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PL 100-400 Short User Review and Experience

Started Jul 13, 2016 | User reviews thread
OP JohnLock Senior Member • Posts: 1,524
Re: PL 100-400 Short User Review and Experience

Paul;  that's a really good-- and tough question.  If 5 stars is perfect I don't believe in perfection in any man made device.  And then too, my first copy had "issues".  That said, I could easily live with 4.7 stars for the PL 100-400 and 4.8-4.9 for the Oly 40-150 f2.8.

I also own the Olympus 40-150 f2.8 PRO and I think it should rank .1 or .2 points above the PL 100-400 as it seems like a "just slightly" more finished product e.g. the 40-150 is an internal zoom, excellent exterior finish, and also weather proofed.

Most would not consider these two lenses direct competitors but to me they are as I'm mainly a JPEG shooter so I often use the built in 2X TC of the OMD bodies.  So that takes it out to 600mm f2.8 equivalent, and with good results.  Of course the 2X TC can also be used w/ the PL 100-400 though to date my results have been poor, but then the reach is already so long that this point is likely moot-- and I didn't try very hard.

Thanks for an interesting question.

John

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