Olympus Zuiko Digital 7 300 Mm 1456 Lens Review

The Olympus 75-300 mm for auction since the stop of 2010. The unique feature of this meaty lens' is its wide zoom range, respective to a viewing angle of a 150-600 mm zoom lens on a camera with a full-frame sensor. Couple that enormous zoom range with modest dimensions plus low weight, and you have a lens that you ever tin take with you, without any shoulder complaints.

The nearest competitor of the Olympus 75-300 mm is the Panasonic 100-300 mm , which nosotros previously tested. The question is, which lens is better: the Panasonic 100-300 mm or the Olympus 75-300 mm? Especially at a focal point of 300mm we hope that the Olympus beats the Panasonic.

Olympus 75-300 review

Construction and autofocus
The Olympus 75-300 mm is only 12 cm long in its shortest configuration, but information technology even so has a zoom range that corresponds with the viewing angle of a 150-600 mm zoom lens on a camera with a full-frame sensor. With a focal length of 600 mm @ full-frame, this lens is very suitable for bird images or other wild-life photography. The low-cal weight of the Olympus 75-300 mm ensures that yous will endure taking images. Click on the prototype to see a enlarged version.	Olympus 75-300 mm f/4.eight-half dozen.7 ED G.Zuiko Digital, @ 300 mm, 1/320
I got greedy for this lens when I kickoff held it. The lens is beautifully finished, light and comfortable to concord. Every bit you can meet in the picture, the Olympus 75-300 mm becomes nigh fifty% longer when zoomed out. The drive of the autofocus is fast and quiet when using the Olympus 75-300 mm on an Olympus E-M5. Downside is that the zoom lens too easily extends when the camera is held vertically, such as hanging around your neck. The zoom lens will extend itself to a focal length of 300 mm.	{insertgrid=289}
Image stabilization
The Olympus 75-300 mm has no built-in prototype stabilization, which might be a disadvantage for users of a Panasonic photographic camera.Olympus cameras apply in-photographic camera image stabilization ("IBIS") . And the Olympus image stabilization works very effectively as shown in our previous reviews: you will win4 stops. See the Olympus IS test in the Olympus 45 mm test and the Olympus East-M5 test.
Vignetting
Nosotros measured the amount of vignetting in jpg images produced with the Olympus 75-300 mm in combination with the Olympus E-M5. In terms of vignetting, the Olympus 75-300 mm delivers a very adept performance. In practise you will almost never meet visible vignetting in images made with this lens.
Olympus 75-300 Distortion
The distortion over the entire zoom range is pincushion-shaped. This type of baloney is less easily identified by the naked center than barrel-shaped distortion. The degree of baloney is depression at 75 mm, and is acceptable at the other focal lengths. In compages, the images' pincushion distortion might just become visible. If necessary, this degree of baloney can be corrected easily using photo editing software such as Lightroom or PTlens.
Bokeh Olympus 75-300 mm
The bokeh of this lens is certainly not unpleasant, thanks to the long focal lengths that y'all can use. Only around highlights there can be a color divergence, as yous can see in this paradigm. Click on the image to encounter a larger version..
Flare
This lens was institute to be to our surprise, sensitive to flare. Previously tested Olympus lenses such every bit the Olympus 45 mm 1.eight and the Olympus ix-18 mm scored very well on this role. At this signal, the Olympus 75-300 mm acknowledge the superiority of the Panasonic 100-300 mm .
Olympus 75-300 Resolution
The Olympus 75-300 mm is so compact and light that you lot can take information technology with you lot without beingness troubled past its weight. The more you have a telephoto lens with you, the greater the chance you volition come home with a nice moving picture. To illustrate this, nosotros pictured a kingfisher for y'all. This image has been made at a focal length of 300 mm, where its performance is worst. We practical a little extra sharpening in the RAW file to recoup for that and are nevertheless pleased with the outcome. How about you? Click on the image to see a larger version.
Sharpness of the Olympus 75-300 mm in a nutshell: the longer the focal length the lower the sharpness. Here you see a applied example of a jpg paradigm fabricated at a focal length of 300 mm. Not very sharp, but certainly acceptable. Click on the epitome to see a larger version.
Just above a focal length of 250 mm, sharpness rapidly decreases. If you compare the Imatest results for resolution of the Olympus 75-300 mm, with the Imatest resolution measurements of the Panasonic 100-300 mm , the Panasonic is almost just equally good. The differences are, however, so small that it is ordinarily will non be visible. Click on the image to see a larger version.
Chromatic aberration Olympus 75-300mm
Chromatic abnormality is generally well kept under command at all focal lengths with the Olympus 75-300. Even at the farthermost focal lengths you volition find near no chromatic abnormality.
When you enlarge the image up to 100%, a express amount of chromatic aberration becomesw visible, as you can cee in this crop. This corporeality of chromatic aberration tin easily exist corrected using software.
Conclusion Olympus 75-300mm f/iv.8-vi.vii ED M.Zuiko Digital review
	Look in our list of reviewed lenses or in our listing of reviewed micro-43 lenses to compare the performance of this lens with that of other lenses.
WYSIWYG score : This table shows the operation of this lens when you save the files in the camera as jpg, including all in-camera lens corrections (baloney, chromatic aberration). This score gives you for this lens/test camera combination: "What you see is what you lot go".	{insertgrid ID = 308}
Pros Compact and calorie-free weight tele-zoom lens Decent optical performance over the unabridged zoom range, especially resolution, baloney and vignetting: Nigh no vignetting over entire zoom range All-time performance at lower focal points: Tiptop resolution operation at 75 mm f/8	Cons Zoom lens extends by itself when aimed down. Sensitive to flare
This lens offers an excellent value for money. In terms of vignetting, the Olympus 75-300 mm delivers a very good functioning and also distortion will never be a problem. Sharpness of the Olympus 75-300 mm images in a nutshell: the shorter the focal length, the higher the sharpness. Gear up to 75 mm and aperture viii, the Olympus 75-300 mm and image quality to compete with the best lenses out at that place, whether the lenses on a camera with a micro-43, APS-C or full-frame sensor. At a focal length of 300 mm, this lens is – just like the Panasonic 100-300 mm – not yet the tack precipitous telephoto lens some micro-43 users are waiting for. We started this review with the question whether the Olympus 75-300 mm could beat the Panasonic 100-300 mmin terms of the quality. The cheaper Panasonic 100-300 mm scores equal for overall optical performance. The differences between these ii lenses are then small that it will but show in directly comparison. I got greedy when I received this lens for our Olympus 75-300 review and I believe that many micro-43 camera owners who bought a Olympus 75-300 mm will make many stunning pictures, where APS-C and full frame photographic camera owners left the telephoto lens at home because of its size or weight. {insertgrid ID = 600}