Olympus 100-400 - first shots and impressions

Started Aug 27, 2020 | Photos thread
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Re: Olympus 100-400 - first shots and impressions

galenapass wrote:

I rented a copy of the PL 100-400 that was every bit as sharp as the 300mm pro plus 1.4x TC. I was hoping to see something similar.

This guy has what looks like tack sharp Oly 100-400 photos, but everything he did was on a tripod.

http://www.fotolovy.cz/blog-2/files/783ab51aeecf883f83066e6165766231-566.html

I wonder if that is the secret for this lens - use a tripod or monopod?

Those do not look much different to my shots in terms of sharpness.

I did some controlled tests on a tripod, if you're curious. Of course I had to mess something up, so the focus is not perfectly identical. Same processing applied to both.

300mm

400mm

It's a bit surprising how the same sharpening process closes the gap between the two. On raw unsharpened image, the difference is very obvious. But with the moderate sharpening I did here, it looks like the softer image at 400mm benefits a lot more from it.

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