Pro is supplied with a lens hood which attaches to the front of the lens via the usual bayonet mount, but has a unique retracting design. The lens offers a 70cm minimum focusing distance at all focal lengths and both feature a metal-cased, dust-, splash- and freeze-proof build. Results are excellent thanks to the bright constant aperture and advanced optical design with ED glass elements. Equipped with a manual focus (MF) clutch mechanism that permits instantly switching from the autofocus (AF) to the MF mode to allow for personal selection. Even more important for Panasonic m4/3 body owners is that the 35-100mm has optical image stabilization built in.

This lens applies the Dual VCM focusing system, an evolution of Olympus-original fast and quiet Movie and Still Compatible (MSC) mechanism. Following the six-month deferral period, Novuna Personal Finance will initiate a monthly direct debit payment for the remaining duration of the loan. lb) and fully sealed for weather protection, delivers super-sharp edge-to-edge image quality, and boasts the world’s first Dual VCM autofocus mechanism. That’s constant regardless of the focal length so you can get close in at 150mm to produce very shallow depth of field shots.I've not played with this enough yet to determine what the crossover point would be for when I would be better served making a crop on the bare lens with an 2 stop advantage. This lens will take the same room in your bag as a Nikon D5 or Canon 1DX with a small prime or pancake lens attached.

Included LH-76 lens hood with the ability to slide the hood over the lens when not in use and dedicated lens pouch. I actually managed to get a reasonably sharp result at 1/10, but not consistently and to be reasonably sure I’d draw the line at 1/20th. is a tad sharper and focuses faster, but 200m is much more useful for wildlife, and the 50-200 is sharp enough from 50-135mm to be a great portrait lens.You can find the same shot taken without the teleconverter for comparison in my gallery and note the aperture selected delivered the best result in this instance. Pro zoom, but took a whole year to finally come to market, officially being announced during Photokina in September 2014. You use zooms for some convenience, and anything that lens does to keep you from having to switch to another lens is more convenience. PRO Lens, is a true workhorse of a lens, perfect for any Micro Four Thirds user looking for the ultimate image quality in a wide range of situations. As many of you will know over the last couple of years I’ve turned exclusively to Micro 4/3 cameras and lenses which I now use for all of my professional and personal work (bar the very rare occasions when I’m part of an event with Canon).