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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Old Craftsmanship In Tuscany with the Leica M 240 by Christian Robert Dear Steve, In Tuscany, and especially in Florence, old craftsmanship is still alive. I should also note framing a portrait at 300mm equivalent is not the easiest thing to achieve as you’ll be positioned quite far from your subject, but the example below does at least show the 40-150mm can deliver significant blurring if that’s the thing you desire. Yeah, a few more focus markings and a few additional focus related choices of what to program in the L. teleconverter especially for the 40-150mm which extends the reach to an equivalent of 421mm with a maximum aperture of f4.

This helps the lens to serve its purpose as a compact sports, wildlife and action option, with an equivalent focal width of 80-300mm (35mm format). PRO Lens, is a true workhorse of a lens, perfect for any Micro Four Thirds user looking for the ultimate image quality in a wide range of situations. Many photographers will be interested to see how much they can blur the backgrounds of portraits or macro shots, so I have a number of examples here, lower on this page and on my sample images page. Dimly lit school or sports activities are just beginning for my kids, so this need is only increasing. PRO lens is the first lens to feature a Dual VCM (Voice Coil Motor) AF system and the results are impressive throughout its versatile zoom range.Yes, going that extreme does take a bit longer than moving from a more central focus position to an extreme, but frankly, not enough longer for me to care. One thing I did notice is that the peak of center sharpness was very slightly off center, but that’s a fairly common problem to see these days. 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. Pro is supplied with a lens hood which attaches to the front of the lens via the usual bayonet mount, but has a unique retracting design. The latest design technologies were also incorporated in developing the lens, such as making proactive use of ZERO (Zuiko Extra-low Reflection Optical) Coating to thoroughly eliminate ghosts and flare.

This and the absence of gears, claims Olympus, makes the focussing performance lightning fast and very smooth. A very usable focal range, excellent optics, a really nice build with no real flaws in handling, and focus performance at Olympus’ state of the art means that this should become a classic m4/3 lens. Once you put the large lens hood on it is a more imposing piece, and I daresay there are plenty of photographers who will like that.Other attributes: The Olympus cameras perform distortion and aberration corrections in JPEGs, and some raw converters do, as well, so it’s getting a little more difficult to talk about such issues for a lens than it used to. aperture at all focal lengths of from 80 to 300mm (35mm equivalent), and provides overwhelming resolution and soft, beautiful circular shaped defocusing effects. Because if they had, they would understand that the settings we use on a Micro 4/3 camera can be quite different to those we would choose on a full frame camera when photographing any given scene.