OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/4 PRO : Specifications and Opinions

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Lealtre100

sent on 28 Novembre 2025

Pros: Image quality, lightness, tropicalized construction. The convenience of carrying it with you is a pleasure.

Cons: The price.

Opinion: Truly a lens that does not disappoint. Responsive and lightweight at the same time. With my OM 3 it goes very well and gives very good image results. It is made for sunny days, but on the other hand the analogue with 2.8 aperture is not that much brighter (it is the whole mft system that is not made for the night): this one is newer and less heavy, and above all it has a better autofocus.

Valerio Castelli

sent on 23 Novembre 2025

Pros: Build quality, lightness, sharpness

Cons: The compromise between brightness and compactness is, in fact, a compromise

Opinion: Its most obvious advantage is that it is beautiful: I have a weakness for metal lenses. The rings are quality, the lenses are sharp, it gives the pleasure that only things done well give. I used it for non-professional sports photography and had no problems in broad daylight. Especially if you pan there is no need for very short times or exaggerated openings. When the light becomes scarce and short times are needed, then it means that you want him to do another job, not his own.

Reg.77

sent on 21 Giugno 2025

Pros: F4 constant, compact, construction

Cons: Lack of stabilization

Opinion: With this lens I have a love-hate relationship, it is an excellent all-rounder with its limits. Since I have the 12-100 F4 its worst flaw is the focal length limited to 150, if it had been a 200 it would have been perfect. I see the lack of stabilization as a great limitation, I prefer with long focal lengths stabilization on lens. That said, it is a beautiful and solid lens, sharp, a blade, remarkable details. The lens hood is excellent with a lock button, the lens once unlocked its dimensions remain unchanged. Excellent construction. Tested in the rain it did not give any problem. For birdlife it can be fine as long as the subject based on the size is not too far away. For photos of small insects or butterflies, flowers etc etc it is perfect. The cost is excellent in relation to the quality of the lens.

Coino82

sent on 11 Giugno 2023

Pros: Excellent construction, lightness.

Cons: currently not found.

Opinion: Premise, I wanted to buy out of curiosity is the low cost of 40/150 mm f4 -5.6, once purchased used that lens, I fell in love with the lens, so I put in the photographic backpack my 15/45 f.4 pro, almost forgetting about him, to use it I had to force myself to do it, because, focal lengths used from 35 to 40. So I started to inquire about the 40/150 mm f.4 pro, after reading various reviews and some videos of that lens, I decided to buy it. found an opportunity I gave myself the 40/150 mm F4 pro, and I was immediately enchanted by the high quality of the images it returns. I use this lens with my Olympus OM-D 5 MII, which makes the camera well balanced. (I tested my car with the 12/100 f4 of a Friend, and I felt the car unbalanced forward, which I do not perceive with this lens). I read various reviews that preferred that OM System, produced it duplicable, but it would have conflicted with the older sister 40/150 f2.8, so drop in sales of that lens, already lose many estimators because this lens weighs much less and what in my opinion is a very advantageous fact. Who will evaluate the purchase of the 40/150 f2.8 or the 40/150mm f4, will evaluate the difference in cost and weight. I can say that I am fully satisfied with this perspective, in everything is for everything. A praise to OM System, for the choice of care yet another 40/150 mm lens, which satisfies everyone who wants to save money and those who want an excellent yield, all at a reasonable price when compared to the quality is at the focal length 80/300 if compared to FF.

Emanuele Lucchetti

sent on 17 Novembre 2022

Pros: Excellent quality construction - Excellent photographic yield - Lightness and compactness considering that it is like an 80-300mm f/4 in full frame

Cons: It is not duplicable

Opinion: High quality professional lens with excellent construction. Light and ergonomic the 40-150 f / 4, in my opinion, today is the best compact zoom on the market that reaches the focal length of 300mm f / 4 (compared to full frame). If combined with the latest OM-1 the photographic yield is excellent and if used freehand with the High Res Shot (50mpx) computation mode adding the 2x digital teleconverter of the OM-1, we get a 600mm f / 4 that gives splendid "macro" on static subjects. When used as a zoom handyman, the weight is not excessive, allows us to wear it around the neck during walks. Personally tried during my mountain hikes, I had no problem wearing it around my neck for a few hours during the hiking outing. Very compact fits perfectly in a handbag, mounted on an m4/3 camera. If compared to its brother f/2.8 (heavier and older), the results with the 40-150 f/4 are surprising and sometimes better and we can consider it a worthy replacement for the f/2.8 (which I did). Compared to the "old" M.Zuiko 40-150 f/2.8, the new M.Zuiko 40-150 f/4 is a native OM Digital Solution project and is marked OM System. Unfortunately the 40-150 f / 4 is not duplicable, perhaps an extra effort the engineers of OM Digital Solution could do it by making it compatible with 1.4x and 2x telenconverters. However, even with this limitation, the optics are superb and worth the money spent.

Bolla83

sent on 23 Ottobre 2022

Pros: Weight, dimensions, filter diameter, price

Cons: Requires unlocking

Opinion: Alongside my 12-40 f2.8, with two lenses I have everything I need for street photography/travel. Of course, it does not equal the brother f2.8, but at the moment I do not see it as a defect, indeed, blurred excellent without risk of out-of-focus on the second field. Weight and dimensions like the 12-40 mentioned, as well as the filter diameter, excellent for slimming the kit. Price could have been lower, compared to 2.8, but it is a relatively recent lens. Defects? I do not like the need for unlocking for use, but this allows you to gain in compactness. Two lenses of this level, and two omd bodies, in the space of a traditional SLR. If these are not M43 spells..

Carmelogaudioso

sent on 09 Ottobre 2022

Pros: performance, color rendering, ergonomics

Cons: nobody

Opinion: probably a comparative technical test between this PRO F4 and the PRO F2.8 could highlight some differences, but in normal use, in the field, for an amateur photographer, even evolved, the results are practically indistinguishable, with a point in favor linked to greater handling and ergonomics. I use it with the M1 and they seem to be made for each other.