Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150 mm F2.8 PRO Lens, Telephoto Zoom, Suitable for All MFT Cameras (Olympus OM-D & PEN Models, Panasonic G Series), Black

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I had the 50-200 SWD and used it extensively to shoot kids soccer games, where it performed quite well. I will probably post some more samples of both the 40-150 +MC-20 and the 50-200 + EC-14 in the coming days. It’s fair to say this has been a highly anticipated lens, seamlessly continuing where the 12-40mm stops, and delivering an 80-300mm equivalent range that’s desired by close-range action as well as street and portrait shooters. which measures 67mm in diameter 100mm in length and weighs 360g, significantly smaller and around half the weight of the Olympus. All content, design, and layout are Copyright © 1998–2024 Digital Photography Review All Rights Reserved.

ZUIKO PRO' high-performance lens features a dust proof and splash proof construction rugged enough for professional use, especially ideal when paired with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 III and other pro bodies in Olympus cameras arsenal.I have a lot of experience and I know how to get the best out of my kit – that may not be the case for everyone so if you want a foolproof way of determining how sharp ‘your’ images are going to be, then the one common denominator will be ‘you’. which measures 89x143mm and weighs 1050g – shorter than the Olympus, but thicker and still around 50% heavier. The physical aperture diaphragm construction is composed of 9 blades which produce a circular shaped aperture that should result in pretty circular blob highlights for out of focus elements. One aspherical ED (extra-low dispersion) element, two aspherical elements, one Super ED element, three ED elements, and one HD element are featured within the optical design to minimize both spherical and chromatic aberrations, distortion, and color fringing throughout the zoom range while also contributing to overall image sharpness, clarity, and color accuracy. Park Cameras Limited is a credit broker, not a lender and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 720279).

I found even though this is a telephoto, I find myself using it at its closest focal distance all the time at 150mm. Each lens will have its own character and that’s usually demonstrated by its handling of contrast, colour, the quality of out of focus areas, and of course sharpness.The MC-14 extends the focal length to 210mm at the 150mm end, causing the angle of view to shrink to 5. So a fairer comparison in terms of what you can actually achieve in terms of reach and depth-of-field may be something like Canon’s EF 70-300mm f4. Pro zoom, but took a whole year to finally come to market, officially being announced during Photokina in September 2014.

But in nature and sport photography sharpness is crucial – in this line of work we do need to show as much detail as possible in our subject and kit lenses won’t always cut the mustard. Nevertheless, in terms of rendering, subject separation, low light performance the Nikon 70-300 would be similar. Following an initial day of testing at the Cheltenham horse races with Ken McMahon, Gordon sourced a second sample of the lens and tested it for a month in a wide variety of portrait, landscape and action environments. Similarly to the previous comparison, you’ll again see more evidence of onion-ringing from the 40-150mm compared to the 75mm due to its optical construction, although again the zoom delivers a higher contrast image when the aperture on both is wide-open.This lens applies the Dual VCM focusing system, an evolution of Olympus-original fast and quiet Movie and Still Compatible (MSC) mechanism. Pro I took a series of shots in Shutter Priority mode at progressively slower shutter speeds with the stabilisation turned of and then enabled. Yes, it is heavier than the other Micro 4/3 lenses and for that reason, as an arthritis sufferer, I’m not going to be carrying this lens around every day, I’ll stick to my fast primes for my portrait work. No deposit is required and payments will be collected by direct debit in monthly instalments, the first instalment being collected 30 days after shipment of the product.