Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40 mm F2.8 PRO Lens, Universal Zoom, Suitable for All MFT Cameras (Olympus OM-D & PEN Models, Panasonic G-Series), Black

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When I review lenses, I usually go and say something along the lines of “Modern lenses are good enough, nothing to see here, let’s move on”.

I did many night-shoots over the last weeks and I had pretty much no problems with direct and bright light-sources. The Panasonic seems a little more “balanced” between it’s wide and telephoto ends in terms of sharpness. When you hold the lens, you get that real nice feeling of something well-built, solid, and durable–a lens that can be trusted for every kind of use. At 12mm, it measures over 8% barrel distortion and that doesn't get down to reasonable levels until somewhere about 22mm. At the longer focal lengths, however, we saw very low CA between 30-40mm, which was lower on average than the wider focal lengths.The manual focus is a joy with the Olympus push-pull manual focus clutch mechanism and the build quality is fantastic. It actually extends ever so slightly from 12mm until about 18mm, then from 18mm onwards, it extends more significantly, about an extra inch or so.

We use cookies and similar technologies to recognize your repeat visits and preferences, and analyze traffic. lеnѕ, wіth іtѕ 35mm full-frаmе 24-80mm еquіvаlеnt fосаl rаngе, іѕ wеll ѕuіtеd tо а wіdе rаngе оf ѕhооtіng dіѕсірlіnеѕ. PRO from Olympus is a wide-to-portrait-length 24-80mm equivalent lens for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras.We found that the amount of chromatic aberration varied a bit depending on the focal length, although it's generally very well-controlled.

The Phoblographer may receive affiliate compensation for products purchased using links in this blog posted. Obviously diffraction begins to have an impact overall as you stop way down, but at 12mm, for example, each bit you stop down you lose a little bit of micro contrast.First it’s amazing that it comes together with the lens at all (we all know the boring Olympus ‘money-making-lens-hood-policy’ well) and second it’s locked by two buttons on the lens-front, so it’s nearly impossible to lose it by accident. Taking into account that we’re talking about a zoom-lens, it’s between ‘excellent’ and ‘really fine’ from center to corner at all apertures and focal lengths. While this lens might be overkill for some, for those who are interested to get the creme de la creme, the Olympus 12-40mm is quite simply a stunning lens that is a joy to use.

We shoot both images using the default JPEG settings and manual white balance of our test bodies, so the images should be quite consistent from lens to lens.That’s because its protected by an advanced system of seals that keeps you working no matter how harsh it gets out there. FOR VIRGINIA RESIDENTS: If any promise made in the contract has been denied or has not been honored within 60 days after your request, you may contact the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Charitable and Regulatory Programs at vdacs. I think it's a very nice option to have and I can imagine that many photographers don't need an extra macro lens. Pro lens itself is very well built, fully living up to the PRO designation that Olympus have given it.