AF100 EF Lens adapter offering electronic control coming in January at DVinfo.net

Jeff Harper · November 5th, 2011, 10:44 AM

From Erik Birger of Birger Engineering: "January is the new target for volume shipping. We'll have first articles out to ...our dealers before the end of the year."

Do not know how compatible the adapter will be with the GH2, one can only hope.

Lee Mullen · February 8th, 2012, 11:01 PM

Whats the hold up?

Jeff Harper · February 8th, 2012, 11:32 PM

Good question. I'm on the notification list, still waiting. You should sign up to if you haven't.

Nigel Barker · February 15th, 2012, 02:04 AM

Delivery on this adaptor has been promised so many times over the past year. Birger had been entirely silent since November so I finally lost patience & cancelled my order. I have my AF101 up for sale plus all the Canon FD lenses. I found using the Canon FD lenses on the GH2 seriously unbalances it & makes it feel really bad in my hands. Canon EF lenses aren't quite as big & heavy as the FD lenses which are mostly metal & built like tanks but they would still way too large. I much prefer to use the Panasonic lenses that are designed for the camera as not only do they communicate with the camera for AF etc but also are small & light.

Jeff Harper · February 15th, 2012, 06:08 AM

I am a big advocate of Panasonic and Olympus lenses on the GH2 also. Since the appearance of the 25mm, 45mm and 12mm I just don't need anything else most times. I learned a lot more about photographic techniques using the FD lenses than I would have otherwise, but do not miss them at all.

November 5th, 2011, 10:44 AM	#1
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	AF100 EF Lens adapter offering electronic control coming in January From Erik Birger of Birger Engineering: "January is the new target for volume shipping. We'll have first articles out to ...our dealers before the end of the year." Do not know how compatible the adapter will be with the GH2, one can only hope. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

February 8th, 2012, 11:01 PM	#2
Lee Mullen Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Western Australia Posts: 576	Re: AF100 EF Lens adapter offering electronic control coming in January Whats the hold up?

February 8th, 2012, 11:32 PM	#3
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: AF100 EF Lens adapter offering electronic control coming in January Good question. I'm on the notification list, still waiting. You should sign up to if you haven't.

February 15th, 2012, 02:04 AM	#4
Nigel Barker Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Posts: 3,531	Re: AF100 EF Lens adapter offering electronic control coming in January Delivery on this adaptor has been promised so many times over the past year. Birger had been entirely silent since November so I finally lost patience & cancelled my order. I have my AF101 up for sale plus all the Canon FD lenses. I found using the Canon FD lenses on the GH2 seriously unbalances it & makes it feel really bad in my hands. Canon EF lenses aren't quite as big & heavy as the FD lenses which are mostly metal & built like tanks but they would still way too large. I much prefer to use the Panasonic lenses that are designed for the camera as not only do they communicate with the camera for AF etc but also are small & light.

February 15th, 2012, 06:08 AM	#5
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: AF100 EF Lens adapter offering electronic control coming in January I am a big advocate of Panasonic and Olympus lenses on the GH2 also. Since the appearance of the 25mm, 45mm and 12mm I just don't need anything else most times. I learned a lot more about photographic techniques using the FD lenses than I would have otherwise, but do not miss them at all.