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I don't recall anyone posting photographs of the Olympus 75-300mm Mk II with the E-M5, so here are a couple:



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Many thanks. I'm seriously considering this lens, but like many others I fear it can be too slow. What's your opinion so far? The main purpose would be to shoot outdoors (sea life), so the main concern would be its sharpness across the full range.
 
I see you have the RRS L bracket. Would you want their grip with this for the 75-300mm?
 
eliaspt said:
eliaspt wrote:

Many thanks. I'm seriously considering this lens, but like many others I fear it can be too slow. What's your opinion so far? The main purpose would be to shoot outdoors (sea life), so the main concern would be its sharpness across the full range.
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According to ephotozine, it is pretty good.

ephotozine just tested the Olympus 75-300mm II lens. ephotozine's tests show that the second generation of the Olympus 75-300mm lens is equal in resolution to the first generation lens and the Panasonic 100-300mm lens at 300mm and significantly better at the lower focal lengths:

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/olympus-m-zuiko-digital-ed-75-300mm-f-4-8-6-7-ii-lens-review-21689

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/olympus-m-zuiko-ed-75-300mm-f-4-8-6-7-lens-review-18990

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/panasonic-lumix-g-vario-100-300mm-f-4-0-5-6-zoom-lens-review-17763

Only apparent deficiency of the new lens compared to the others is much higher CA on the edges at 300mm.
 
eliaspt said:
eliaspt wrote:

Many thanks. I'm seriously considering this lens, but like many others I fear it can be too slow. What's your opinion so far?
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Well, I use this lens on a tripod and so speed is not an issue for me. I've mostly put it at f/8 anyhow and dont' mind it when the shutter gets longer than can be hand-held by the average human. I can get sharp pictures at 300mm hand-holding it at about 1/160s maybe 50% of the time. Others claim to do much better, but I haven't seen evidence that they can.
eliaspt said:
The main purpose would be to shoot outdoors (sea life), so the main concern would be its sharpness across the full range.
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Well, naturally a lens with this range and speed is not high end and so is not going to be sharp corner to corner throughout its range. However it is sharp corner to corner at the wide end, surprisingly so in fact. Also, there is noticeable softening at 300mm that isn't there all the way out to 280mm, so the long end isn't bad (visually there's hardly any difference between 280mm and 300mm: just don't jam it all the way to the limit). Also I don't know of any m4/3 camera bodies that are good at focus tracking moving subjects, so unless you're photographing corals and snails (or basking sea lions), not sure how well this lens would serve you. Jumping dolphins, forget it. But that objection pertains to the camera body, not to this lens.

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What is the difference between this new lens and the older 75-300 (I)? Except price...
 
FrankParis said:
FrankParis wrote:
FrankParis said:
eliaspt wrote:

Many thanks. I'm seriously considering this lens, but like many others I fear it can be too slow. What's your opinion so far?
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Well, I use this lens on a tripod and so speed is not an issue for me. I've mostly put it at f/8 anyhow and dont' mind it when the shutter gets longer than can be hand-held by the average human. I can get sharp pictures at 300mm hand-holding it at about 1/160s maybe 50% of the time. Others claim to do much better, but I haven't seen evidence that they can.
FrankParis said:
The main purpose would be to shoot outdoors (sea life), so the main concern would be its sharpness across the full range.
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Well, naturally a lens with this range and speed is not high end and so is not going to be sharp corner to corner throughout its range. However it is sharp corner to corner at the wide end, surprisingly so in fact. Also, there is noticeable softening at 300mm that isn't there all the way out to 280mm, so the long end isn't bad (visually there's hardly any difference between 280mm and 300mm: just don't jam it all the way to the limit). Also I don't know of any m4/3 camera bodies that are good at focus tracking moving subjects, so unless you're photographing corals and snails (or basking sea lions), not sure how well this lens would serve you. Jumping dolphins, forget it. But that objection pertains to the camera body, not to this lens.
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shihhan said:
shihhan wrote:

What is the difference between this new lens and the older 75-300 (I)? Except price...
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New coating and exterior. Minor size difference (like half a mm).
 
Many thanks for the replies, guys. Like many others I simply cannot decide between the Pana 100-300 and this Olympus 75-300mk2.

The question is, can the Pana perform wide open as well as the Olympus? If both lens' performance wide open is similar, then I guess that the Pana has the edge for being slightly faster.

I understand that the Pana is larger and heavier, but I think I can live with that. That said, having the OM-D makes the Power IS on the Pana completely useless as the in camera IS is more effective, so it would make more sense to get the Olympus, but the Olympus is more expensive as well, ugh, tough decision to make...

Thanks.
 
It looks good, enjoy it. Show us pictures taken with this new lens.
 
eliaspt said:
eliaspt wrote:

Many thanks for the replies, guys. Like many others I simply cannot decide between the Pana 100-300 and this Olympus 75-300mk2.

The question is, can the Pana perform wide open as well as the Olympus? If both lens' performance wide open is similar, then I guess that the Pana has the edge for being slightly faster.

I understand that the Pana is larger and heavier, but I think I can live with that. That said, having the OM-D makes the Power IS on the Pana completely useless as the in camera IS is more effective, so it would make more sense to get the Olympus, but the Olympus is more expensive as well, ugh, tough decision to make...

Thanks.
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Pricewise I thought they were now the same?

The 75-300 is a smidgen sharper wide open at 300mm, but both are best at f8. Below 200mm the 75-300 is better. Check out the reviews posted earlier in the thread.
 
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