Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75 mm F1.8 Lens, Fast Fixed Focal Length, Suitable for All MFT Cameras (Olympus OM-D & PEN Models, Panasonic G Series), silver

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In any case, my only hesitation is reading more reviews of the OM-D and various Olympus primes, and figuring out if I’d lose anything in terms of image sharpness and detail on large prints (16×20 to 24×36), as compared to my Pentax K-5 (APS-C) kit. I’ve shot handheld with an old 200mm Nikon tele mounted and was amazed at the results (admittedly I had to use some Army sharpshooting techniques as well).

While I did not post a real portrait of a human yet, the couple I did post of the Monkey show the qualities of this lens. The front element looks massive compared to most m43 lenses, but considering what you get, it’s still a tiny lens compared to a lot of telephoto lenses. Capable of delivering an attention-grabbing shallow depth of field when shooting portraits, and attractively defocused surroundings, the M. Expectedly, the 75mm manual focus ring feels poor when rotated and spins far too easily for ideal control.

The Zuiko Extra-low Reflection Optical coating is twice as effective as conventional coatings, giving you the confidence to shoot in bright light without fear of ghosting and flare. I used to shoot pics for cinema posters (to be seen from about 10 feet away) and an original Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 640×480 pixels floppy-disc camera was good enough for that! It’s little details like this that push lenses into ultra-high quality territory, and the 75mm drops the ball on this one. lens is a beautiful high-quality medium length telephoto lens designed for use with Micro Four Thirds (MFT) System cameras. or if you were taking into account the effective doubling of its range when used on an OM-D, which makes a 100-300mm behave (roughly) the same as a 200-600mm lens on “full-frame”.

Bokeh that looks pleasing and a character that stands toe to toe with legends such as the Nikon 85 1. High-Grade Portrait Lens Enhances the Power, Performance and Versatility of Olympus OM-D and PEN Compact System Cameras. I know street photographers (the traditional and conservative kind) will roll their eyes when I mention this: you can do candid shots easier with a longer focal lenth lens, such as this 75mm F1. And finally, most of the manual focus ring’s shortfalls would be made up for if it felt super smooth when spun.Even the 4 year old Nikon D700 destroys it easily in that regard and the quite new APS-C Nikon D3200 has good deal better high ISO performance too. If you’re actually looking for a 50-150mm lens – which would behave on micro4/3 like a 100-300mm does on 35mm format – then the Olympus 40-150mm behaves like a full-frame 80-300mm lens . The Olympus 75mm lens provides an equivalent telephoto of 150mm on a 2x crop MFT sensor and is great for head and shoulders portrait photography.

Its just that I’ll be missing the range between 90mm and 200mm which i like when I’m shooting my Canon 70-200mm 2.The closer you get to any poster, the less sharp it appears, but from, say, three feet away an OM-D shot should be perfectly good. As I said above the lens is larger than most Micro 4/3 lenses but I found it more pleasant to hold and use than the even larger and more expensive Panasonic 12-35 Zoom.