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Comparison Olypmus 40-150 Pro with 75/1.8, 100-300, 14-140 mk2

Started Jan 12, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP gccg88 Junior Member • Posts: 33
Re: Contrast!

slartz wrote:

I'd say that in terms of center sharpness - the diff is negligible in my eyes, and for now "justified" my decision to buy the 35-100/2.8 as my highend telephoto for portable everyday usage, and complement it with 100-300 (or 75-300 - I still need to decide ;)) for wildlife. When I shoot wildlife, I care mostly about Center resolution.

WITH THAT SAID - I think the big diff between the 40-150/2.8PRO and the 100-300/75-300 is the Contrast and microcontrast. They render better - and as such - using the 75-300/100-300 will require some more PP to compensate for that (and may not reach the same overall quality).

For my personal taste - I only do Wildlife on occasion, and I can live with that compromise. In all honesty - it's smaller than I thought... I expected the 40-150/2.8 to be much better, even with TC.

The difference in sharpness at 210mm is larger (in favour of the 40-150 pro):

Center crop:

210mm F5.0 - center crop

Edge crop:

210mm F5.0 - edge crop

Original Image (jpeg ooc) Oly 40-150 Pro @210mm (incl. 1.4 TC):

Oly 40-150 Pro 210mm (incl. 1.4 TC) F5.0

Original Image (jpeg ooc) Pana 100-300 @210mm:

Pana 100-300 210mm F5.0

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