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jfgroen
Registered: December 2007
Posts: 3
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Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital review by jfgroen
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Review Date: 12/30/2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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lightweight, good range, good image quality
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a bit slow; noisy AF; front of the lens turns while focussing
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Unlike the 14-45 which came with my Olympus 330 too, this is a very good lens. The construction is very simple, which might be a drawback because the front of the lens turns while focusing, and the zoom ring is a bit loose -- it almost zooms out on its own when you point the camera down. However, the simple design might be the reason that it performs so well. Images are nice and crisp (one can see it already in the viewfinder), and there are no serious image quality issues at the different f-stops, nor at the various focal lengths (though I also discovered that beyond 100mm the lens is slightly less crisp). I tended to prefer to use this lens more and more over the 14-45 lens. But now I have the 12-60mm/f2.8-4 lens which solves the problem for wide angle shots.
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btjh86
Registered: December 2006
Posts: 10
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Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital review by btjh86
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Review Date: 12/26/2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Good zoom range.
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Slow and noisy AF
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I used this with a E-300 when they first came out. My first impression was that its a great, compact zoom lens with a pretty wide aperture. It performs well optically too! My only gripe is its AF which can be slow and noisy. Otherwise an excellent lens for the 4/3 system.
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clark666
Registered: January 2006
Posts: 5
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Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital review by clark666
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Review Date: 11/28/2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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comes with camera. Sharp images, light weight no need to replace it
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Cons:
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There is nothing wrong with this lens
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This is an excellent lens. It is 3.5-4.5 but has no problems. You do need to stand at least 10 feet away from your subject to get a decent image; it doesn't focus at closer distances
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cra3y
Registered: October 2005
Posts: 3
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Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital review by cra3y
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Review Date: 11/24/2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $220.00| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Lightweight and compact, sharpness when stopped down
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Build quality, very slow AF, soft at long end
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This is amateur tele lens that in pair with ZD 14-45 3.5-5.6. It is smaller and lighter that older heavyweight and much more expensive - ZD 50-200 2.8-3.5.
The main advantage is size and lightweight of this lens (similar size to ZD 14-54 2.8-3.5). This lens perform very well in good light, especially wide end to middle stopped down to 5.6. At long end is soft and AF hunting much more than ZD 50-200)
This lens perform better than ZD 50-200 when stopped down and won't resolve 1400 lw/ph with E300 (imatest resolution target shot at raw processed byc dcraw and lightroom with no sharpening at all). This lens satisfied E1/E330 sensor resolution and possibly E300/E500 sensors but not E400 sensor.
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ExCibular
Registered: October 2005
Posts: 2
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Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital review by ExCibular
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Review Date: 11/14/2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $299.00| Rating: 9
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Opticall quality, size and weight
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Speed
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I bought this lens for my E-300 and I am very satisfied. This lens is an excellent performer and it's low weight makes an interessting travelcompagnion.
For daylight use this lens is quick enough, however I find it a bit slow indoor.
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halfmac
Registered: November 2005
Posts: 11
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Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital review by halfmac
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Review Date: 11/8/2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Small, lightweight, good range, sharp, well made, metal mount and fits in my bag
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Cons:
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Front of lens turns.
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I bought this lens as part of the e-300 2 lens kit. I was pleasantly surprised by the quaiity of the lens. I had only seen the 14-45 on demo cameras. I use this lens alot. The 40mm end is almost wide enough for normal photography and is 2 stops faster than the 14-45 at 45mm.
This lens travels well because of it's size. F4.5 is fast enough for most situations.
Very good centersharpness, excellent edge sharpness and very low chromatic abberations.
Much better than my Canon 70-210 that I had on my Digital Rebel.
Came with lens hood!
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