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40-150 PRO focus breathing?

Started Jul 8, 2015 | Questions thread
CrisPhoto
CrisPhoto Senior Member • Posts: 1,749
Re: I don't think its dramatic.
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I compared the 40-150/2.8 to the PL 14-150/3.5-5.6, P 14-140 II, the O40-150/4-5.6 and the O14-150/4-5.6.

From all these lenses, the 40-150/2.8 was the best one which means also it will have the best macro magnification factor. Even better, it is by far the sharpest of all, the other lenses degrade quite dramatically at short distances. Especially the Oly 14-150.

The other mFT lenses were slightly worse and the old Leica Elmar 14-150 was very much worse. For short distances it has the same FOV as the 40-150 at 110mm. This is very sad because the old PLeica has a nice short focus distance which could have been good for close up.

I don't think the 40-150 PRO is bad, just the opposite. Maybe you can check the test setup (did you measure the distance from front element to subject or from camera back)?

Christof

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