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. A perennial problem with superzoom lenses is zoom creep, or a tendency for the lens to extend under its own weight when carried normally. Our review sample seems almost immune to this; the trade-off is that somewhat stiff zoom action. Compared to Micro Four Thirds kit zooms The lens provides average macro performance, which isn't surprising as it's not marked specifically as a macro lens. Its minimum close focusing distance is around nineteen inches, and it provides 0.24x magnification.

The 58mm filter thread does not rotate on focus, which is good news for users of polarisers and graduated neutral density filters. How to read our charts The blue column represents readings from the centre of the picture frame at the various apertures and the green is from the edges. Averaging them out gives the red weighted column. The E-P1 corrects distortion in-camera, so it's no surprise that there is very little distortion evident in our test images. There is a fraction of pincushion distortion at 14mm, but otherwise, it's essentially zero. It might have quite a prominent flare burst when the sun is at a certain angle in the frame (the flare is quite spectacular as "art" effect, but sometimes you just don't want it :) ) 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).Looking to upgrade your equipment? Get competitive prices on major brands with our part-exchange service. The promise of the ZERO (Zuiko Extra-low Reflection Optical) coating applied to the surface of the front element was enhanced resistance to flare and ghosting – and indeed you need to frame your shots in a pretty awful way (see photo above) to see any ghosts or streaking. Our experiment shows that flare effects can definitely be triggered (if you go to great lengths to trigger them, that is) but they aren't likely to raise their ugly heads during normal, everyday shooting – especially if you use a lens hood. Chromatic Aberrations The bad news is that the lens hood is an optional extra, but the good news is that many Olympus SLR owners will already have it. The 14-150mm shares the LH-61C hood with the ZD 14-42mm Four Thirds kit lens.

Please complete the form below for a quote - Please be as accurate as possible to help us give an accurate quote. Submit a valuation request and we'll provide guide prices with no delay. Plus, we'll collect your gear from your home or work for FREE.Am i missing something? Please let me know because i'm looking to buy this lens in the near future. 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. Falloff of illumination towards the corners of the frame is constant throughout the zoom range. Corners are one stop darker than the image centre throughout the zoom range at maximum aperture. Visually uniform illumination is achieved with the aperture stopped down by one stop from maximum throughout the zoom range.

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the barrel is dominated by the wide zoom ring, which is somewhat stiff in operation but stays firmly where you put it. In front of this is the slim manual focus ring, which turns nice and smoothly, and behind is a slim silver-accented grip for holding the lens when taking it on or off the camera. Right at the front is a bayonet mount for the optional LH-61C lens hood, and that's your lot. Manual focusing is possible in a focus-by-wire fashion. This should not put you off using it as it feels pretty natural in use. The focus ring is slim but adequate for the job. Flare And I generally see the same thing in forums discussing the two. What I do see, is that the Oly 14-150 MK2 (not one), is splash-proof which both Panny lenses aren't. The scale on the left side is an indication of actual image resolution. The taller the column, the better the lens performance. Simple.