, 2022 Share #9 Posted January 3, 2022 Maybe there are sample variations, but mine is really razor sharp at all focal lengths. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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T.J. Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted January 6, 2022 On 12/31/2021 at 6:31 AM, BernardC said: Just to be clear: you can back-button-focus, but you need to switch the lens to AF first by moving the focus ring back and forth. Well, that’s different then. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malabito Posted January 9, 2022 Share #12 Posted January 9, 2022 On 12/31/2021 at 3:31 PM, BernardC said: Just to be clear: you can back-button-focus, but you need to switch the lens to AF first by moving the focus ring back and forth. On 1/6/2022 at 2:44 AM, T.J. said: Well, that’s different then. Thanks for the info. With this lens you cannot use standard backfocus technique, actually with all so called Panasonic Leica certified lenses is not possible. This is due to how this functionality has been implemented in leica cameras. You need to set the lens to manual focus, so shutter button focus is disable. With this lens and any other pana lens with clutch when pulling the focus ring down to enable manual focus, no matter what you do in the leica, it won't focus the lens, seems like the clutch disables by hardware focusing. It does work with the 1.8 primes since to set the lens to manual focus you just need to push a button. This is a very simple fix, leica just needs to give you the option to disable focus via shutter button, like all other companies, but i don't think its going to happen. I have now the Panasonic 24-70mm f2.8, an amazing lens, and i will end selling it due to this, (before i was using a Pana S1). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.J. Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted January 9, 2022 Thank you for clarifying this, I appreciate it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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