Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150 mm F4-5.6 II Lens, Universal Zoom, Suitable for All MFT Cameras (Olympus OM-D & PEN Models, Panasonic G-Series), Black

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Now, if you want great IQ and state of the art stabilization, then just go straight for the Oly 12-100 Pro and all you GAS will fade away. All the hype is real and it took me two years to realize it. Ideal for a larger body like a EM1 or EM1x. The 12-100 and PL 8-18 is my two lens do everything I want set. (I also own both the Oly 40-150, Pro and slow, zooms) I went hiking and camping all last week and that was all I used, four of the nights it got down to freezing or below, plus rainy conditions, no worries with these pro lens. Yes, they are a bit on the big and heavy side. However, there is no compromise with IQ 😃 It is very small and light compared to any similar zooms, it is even smaller than some APS-C 18-55 kit lenses (maybe some of the latest Tamron and Sigma super-zoom APS-C lenses are somewhat comparable in size) Travel photographers are the ones that will make the most of this lens’s autofocusing abilities. Ease of Use

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What I really love about this zoom is how well it respects the ethos of the Micro Four Thirds system. Despite the enormous focal range it covers, the body of the lens itself is no bigger than a small drinking glass when the zoom is sheathed and hardly adds any weight to the camera. When you fully extend the zoom, it doubles in length. It also comes with an additional petal-shaped lens hood. Zoom extended to full length The Olympus 14-150mm f4.5-5.6 II lens has no controls on it or any custom function buttons. So any control parameters need to be done through the camera: which tends to be common in the mirrorless camera world. But otherwise, there is no reason why you can’t mount it right onto a camera, point, focus, shoot and stare in awe at the images that you’ve just captured. The 58mm filter thread does not rotate on focus, which is good news for users of polarisers and graduated neutral density filters. Given that the 14-150mm covers such a wide focal range, it is normal that there is some vignetting at the fastest apertures and longest focal lengths. If you set the aperture to f/5.6 at 150mm, for example, vignetting can be quite noticeable in some situations. It gradually becomes less pronounced up until f/13, at which point it completely disappears. Vignetting at 150mm at f/9 – E-M1, 1/125, f/ 9, ISO 200 No lens hood is supplied as standard with this lens, which is a shame. However, it is quite resistant to flare so a hood may not be required in many cases.

Well guess what, it took the abuse with no problems. Many lenses out there wouldn’t be able to do this but this lens surely had no issue with the cold–unfortunately we can’t say the same for most New Yorkers. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc.Unfortunately, we found color fringing in our tests with this lens. Still though, there is no reason for you to cry about it, just incorporate another step. But for a lens at this price and offering so much, you have to expect it. The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150mm f/4-5.6 II is generally light on features (putting aside its huge zoom range, of course). There is no distance scale, focus limiter, function button or tripod collar. Apart from the focus and zoom rings, the lens barrel is entirely devoid of controls. The most attractive feature of the lens is its extensive weather sealing.

Now take this into consideration. This lens is designed for a four thirds sized sensor. That means that due to the crop factor, f4 is like f8 in the full frame world. So don’t expect a whole lot of bokeh. The bokeh that is there though isn’t all too terrible, and getting lots of glorious bokeh with Four Thirds sensors is tough to do unless you’re Voigtlander. Voigtlander 17.5mm f0.95 shot wide open. You’re not going to get bokeh like this with the Olympus offering at the closest focal length There's some corner shading when using the Olympus 14-150mm ƒ/4-5.6 M.Zuiko, but it's not excessive; mostly when using the lens at ƒ/8 or below. There isn't any shading to be found between 25 and 45mm, otherwise the most you'll see is a case where the corners are two-thirds of a stop darker than the center, at 14mm and ƒ/4. Everything else looked awesome on the lens, great range, compact and pretty light weight, good build quality (but it’s not IPX rated, that’s advertised only recently for cameras like E-M1 X and Mark III and lenses like Olympus 100-400mm f 5-6.3 and 150-400mm f 4.5 Pro). Can I drop my experience nugget? I have used and owned the Olympus 14-150mm Mark II when I switched from Panasonic GX7 to Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II. I wanted the weather sealing because I have learned that UK is rainy enough to make their own ancient flood.

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Olympus lenses usually give very solid color rendition, and the this lens is no exception. However, the results are best with the JPEGs that their cameras put out. The lens delivers a fair amount of contrast, though nowhere as much as Sigma or Zeiss do. In Adobe Lightroom, we liked what we got when we applied Alien Skin’s Kodak Ektachrome color profiles to the images. Please complete the form below for a quote - Please be as accurate as possible to help us give an accurate quote.