Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Telephoto Zoom lens with FourThirds max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with
MFT cameras.
What type of photography is the Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
Reasons to Buy Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro Lens
Here we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Weather-sealed |
| Autofocus |
| Hood supplied |
| Tripod Collar |
| Full-time Manual Focusing |
| Internal Focusing |
| Fast Aperture at Wide end |
| Fast Aperture at Tele end |
| Constant f2.8 aperture throughout the range |
| 9 Diaphragm Blades for Smooth Bokeh |
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Lens Mount
Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro is compatible with cameras that have a Micro Four Thirds lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Micro Four Thirds lenses are Panasonic G9 II, OM System OM-5 and Panasonic GH6.
Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro has a maximum diameter of 79mm and total length of 160mm. It weighs 760g / 26.8 oz.
Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro has a filter thread of 72mm. Below are links to the filters that we recommend you to consider for your Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro:
Focal Range
Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro has a focal range of 40-150mm and 3.8X zoom ratio which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 80-300mm when used on a FourThirds format camera.
Weather Sealings
The Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro is a weather-sealed lens, which provides extra protection to prevent water and dust get inside the lens and camera body under light rain, snow and wind. In order to have effective protection, you have to pair the Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro with a weather-sealed camera body such as the Panasonic G9 II, OM System OM-5 and Panasonic GH6.
Tripod Collar
With a total length of 160mm and a weight of 760g, the Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro is a large lens. Fortunately, it comes with a tripod collar which you can use to attach the lens directly to a tripod or monopod instead of attaching the camera. This connection helps to better balance the lens/kit combination.
Optical Image Stabilization
Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro doesn't have an optical image stabilization system so the only option to stabilize the image taken with this lens is to mount on a camera body with IBIS (sensor based In-body image stabilization).
Alternatively, you can check the Panasonic 45-150mm F4-5.6 OIS in Micro Four Thirds mount that have similar focal range but features Optical Image Stabilization.
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Zoom Method
Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro features Rotary (internal) zoom method where the length of the lens doesn't change while you are zooming in or out. Even though this design has a size disadvantage in general compared to extending designs, it has the benefits of better sealing against dust and moisture, no zoom creep and no weight balance shift while zooming.
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.21x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.7m.
Aperture
Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro is a fixed aperture lens with a constant max aperture of f2.8 from 40mm all the way to the 150mm .
| Focal Length |
Max Aperture |
Min Aperture |
|
40mm
|
F2.8 |
F22 |
|
150mm
|
F2.8 |
F22 |
Optical Formula
Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro's optical formula consists of 16 elements in 10 groups . Following special elements are used in this design:
- 1 Aspherical ED lens
- 2 Aspherical lenses
- 1 SED lens
- 3 ED lenses
- 1 HD
lens
Lens Hood
Olympus ED 40-150mm F2.8 Pro comes with a removable lens hood which is handy to reduce lens flare and glare in your photos.
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