Re: M.Zuiko Digital ED 50-200mm f/2.8 IS PRO is coming!?
hoodlum90 wrote: Paul_100A wrote: johnvanr wrote:
All that said, I still don’t know what its place in the market is.
I own the 40-150/2.8, the 300/4 and the 150-400mm. I’m trying to imagine what I would do if I didn’t own any of those and I think I’d buy the 40-150mm with a 1.4x converter.
agree,
I shot (and burned myself right out of photography in the process) people/weddings/portraits long before sliding into the quiet solitude of birds/nature...mainly just to have a reason to power on a camera.
among many other lenses, I still have my *dZuiko 50-200 mk1, and mZuiko 40-150Pro.
I have a rather complete FF milc system for people stuff as well.
I appreciate all that OM did to make the 50-200Pro what it is and I'd like to have one but it'd be a silly purchase just to support OM mainly.
I am trying to decide if I want to shoot more people stuff again, which would make the 50-200Pro purchase less silly , but, if I were to shoot people stuff again...I am already seriously over-covered with equipment to do so.
My dZuiko 50-200 has always been at the top of all my lenses (Zeiss, Contax, Leica etc., etc., etc.,) I like best for it's rendering.
I know the mZuiko 50-200Pro is not the dZuiko 50-200 but I have seen rendering from the Pro that I like and recognize.
The background rending of the images I have seen from the 50-200 F2.8 are the best I have seen from OM telephoto lenses. I could see some upgrading from the 40-150 + TC as that combination can sometimes struggle with rendering. If I was shooting a lot of owl images, this this 50-200 would be an ideal lens for that.
i decided, last night, to put the old 4/3 50-200 on a camera and do some shooting soon.
Sep 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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