Still, the CA on the Oly at full extension is pretty significant and I'd expect that to be growing as you zoom. This is one area in which Olympus 75-100 wins hands down with no noticeable CA around hard, high-contrast edges (e. After looking at various reviews of the lens I knew it was regarded as being soft at 300mm but it looked like a good upgrade to my 40-150mm as it seemed sharper at 150mm. Olympus makes five telephoto zooms and we only have space for three – but we still want to give a mention to the other two.

Do come along with me as I test the Olympus 75-300mm lens in this mini review, is the lens really soft as many have complained? My lens is always sharp near the centre but definitely needs to be stopped down to get good edges and corners, particularly at 75 to about 250mm.

The 100-300 II got a newer focus motor, aperture mechanism, and compatibility with newer IBIS (Dual I.

For my practice (Landscape), the most important thing are optical quality, especially between f8 and f11, and handling atmospheric pollution. If we keep cropping in mind, Canon’s old, but outstanding 300mm f4 IS sells for around 1000 Eur and weights a just bit more than 1 kg. My husband and I just bought an introductory mirroless camera so we’re still figuring out the basic functions.

Unlike my Panasonic which can be all over the map by randomly turning scenes into a mush of fuzziness or creating strange floating blobs of blur (all likely artefacts of OIS thrashing), the multiple frames shot with the Olympus 75-300 are much closer to one another in terms of IQ.

At the same time, the focusing is internal and the filter doesn't rotate, which is good news for those who use filter kits. I know that the Pana or Oly 100-400mm could be better options, but tbh i don't have the budget for those lenses, i prefer something light/small and 300mm would be more then enaught for my use. At a closer distance there is less atmospheric stuff, looking back at this I wish I'd have stopped down more to get more DOF. WYSIWYG score:This table shows the performance of this lens when you save the files in the camera as jpg, including all in-camera lens corrections (distortion, chromatic aberration).Not for wildelife or sports photography but just that sometimes when you’re travelling and in a specific situation where you can’t get super close to your subject say a train or something, it’d be useful. That’s where I pick up my Olympus 75-300mm (I remind that it is 150-600mm in full-frame equivalent). The lens was designed to fit the Micro Four Thirds mount, and accordingly offers the user a telephoto range of focal lengths, the equivalent of 150mm to 600mm.

We've all had to accept cameras and lenses getting bigger and bigger and bigger over the past few years, but this lens, on a compact PEN body, takes carry-round cameras right back to the size they ought to be! That said, since it isn't weather sealed and it features a considerable zoom mechanism, you should be wary about using the lens in inclement weather or you risk moisture and particulates getting in. I would like to know how the Olympus lens works on the G9, I can't find that much information on it.Standard lens (50mm full-frame, 25mm micro 4/3) keeps proportions the same as the human eye can see. though the differences are minimal; essentially, the newer lens features a cosmetic overhaul and the addition of Olympus / OM System's ZERO lens coasting (Zuiko Extra-low Reflection Optical, for flare resistance and contrast control). Of course, the best Micro Four Thirds lenses all fit and work on MFT cameras from all manufacturers –thanks to the fact that it is an open mount, so anybody can develop optics (or indeed cameras) for it. CA is exceptionally well-controlled at the 75mm setting; between 100mm and 200mm it's decently tolerable, and it's only really noticeable at the 300mm setting. As for depth of field, the aperture difference will not be that much at telephoto and super telephoto ranges.