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next PZ lens test report: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO - Klaus - 05-13-2017

Within its scope it's pretty nice actually (unless you had unrealistic expectations):

 

http://www.opticallimits.com/m43/1006_olympus12100f4pro




next PZ lens test report: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO - davidmanze - 05-13-2017

A very decent all rounder!




next PZ lens test report: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO - thxbb12 - 05-13-2017

Thanks for the review Klaus, very appreciated.

The results are above my expectations.

Impressive, really.

Not taking into account the scope, I find the performance of the lens, especially sharpness, very good hence my surprise at the rating of 3*.

I'd have assumed this type of performance would at least get 3.5 or 4*...


next PZ lens test report: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO - JN - 05-13-2017

Hi Klaus, thanks for the review. Would you consider this Olympus to be a BIG step up from the Leica four thirds 14-150mm.? The older lens you tested on a older body so I find it hard to compare. I think you had the older lens yourself for a while also.


next PZ lens test report: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO - Rover - 05-13-2017

"Due to diffraction Micro-Four-Thirds has its sweat sport..."

Big Grin




next PZ lens test report: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO - Guest - 05-13-2017

'cept for 12mm raw vignetting is well controlled. Do you have a feel for how quickly it drop (12mm is 1.5 stops and 25mm is .3 stops.

 

Impressive consistency (for mtf) from 12mm to 100mm you could almost test it at one point and reuse the same graph (though edge resolution and to a lesser degree center resolution) is dropping slightly. Also very low loca in your bokeh shot.

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Surprise the optics didn't perform better than 3 stars. True it is not as good as a good prime but hard to find a zoom that will beat it - esp a super zoom - can you think of one from any vendor ?




next PZ lens test report: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO - Klaus - 05-13-2017

Quote:"Due to diffraction Micro-Four-Thirds has its sweat sport..."

Big Grin
 

Big Grin Of course, I did that on purpose!  B)



next PZ lens test report: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO - Klaus - 05-13-2017

Quote:Hi Klaus, thanks for the review. Would you consider this Olympus to be a BIG step up from the Leica four thirds 14-150mm.? The older lens you tested on a older body so I find it hard to compare. I think you had the older lens yourself for a while also.
 

Yes, it broke my heart when I sold it.  I'd very hard to tell whether the Oly is better. I used the Leica on a 10mp camera (the L10 - ah, a heavily underrated camera).  The thing is that the Leica was fully corrected (just 2.9% barrel distortions at 14mm) so it didn't rely on auto-correction. That should put it into advantage at the wide end at least.   



next PZ lens test report: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO - Klaus - 05-13-2017

Although - thinking about it - I also used the Leica on the GH2 via adapter (did I mention that I miss that multi-format sensor - Panasonic damn you!). The GH2 had 16mp. Worked like a breeze. The AF wasn't great with the Leica 14-150mm but it wasn't terrible.




next PZ lens test report: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO - Klaus - 05-13-2017

I think I should set up a petition for MFT to bring that multi-format sensor back.  :angry: Can't cost them more than 20 bucks per camera.