BEST Travel Lens 2019? Olympus M.Zuiko 12-200mm - RED35 Review
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- Опубліковано 23 лют 2019
- If you can only take one lens on your next holiday, what will it be? Jimmy tested the latest Olympus do-it-all 12-200mm super zoom lens, with a 16.6x that effectively covers a full frame equivalent of 24-400mm!! What's Jimmy verdict?? #Olympus #besttravellens #getolympus
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Almost a pro lens without the lens-IS, manual clutch, full metal built and slight softness at the tele-end and that constant aperture. But it's great for those who need just one lens for travel. Weather-seal!!!! Oh man!
Constant aperture?
@@pawankumar-dv1ox nope, variable, 3.5 - 6.3
@@Red35Photography yay , but you mentioned "and that constant aperture" what does it mean ?
@@pawankumar-dv1ox when I was comparing it to 12-100mm pro lens which has the f/4 constant aperture.
@@pawankumar-dv1ox , constant aperture means the aperture will not change when zooming in and out shooting wide open at the short end and long end.
Love Saori-chan's expressions @ 4:14 & 7:00 when Jimmy was extending the lens.
Good review and really nice photos. Happy to see Saori again. yay!
Thank you Jimmy and Saori for the wonderful introduction to the lens. This lena is indeed perfect for traveling.
Great Review. Love the delivery with your model happy to join in.
She does so well trying to look like she is interested in your tech jargon!
If I could take such sharp photos like you do with this lens, then it must be the only lens I need.
4:14 that side eye, though, when the lens "extended"
And again at 7:00 🤣
Love the reactions with the fully metal olympus lens at 6:05 and your pretty japanese friend !! Best regards from South of France... :-) E-M1 MkII fan club...
The range on that lens is ridiculous! Great episode as always. Saori is nice, too.
Great review. You are very practical and do not get caught up with gear lust. Thank you for showing a good assortment of shots. I have not seen much buzz about the lens. I have the 12-100, but for my use the extra 100mm (really 200 mm ) reach is tempting.
Great review as usual! And Saori is cute!
Like you two interactive with each other.
Keep up!
Any plan travel in Japan?
Thanks for the video. Your parter in this video and you work well together. Cheers
Cheers Hanz!
Jimmy, thanks for the video, you two have great chemistry!
I was quite surprised by your verdict that the 12-200 rivals, or at least comes close to, the sharpness of the 12-200. Do you by any chance have pictures of the same scene with the two lenses that you could share at full resolution? I'd greatly appreciate it.
That girl is so cute and full of life
Made your video really fun. And yes like that focal length very compact.
My first Nikon lens I got with my first Nikon camera (D200) was the 18-200. Not quite the range or quality you are describing here, but I used that lens a lot. Very versatile. Enjoyed it and got lots of photos I was very pleased with. This Oly offering looks better.
Even though I’m 100% happy with mu 12-100 f4 for travel, I love watching your videos. And the fact that your videos are all shot on Olympus is awesome too.
Thanks Tim!
I am looking for a travel lens with a long reach. Looks like the perfect match to me. Thank you for the review.
Nice and detailed review. I just got this lens for my Pany G 9 because I wanted a versatile reach, do-it-all lens & the closest Panasonic lens was the 14-140. Your wright - when zoomed out - with no lens stabilization - the G 9 has to work hard to compensate for the jitters at 200mm ( FF equ. 400mm ). Also on the zoom ring - it gets stiff @ the 175 ~ 200 range. I'm hoping this loosens up as it's used. Before getting the G 9, I had - and still do - the Pany Leica Fz 2500, f2.8 ~ 4.5, 24 ~ 480mm bridge camera which is ' VERY ' versatile. This is why I like the Oly 12 ` 200MM. I've learned - & like the Pany menu sys so I got the G 9. Enjoyed your vid & the girl was helpful with some tech. parts.
Nice review, I love it🤩
Cheers Herby!
Stunning
A model that can co-'host'! How lucky can one content creator get?! Haha. Awesome review on the lens by the way. I currently have the 14-150mm ii but find that my 40-150mm was a tad better on the long end. Hmmmm
Hi Jimmy, thanks for the review. Would you consider the image quality to be equivalent to the 14-150mm mk2 kit lens?
Nice review of the lens and very pretty girl! :)
Wow! Olympus improved so much since the first few editions of the em pen (can't remember which already)
Hey there, thanks for the great vids. I've used a few of them when deciding on new lenses. I'm now looking at getting this lens or the 14-150mm. The 14-150mm is almost half the price of the 12-200. Do you think, apart from the range, there's any significant difference between the two to warrant the huge price difference?
I would agree this is great for travel paired with a prime lens for 2 lens system for daytime and low light. However, I am looking at getting a 14-140mm Mk2 from Panasonic which has IS but this has weather sealing though. Tough choice!!!
can't argue when a japanese person corrects your pronunciation of zuiko xD but then again, i wouldn't argue with saori at all ;)
Saori is very pretty. Did you use the Olympus Workspace software to post process the images?
Well mate that was a great report would have been fantastic on the M5 ii. Loved the photos and the great modeling by Saori again ancc the work of your camera person on chasing you all ovrr the park ha ha wish me luck Air Show starts on Tuesday can hardly wait to get at them ha anyway stay safe and enjoy yourselves see ya and thanks
Cheers Bene! Have fun at the air show! Yeah, this is kind of a fun lens that covers most needs. Saori was always fun to work with and Tracey is magic, always manages to capture my 'odd' side. Have a nice week! Take care.
@@Red35Photography thanks mate
I'm more concerned with wide angle than telephoto so, everything else considered, my favorite travel lens is still the 12-50mm!
the model shot is nice, super nice. But I was expecting more on the overall use of this lens as all-rounder, more landscape or cityscape on the widest-end, how it performs in wide-open along the range.
What a wonderfully charming and engrossing review! It was perfect for a non-pro, like me. I'm going on an African safari, and my luggage is severely weight limited, so I am considering buying this lens, and taking it, instead of my current Lumix trio: 12-35 f2.8, 35-100 f2.8, and 100-300 f4.0-5.6. I can't decide if the tradeoff in focal length and photo quality will be worth the weight savings, and relief of not having to constantly change lenses. Do you have any thoughts/recommendations? Also, can you offer insight on what shooting video is like with this lens, especially regarding stabilization and auto-focus?
Sounds nice, but I already bought the Tamron 14-150 a few months back. I'd be curious how they compare.
My travel lens is the Panasonic Lumix 20mm pancake lens on the E-M10. I value portability.
Bask in the "good old days" of film, when David Bailey featured in Olympus advertising, "Zuiko" was pronounced as if it rhymed with "psycho" - zigh (rhymes with sigh) - coe
Very interesting. I’ve been thinking of changing my Leica 12-60 f2.8-4 to the Olympus 12-100 f4, to make it more of a travel lens so I don’t have to take a bag of lenses with me. The 40-150 f2.8 and adaptors are quite bulky as Sally (?) demonstrated. Also I hadn’t realised it was weather sealed and of that quality. Off to the shops I think to check it against the pro, do i need the IBIS? Thanks very much for another great video.
Looking for more reviews of this lens.
The lens certainly did well capturing Saori’s beauty! Was aiming for the 12-100 pro but maybe not now.🤔
Choices, choices :)
Nice comparison with the 12-100...hard to see any. Man, I love your gloves, could you tell me more about them?
Thanks for your work defending this system.
Hi Jimmy I have seen a number of reviews on this camera and it seems to suffer a lot from Purple fringing on highlight edges, did you find this?
Interesting lens. Right now I use the PanLeica 12-60 and 45-200 to get the same range. One thing that I noticed was that a lot of the photos seemed to have some vignetting to them. Was that the lens or added in post?
Good review. I've been looking at the 12-200 mm as a travel lens and this helped with the purchase decision.
Was just wondering if you bought this lens in the end?
@@WestysGate yes, I did. Very good lens for travelling.
would love to try this lens! i still feel good about buying the 12-100. I don't think i've used the 12-40 since getting it. Jimmy, would you do some tutorials on getting the most of these lenses when doing indoor/outdoor portraits? i liked what you did with Saori in this video and want to learn more.
Yes, stay tuned with my Photography 101 series. I will be doing more tutorial videos later :)
If I don't have a decided projekt when I go out for My Photo sessions, this has become my to go for lens, since it is so versatile. If I'm out in low Light situation I take one of my primes or pro zooms. You talk a lot of polycarbonate in the video. I think the reason that Olympus went for polycarbonate is that it is The most shock resistans plastic and also is weight reliveing. In The formula 1 they always use carbonfiber with epoxy to make the cars durable and Light weight. Nice video, Jimmy. Lot of Love from Sweden.
Great lens, I want it! 😍 with my great EM1 mkII 🤗
Crazy range on a lens
Good review, nice photos but I would like to have seen some more or different actual travel photo's, architecture, landscape, street scenes, water front and of course tourist attractions. I'm not a pro so pro lenses are note within my budget so I appreciate your tech tips and reviews that I can relate to. Thanks and keep up the good work. :)
Cheers Neil! Yes, appreciated your comment! It's hard to struck the balance when Saori is in the video :) It would be much easier for me just to wonder around London for the 'travel' theme :) Don't worry though, we will do more videos in the with various themes and tutorials in our Photography 101 section!
Can you please teach us how you take these gorgeous pictures and your camera setting? The backgrounds are so blurry and beautiful. Did you do any post processing to achieve this amount of blur?
Kev Lo I was thinking the exact same thing
When you walk away and turn and shoot Saori, it would be GREAT if you would splice in the shots at that moment, wide and telephoto....same thru-out, great video of you moving and shooting, but would be GREAT if you edited in the shots at that scene. Also, I did like to know what the VIDEO was shot with? Same lens / camera setup? Overall great job, ordered the EM-1 MKii with 12-200 last night and looking for confirmation that it was a good choice! Feel secure, and excited! Thanks
Great portraits also with this non specific lens 😉
Jimmy, between this lens and the 14-150mm mark II with variable aperture, which would you honestly recommend?
Brand of the camera strap for your EM1?
How does this compare to the 14-150?
Top-top! :D
Heya, what camera did you use here 7:01 ?
Also, when you show the sample images from 12-200, are they shown after post processing, or how do they look sooc? :p im unsure on how well they can handle low light, but I LOVE how light weight and portable it looks.
E-M1 II
Nice review and nice lens. Very nervous bokeh though.
I´ve seen many of your Leica lens reviews with great pics thus I was curious about your comments regarding this lens after I saw the MTF curves posted by Olympus. To be gentle it has a very versatile zoom range and apperently color errors aren´t that bad. Everybody has to evaluate IQ and value by his own benchmark. If rendering including sharpness and bokeh is satisfying for people - great. As I know many of your really good street shots, after having seen the pics in this video honestly I can´t understand that you find so many positive words for this lens.
Hi Ernst. Well, I review this lens base on what it's target audience is. Clearly it isn't a professional level lens. I seldom use zoom myself for street or in fact my work in general. But the appeal of this lens is the range, over anything else. I didn't even mention bokeh at all this video if you notice, simply because it wasn't the main focus point. Having a great range is good for those who just want one lens for travel. Sharpness is great at the wide end but I admit and also noted in my pinned comment on the page, that the tele end is soft when compare to Olympus' own pro lenses. To sum it up, if I am a parent/traveller who wants a light weight do-it-all lens, this is it. As a pro, I won't.
@@Red35Photography I agree with the range albeit I think the 12-100 is the much better lens and 100mm are plenty enough for 95% of the pics. What me shocked more than the poor sharpness at the long end was the rendering from sharp to unsharp and the horrendous bokeh which is so distracting that you despite the oof area look more there than on the model in the foreground. I can understand that it is a very tough challenge for lens producers to develop a lens from 12-200 but in my opinion Olympus hasn´t done them a favor. Probably I am too ambitious anyway and after the really for its range stunning 12-100 awaited too much. I suppose that there was a demand for such a lens else Oly wouldn't have developped it.
plus 2 fast fas primes e.g. pana 20/ 1.7 & oly 45/ 1.8
Great review. Question: I'll be traveling to Budapest and Prague later this year. I'm taking my 9-18mm and 14-150mm. I know both lenses are slow, but offer great range. I"ll be taking outdoor shots early evening and late afternoon (and mid day!) plus some interiors of cathedrals, etc. Should I be looking at a fast prime (such as 17mm 1.8) or rely on my em5 mkII IBIS. I'd really appreciate your perspective. I look forward to more videos!!
Thanks for watching Mark! Well, I am more of a prime guy so 17mm 1.8 for me any days. However, this travel range is just insane if you need that ultimate flexibility. But if I can only take one lens, then, yes 12-200 is just great.
@@Red35Photography Thanks Red! 14-150mm and 17.18 for interiors it is! Just what I thought. You confirmed it.
HI red,how about the focus speed about this lens at 200MM, I prepare get a long range lens to photo my kid play football match,is any other good choice?thank you.
Thanks for watching! Which camera do you use? If you want to photograph football match, you need something with quick AF, regardless of lens. If you use em1 II, it shouldn’t be a problem, at 200mm you need more lights or higher ISO to keep the shutter speed high :)
How does this compare to the 14-150?
More Sally!
Why are so many people caught up on the bokeh? It seems that's all people want and that's not the purpose of this lens. Travel lenses you usually want less bokeh. What's the point of taking a picture in from of a moment or in certain places if you can't see what it is. For some reason somebody taught everyone that bokeh defines a great picture.
Jamal Peoples absolutely! Glad you understand!!! Yeah not many people really. Wait for my episode later today.
I like how you make all your girls in a video say yes all the time when you talking about gear :D
Is the material of the zoom ring the same as in the 75-300 (which really attracts scratches), or the same as in the 12-50?
Mine 75-300 II has not got any scratches, but the 45mm f/1.8 does... Same with 60mm f/2.8 macro. I think the 30mm f/3.5 macro is more resistance, but I have had it only a year now.
But 40-150mm f/4-5.6 and 75-300mm f/4.5-6.7 II are lenses that has very tough shell.
I prefer these to PRO line that gets ugly when you get hard hits to it like from stones from car wheels etc... Metal is not so tough as industry plastic.
Your copartner, Tracy, is so lovely. Will you be my better half Tracy... GRINS.
PS. I use this lens on my G9 for a complete one lens carry.
Thanks for a good review.
Dang it!!! I just acquired the 14-150mm for travel. Now, You're tempting me to get this lens but for a bit over 3x the price I paid for the 14-150mm used. 12mm is great for vlogging, and the zoom range is great for general travel photography and b-roll clips. WHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?????!!!!!!!!!
LOL! That's fine mate, 14-150 is a great lens. Yes, you can go wider and further with this but your is plenty enough :) I think this lens will eventually replace 14-150 II
Red35 Photography , I’m sure that’s the point of releasing this lens. Maybe in a year I’ll catch these for cheap on eBay. 😉👍
You just told my story :) I bought 14-150 just about a month ago. Thanks it's with a 1/3 price tag :D Otherwise I would just jump out of a cliff.
@@Red35Photography I do not think that Olympus should replace 14-150 II with the 12-200. The former is lighter and cheaper. Not everybody needs an extra reach at the expence of extra bulk and extra cash. They are like the smaller and the bigger brothers. Both are needed.
She seems very interested in the coating of the lens^^
Nice way to intro the lens. I noticed a little bit of camera shake but it didn't occur to me that the lens was fully extended, so good job on holding it steady. Glad there wasnt any bloopers of Saori dropping that 12-100mm lens. The worry on your face about dropping the lens & the oddly excited expression of Saori when talking about how far the 12-200mm lens extends was priceless. LOL
LOL hahah yeah that was unexpected reactions from both Saori and I. But it was well captured hahahaha...
I have always had a superzoom from my 1990 28-200mm (was it a Nikon fit Tokina or Tamron?) to my very first and current trip MFT lens, the Panasonic 14-140mm. I really dont know why I buy them as I am always seduced by the convenience, disappointed by the image quality and turned off by the extra weight, lack of compactness and lack of aperture. So, I took it on holiday last year and what did I end up using or more importantly which photos keeping? Well the answer after the fact is mostly, I used the Olympus 17mm f1.8 (about 60%) with a quite a lot of Panasonic 25mm f1.7 (often used with a x2 crop giving me a FF equivalent of 100mm). On one day I did use the stunning 45mm f1.8 which I mostly use for zoos. The truth is I always end up being disappointed with a superzoom and end up only using primes. On the last day, driving home I even preferred the 12-32mm pancake zoom at the wetland Centre. Will I buy another superzoom? Well you know the answer to that; I will buy a new camera system in the future and buy another superzoom for it . Yes I will be disappointed and it will spend its life gathering dust in my camera drawer like all the rest of them - sigh. Why do I do it? Have fun ;-)
LOL, well, I can use it as a telescope too that allows me to take some shots and videos. Yes, I get what you mean. I too will resort back to my primes, as a prime guy would do, but playing with this super zoom was kind of fun. I took some shots at that 200mm end was just something.... crazy. Did I have fun? Oh yes :)
I think you have put your finger on it; its fun. The trouble with fun is it wears off. After a couple of weeks of novelty the lens ends up in a drawer. Once the novelty passes you are back to why you take photos and a more serious drive takes over; and nothing comes close to using a good prime lens chosen for the task in hand. Weirdly, my most surprising lens of the last 5 years (maybe most surprising ever) is the kit lens that came with my Panasonic GX9, the 12-32mm pancake zoom; It covers my main focal lengths of 35mm and 50mm. I was just going to buy the body as usual but had seen a video by Dom Bower extolling its virtues so for only £99 extra, bought the kit to try it out. Frankly, I thought it was plasticy rubbish, plug ugly and the front element so exposed as to always be covered in body prints. Well that I could fix, bought a Leica style metal lens hood. Took it out round a lake and it blew me away. The image quality was stunning (I have several sunflower images at the 12mm end from it in my latest show "Dark Paths" Instagram@vicisnaps) and it now looked quite elegant as the hood balanced the overall style. It reminded me of my Leica IIIg with collapsing Summicron. This lens is now my firm favourite convenience lens and I choose it always over my superzoom unless I am visiting a wildlife hide and need 140mm.
all i need is a beautiful japanese model :)
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Very nice review and I really like the the lens too, it's cool. I'm a new friend here. Just done hit the red button, like and bell icons. Keep it up the good work. Let's stay connected. Greeting from Singapore.
Cheiko Sairin thank you for joining our family!! Glad you enjoyed our videos :) have a great day! J
She does a good job looking interested. 👍
I was watching Rob Trek videos on C-AF and Bokeh differences from Kit, premium and pro lens and it is absolutely impressive how good the 12-40mm Pro lens is. I figured this lens would be a bit slow on C-AF and the Bokeh is ok but when you consider what it can do for travel photography, WOW! I've seen some sample photos too, I'm impressed with the sharpness. Seeing this lens on an EM10, just getting a grip could resolve the size of this lens but its still not too huge. Looking at it on your EM1, it looks just right. Very good video.
Cheers Rob! Yes, it's not bad at all considering what it's aiming at. It's not a pro lens and not pretending to be and if you want the best build, optical performance and ruggedness, still have to pay that premium. But this is an impressive piece of glass. Light weight, good image quality and man, that massive range is just cool to have sometimes when you want to keep everything small. Oh yes, it fits just right on the EM1 II :)
funny guy. good review. would be good to show the pictures in the video as you take them. cute model :-)
Thanks for the review Jimmy. Nice setup.
Unfortunately I'm still struggling between 12-200 and 12-100.
I do own the 12-40 f2.8 and a pana 35-100 f2.8 already... So the 12-100 may actually fully replace those two, whereas the 12-200 would be more an add on to the gear.
Why do I take a look at all at those lenses?
Especially for taking photos of my little kid and traveling the patience (not mine) while changing lenses is diminishing.
May I ask what you ended up going with? I am in a similar delimma between those two lenses.
@@undergreenthunder8037 I tested the 12-200 for 2 days in the olympus test program. It did not convince me at all. The sharpness didn't meet my expectations. At 200mm I compared the photo with my 35-100mm f2.8 at 100mm digitally cropped and the 35-100mm was clearly sharper. Thus I decided the extra reach of the 12-200 is not worth going for.
Meanwhile have the 12-100 and love it as always on family trip lens. Sharpness is good, SyncIS is amazing.
Maybe I had a bad version of the 12-200 🤔... However I with the syncIS I would decide again for the 12-100.
Hope this helps.
I would recommend to test the lenses before purchasing.
@@mariusm2402
I really appreciate you taking the time to tell me this. You mentioned it is your family trip lens but does that mean you would not use it professionally? How do you think it would perform for forest photography? That would be my interest. I am drawn to the convenience and you really can’t compete with the close focusing distance I would be giving up with the 40-150 2.8 pro.
@@undergreenthunder8037
Happy to help.
I can't compare it to the 40-150 f2.8 which I do not own. (tried it once and was astonished by the sharpness)
Whether the 12-100 is good enough for professional photography? Can't judge - as it's my hobby only. I do not have any concern regarding the sharpness and see it comparable to my 12-40 f2.8
For the close up or light macro I see the 12-100 quite good as well - the specialty of the lens however is that you achieve the biggest magnification of 0.3x wide open at 12mm. (gives some nice extra depth of field compared to my 30 and 60mm macro lenses). The 12-100 is a convenience lens for me when I do not want to change lenses due to weather or time restrictions.
Maybe in your country olympus offers the test-wow where you can test the lens for free for some days at an Oly dealer. I would give it a try before buying to check whether it fulfills your expectations - as we are talking about quite some $¢€¥£
Sally is great, but waiting for Charlie )
Hahaha... We hope to ask Charli back soon! stay tuned.
She is so pretty :)
I love the way she says zuiko. How does she say Nikon?
Saori-San is correct ! 正解です !!
When compared to olympus 14-150 II, C-AF which one is faster?
the new lens is a little faster, at least that's how I felt, but I don't have anything to measure with. Very comparable but it's a little faster.
@@Red35Photography New one means 12-200?
How would this compare to the 14-150ii? Dunno if I should upgrade. Thanks for sharing!
Cheers mate, well it's greater range and weather-sealed. I think it's pretty nice. Image quality is slightly better.
@@Red35Photography 14-150ii is weather-sealed too, and looks almost identical from the outside, but having the 12mm is nice for sure.
@@teachingtotravel Yes, wider and further :)
Excellent travel lens, nice bokeh
But how it performs in low light ?
It an f3.5-6.3 lens, so it's safe to say this is not a good lens for low-light shooting. That's where an f2.8 constant lens would really make a difference.
How does it compare against the 14-150?
slightly sharper at the tele end, much sharper at the wide end. Wider and further :)
@@Red35Photography Thanks!
@@sealand000 it's larger and heavier as well
14-150mm II or this lens?
Acually, 12-200 is a bigger extended brother of 14-150 II, as I understand. Depends if you need 12-14 and 150-200 at the ends. I have the first version of 14-150 and it is a great lens. Light and versatile. I went to Iran to travel with just 14-150 and Samyang 7.5/2.8 - and that was enough for most of the situations.
My conclusion is I do need the lens who was filming you. Olympus 12-40 pro. The bokeh of the 12-200 is a little weird.
Image quality as good as the Pro lenses is certainly NOT what most people are saying about it.
I like your review video. Very entertain and informative but in my opinion, i think you shouldn’t edit a picture in this video because i think most of the people might want to see a photo behind the lens directly after shoot. Imopn
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something about the girl in the video........shes beautiful. I like her personality.
Did someone notice her expression at 4:14 😆
Size matters....
Bear in mind,pretty cool is NOT the lens , but her!😝
When Saori said "Polycarbonate", I have nearly come. )
It's a pity this lens was only released in 2019. I already own the 14-150 II, a lens that fills a similar purpose, albeit not as long nor as wide.
I'm not ready to sell my old lens for the new lens. I prefer to use a Pro zoom like the 12-40 most of the time anyway.
If you have the 14-150 already, yes, then you probably don't need this. If you need ultimate quality, performance and ruggedness, I will still go for pro lenses :)
Me too
The problem is that Bokeh quality is simply horrendous! I never saw a lens producing images with such a busy background, which is a big deal for such a long lens able to separate subjects and background so much. I don't think I could stand it even accepting the restrictive minimum aperture and for just a bit more I could go for the MUCH BETTER 40-150 with tele extender F2.8 which is currently being sold slightly above 1000€
Thanks for watching mate. Well, I never even mention the word bokeh in this video. This lens isn't for that purpose, and if you ware after separation, yes, you are totally right, pro lenses or other prime lenses will give you that. This is a swiss army knife that give you that crazy range. Bokeh is subjective and depends on how one uses it. I think it's a versatile lens for content creator too for those long b-roll shots in video as well as some stills if you want to get that lion eating that eagle :)
Well, the problem IMO is that with such a long lens you'll have to deal with it poor out of focus rendition quality, not just because you want to create it, but because you can't really avoid it: between 150 and 400mm equivalent focals, the out of focus will be prominent whatever aperture you set even reaching the point of heavy diffraction. This lens will not be cheap by any standard or measure, even if not to the pro lens level, but I wonder if it's not worth parting from a couple of hundred bucks more and get a 40-150pro with tele converter. You obviously have to already own a shorter ranged zoom, but I doubt someone buying a m43 camera would buy this super zoom as his "only" lens.
Focal length doesn't change DOF if your subject fills same size in frame and you use same F-ratio.
Meaning, 12mm has same DOF from close range than 200mm has from long range when both taken at f/6.3 etc.
@@Red35Photography so this is kind of like the Olympus version of the already amazing Leica Lumix 12-60?
@@soundknight nope. because of the range. Olympus has 12-40 2.8, 12-100mm f/4, 14-150 3.5-6.3. This lens just has way more range than Panasonic. There is't a directly comparison to Panasonic at this moment in time with super zoom.
06:15 Yes, she said it.... And she was let down...
You say the image quality is "great", however in most shots, it just looks "OK". The photos lack clarity and "pop" (critical sharpness). Maybe because you edited the photos for typical portrait looks? Also the bokeh is very busy. Two things I would like to see additionally in a lens review: Show some other subjects than a female model -- and show different focal lengths, different lighting, etc. Basically show that you had the lens for more than a single 1-2h shoot. Secondly, provide 100% crops. It's hard to judge a 20MP image from a 2MP video stream. Would also be interesting to see this compared to the (excellent IMHO) Panasonic 14-140mm travel lens.