Chuck said:
I'm not one who underestimates the m.Zuiko 14-150. It's my standard
walk-around lens. In all my years of shooting film or even digital on
my Canon 5D I've never regularly carried a lens of more than 200mm
because of size and weight. It's wonderful to have 28-300 equivalent in
a single, very small and lightweight lens. That said, I do love my
12-50 and it's "macro" capability.
I recently got interested in comparing the 14-150 with the 75 and 45 prime.
I shot a grass/tree/street scene with all three on tripod, and compared
sharpness and (to my unprofessional eye) color/contrast. I was not
rigorous in controlling aperture so generally had mid-range (4.5 to 11) but
not consistent across the lenses. Like I say, was simply interested in
roughly how they compared. Did the test with an M1 and an EPL3. I did do
the zooms with three ranges (e.g., 14, 90, 150). I looked at the center of
the image, adjusting all images to the same view coverage (e.g., a 14 image
was cropped immensely, while the 150 image not so much (perhaps 10% of the
image.)
Hugely non-scientific.
Long story short, the 14-150 really showed well. Not quite as sharp as the
75 prime . but very impressive, had to work to see any difference.
Like Chuck, I now use it as the walk-around, and have had the opportunity
to make up to 30x40 prints with very good results.
Bob
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