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  | sent on 24 Luglio 2021 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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  | sent on 17 Dicembre 2025 Pros: Very robust, sharp, tropicalized Cons: For how much it cost me nothing Opinion: Taken second-hand in perfect condition with the adapter for micro 4/3 included for 315 euros. It's a bit heavy and has a monstrous lens hood but it grips very well and the dials are smooth at the right point. I use it in the mountains on my two Olympus when I don't want to risk damage to the more expensive 40-150 f2.8 with which it holds up well in terms of sharpness, general image quality with 100 mm more which are not few. Only the autofocus sometimes hesitates but nothing tragic. MFT owners, if you find one, buy one. |
 | sent on 12 Settembre 2025 Pros: Excellent optics, beautiful colors and impressive three-dimensionality. Cons: if we really want to indicate one it can be the weight, but it is still a 100-400 Opinion: despite its age, it is still current in performance, excellent speed and exceptional performance. I also have Nikon z and sometimes I am amazed by the quality of this lens, even with "old" bodies like the OM D OM 1 first series. I hold on to it because for what it is worth in money it offers much more .. |
 | sent on 30 Gennaio 2024 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bokeh, robustness, duplicable with excellent results Cons: Weight, slower focusing speed than more modern pro optics, outdated aesthetics that you may not like.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. |
 | sent on 29 Gennaio 2024 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. |
 | sent on 23 Luglio 2021 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. |
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| sent on 12 Novembre 2019 Pros: Brightness, image quality, stabilization. Cons: Nobody 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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| sent on 12 Novembre 2019 Pros: Quick autofocus, great sharpness and brightness, tropicalized, compact. Cons: Nobody Opinion: To this day, with almost 10 years on my shoulders, my 50-200 swd works like the first day. Excellent lens in every circumstance that I use together with the "old" flagship e5 and together offer a really good result. With micro I do not know, I had used it on the em1 first version but it was slower than on the e5 so I left it to the native system. |
 | sent on 20 Ottobre 2017 Pros: AF fast and silent, professional image quality, not heavy for what it offers. Lens hood, case with strap and tripod included Cons: Nobody. Caution: The AF works at maximum of its potential only on 4/3 (old bayonet) or E-M1 (I or II) batteries with adapter. On other bodies m4 / 3, the AF performance (which is not verified and model dependent) is due to the lack of the focus algorithm that uses this lens, whose AF is then directed more slowly. Opinion: Do not make it distracting from being an old-fashioned lens that requires an adapter: buying it is a bargain. The 50-200 SWD is an exceptional lens also on m4 / 3. Of course, if you do not have an E-M1, the only model that (in the first and second versions) has maintained the focus mechanism typical of the old 4/3 system, the AF might be a bit slow (I do not have it tried in person) and to limit the manual to focus peaking - it also helps greatly the fact that the MF is permanently available by turning the ring on the barrel without having to activate it in the menu or move levers. rnAmong this, the lens offers outstanding image quality, comparable to that of the excellent 12-40mm PRO as to sharpness, color, and resistance to defects. The AF on the E-M1 is very quick, accurate and silent (sometimes, if it is "useless", it is almost instantaneous). It is sufficiently open for portrait needs, at least bythe 80mm, where I rarely wanted more blurry. From 50 to 70mm maybe is more suitable for group photos or portrait busts.rnrn The construction is great and makes a nice impression to keep it in hand. It's not very heavy for what it offers. In conclusion, a professional or almost objective, well adapted to portraiture, weddings, and, coupled with the E-M1, to sports or shooting fast moving objects. I voted for 10, I really can not find fault with them (right, it would be nice a little brighter) .rn |
  | sent on 24 Gennaio 2017 Pros: Bright. Precise and fast. tropicalized Cons: For anyone today Opinion: Then, this morning I received this morning and this afternoon I went cannon now to try it. I accompanied with olympus om-d em1 and EC20. connecting it to the duplicator to lose a little bit of light, but in my opinion nothing serious. I was provided with kickstand but honestly I is not served. I'm a skinny girl, on my own I did not last effort. Maybe working on it all day weight there, I do not say the opposite but I did try a few shots of herons bringing it to its full zoom and then with the duplicator to 800mm and was accurate and FAST. I write in capital letters because my fear was that. It was not fast enough. I have yet to get carried away to charity. But as a first impression I was really satisfied. Recommended to all those who can not afford a leica 1600 € ... And so are "satisfied" of a lens where with a good used remains a fair compromise. I repeat: satisfied because I used freehand without a tripod at maximum zoom and photosThey are sharp and precise. I took pictures with very low light and at full zoom it with doubler EC20 reaches 800mm and focal length to 800mm is 7.0 and 5.6 to 50 mm because it increases by two stops. And with that, I made pictures more beautiful and brighter than the 75-300 with more light and with closest subject ... But it's heavy. I have to admit it. I always took in hand and all afternoon ... Beautiful, bright, precise! Autofocus also quick to 800mm (with the sd card of fast writing otherwise slow), but weight. |
 | sent on 21 Marzo 2012 Pros: Objective-quality dust-proof and splash water. Very rugged and accurate built with quality materials. Weight and dimensions. Very good optical quality, bright lens and AF-S MAF fast enough. Cons: to detect a discrete elongation during zooming and the fact that it is in fact of a varifocal lens, which implies the need for a realignment of the MAF varies whenever the focal length is affected in part on the speed of MAF species in AF- C. Price just a little high. Opinion: Goal by the excellent performance already at room temperature, is at the center than at the edges and the entire zoom range. In conjunction with the extender Ec-14 shows no signs of decay image. Raccomandabilissimo for those with the appropriate body (E-3, E-5 and E-30), preferably combined with battery grip, to have a good balance. However, since the weight is not excessive is also well suited for use freehand. Very good resistance to flare, good minimum distance of MAF. |
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