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On its own with no accessories it weighs 169g more (1120g vs 951g), but if you factor in the caps, hood and tripod mount, the difference in what you’ll actually be carrying around amounts to almost 300g (1405g vs 1114g). This is much better than the rather ‘sticky’ zoom found on its Panasonic rival when it comes to making fine adjustments. Teleconverter MC-14 –which means that you can extend the maximum focal length to an enormous 1600mm.
When chatting to my photographer colleagues about their lens capturing sharp, detailed photos, I often come across two statements.Overall, this is a capable lens, although its bulk is a negative when the strength of the Micro Four Thirds format is portability. It’s two-thirds of an f/stop slower than its rival at 100mm, it is considerably larger and heavier and lacks some useful features found on the Panasonic.
I’d like to expand this range a little, and similarly expressively, I’d describe it as follows: “ clear as mud”–“ meh”–“ so-so”–“ just peachy”–“ razor-sharp“. In my view the 100-400mm was far too cheap for what is delivered and that is the problem, it caused false expectation! Bear in mind, though, that with most subjects for this lens’ use, faster shutter speeds will be maintained to prevent motion blur in any case. In minute 1:50, he complains about the narrow aperture ("my main struggle with this lens was really the relatively slow apertures"), and then at 3:10, he complains about how he can't stop down past 6.
Chief among these is the weather sealing, and the extensive hermetic sealing on the entire lens barrel to protect it no matter where you're shooting. On an APS-C camera, like a Fujifilm X mirrorless model, or a Canon EF-S DSLR, a 100-400mm lens will provide an effective focal length of 150-600mm. In this time he shot for clients like Aston Martin Racing, Elinchrom and L'Oréal, in addition to shooting campaigns and product testing for Olympus, and providing training for professionals.
Maybe you should have watched it a 3rd time as he clearly states (multiple times) that the reason he doesn't want to stop down further is that image quality degrades due to diffraction. Featuring near-silent, high-speed focusing, the dust-, splash- and freezeproof Olympus 100-400mm lens offers an extensive focal range of 200-800mm in 35mm terms.Field tests of wildlife are quite difficult because God knows why wild animals keep doing their own thing and leave whenever they want. Thanks in large part to this, the build quality feels as rugged and robust as the manufacturer's Pro lenses. At that moment, I got into a testing vortex as you can imagine the countless combinations of focal lengths and apertures.
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