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The Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 SWD is a tele lens for 4/3, manufactured from 2007 to 2017 (discontinued). The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1399 €;
23 users have given it an average vote of 9.4 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
4/3 reflex: this lens is compatible with reflex 4/3 (discontinued).
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Pros: Sharpness, f2.8 to f3.5 , bright, excellent rendering , well built
Cons: big and heavy
Opinion: I bought the swd version because of the mechanical manual focus for night shots . On the EM1 with automatic magnification , mf is a breeze and the focus ring is smooth as butter .
At about 80-150 mm you get portraits with background blurr the like of FF lenses .
The only downside to this lens is the weight and size, you really have to make a conscious decision to carry and shoot with it . On the other hand a Pana 50-200 is 4 times the price .
Highly recommended .
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Pros:Sharpness, bokeh, robustness, duplicable with excellent results
Cons:Weight, slower focusing speed than more modern pro optics, outdated aesthetics that you may not like.
Opinion:I've owned this lens for many years, I bought it with the E3! It has never disappointed me, it is a pro lens with all the qualities you could want from even more modern and current optics of the same level. I've often used it with the adapter ring even on m4/3 bodies, excellent results even at full aperture.
Pros:Sharpness at all focal lengths, maximum aperture, robust construction, tropicalization, focal range, multipliable, price
Cons:None, maybe just the weight but it's still a 50-200 f/2.8-3.5
Opinion:I have owned this lens for about 5 years, combined with an EM1 via adapter, they have accompanied me on several trips and excursions. Sharpness is very high at all focal lengths and apertures and reaches its maximum between f/4 and f/5.6. Really good and sturdy construction, with both zoom and focus rings that give the right feeling. The autofocus if combined with a native 4/3 body or via adapter (MMF3) to a 4/3 micro body with phase autofocus (EM1 mark I, II, II, EM1X and OM1) is at the level of the PRO m4/3 telephoto lenses, but loses speed and precision if combined with bodies with only contrast autofocus. Equivalent to a 100 400 on FF as a field of view, it is perfect as a first lens for naturalistic or as an all-rounder canvas. In addition, the price at which it is found in the second-hand market, make it a best buy if you are not willing to spend about 1000/1500 euros for the M.Zuiko 40-150 2.8 or for the Panaleica 50-200 f/2.8-4. Maybe it's only because of the weight, but it was never too much for me, given the kind of lens Very underrated and very high quality.
Pros:Very sharp at all focal lengths (even the longest ones), bright, nice bokeh, solid barrel without being "scrambled"...... and first of all the undoubtedly favorable quality - price ratio!!!!!
Cons:The AF, even with the original Olympus adapter (MMF1) and also mounted on the flagship Oly EM1, is never as fast as proprietary micro 4/3 lenses. Aesthetically it is less pleasing to look at than its "counterpart" 40 150 2.8 per m4/3 or the 50 200 2.8 - 4 Panasonic (always for m4/3).
Opinion:A pleasant surprise. I specify that I do NOT own the SWD but the normal version .... however, but on the point I do not feel like putting my hand on the fire, I do not think that the SWD system allows greater speed of focus on the m4/3 adapted (on 4/3 reflex bodies, instead, definitely yes!). Now: af, I already wrote it, is not lightning ... but when it hooks, it hooks precise! And it hardly makes mistakes (or at least it doesn't make more mistakes than I make the m4/3 optics). Optically it was a revelation: the subjects "approach" without having to go up with the shutter speeds: at 1/80 you can safely make portraits of people taken at the maximum focal length (200mm .... which equals 400mm on FF!) without problems of "moved": the stabilizer in the car of the EM1, with this objective, shows off all its "power" and effectiveness! Not only, then, the lens is sharp up to the extreme focal length, but it gives bokeh on average very pleasant: we are perhaps not at the level of portrait optics, but we are very close ... I also have the 75 Oly 1.8....so I know what I'm talking about. Let's say that on the outside, as for the detachment of the planes and the sweetness of the blurred, at the longest focal lengths (from 120mm upwards) the big Oly 50 200 does not suffer reverential fears towards the more modern (and also much lighter) Oly 75. Excellent portraits are made with one and excellent portraits are also made with the other. The price, then, is unbeatable: with patience you can take it away at 300 euros put well: count that you need at least (but at least!!!) twice as much for the 40 150 2.8, which will be a little more compact (but not even so much anyway ....), has the fastest Af, but stops first on the focal length.
Opinion:Purchased lens used with the Olympus E-1 and the 14-54, later used on E 620. When I decided to buy the Nikon D750 with the 24-120 in kit I decided to keep the aforementioned kit since the shopkeeper had made a ridiculous assessment to me to pick it up. Unfortunately it now lies almost unused but its characteristics of brightness, quality of professional image, optical construction and even excessive weight make it current even if it is now 8/9 years since its purchase, too bad that it can be used only on the 4/3 system.
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