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Assessing the OM System 100-400mm for image quality can be a difficult task, because its performance is so intimately tied to the fact that long telezooms are most likely to be used outdoors to shoot moving subjects, such as wildlife, sports, or vehicles. Reproduction in whole or part in any form or medium without specific written permission is prohibited. However, if you bought the cheaper version you will be pleased to know the difference in optical quality is not great and the 100-400 has the advantage of being much lighter and more compact.
Since receiving it in late November, I’ve been out in the field regularly, capturing thousands of photographs, in a range of conditions.But the lens becomes extremely difficult to handle, and the tiny aperture means there’s precious little fine detail to be seen. All are easily accessed with the left thumb of a photographer and are spaced sufficiently apart for easy identification and use.
After lunch I decided to do some shooting just around the cottage, starting with the hummingbird feeder.With an internal-focus design powered by a stepper motor, AF is fast, silent and accurate, especially if you’re shooting static or slow-moving subjects. Switches: I don't use switches on either of the lenses, and I really wish I could disable them because sometimes they get knocked out of position. Unfortunately, these switches get hidden awkwardly under the tripod foot when rotated for shooting in portrait format. IS is a versatile telephoto zoom lens in a compact and lightweight body that’s perfect for the adventure and outdoors photographer. With the lens hood attached and the zoom retracted to 100mmm, the lens is very similar in length to the 300mm prime.
Both are easy enough to find by touch—their textures differ, the zoom ring has a rough diamond finish. I found myself using the 2x teleconverter the most when wanting to get more reach (and just that I was curious about the most extreme 1600mm-eq focal length), and despite the additional glass as well as the even-further-narrowed aperture (max aperture with 1.
One of the things I like most about all of the Olympus telephoto lenses is their great minimum focusing distances.
The Olympus range of micro four thirds cameras is designed around portability and this lens cements this, as well as Panasonic Lumix G compatibility, as a truly lightweight system. Given the super-long focal lengths (not to mention when using the teleconverters) and dim aperture range, you really need some stabilization to properly hand-hold a lens like this and get usable shots. Using the phase detection-equipped Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, I found the lens was perfectly capable of tracking focus on large, relatively predictably-moving subjects such as trains or planes, but struggled with smaller, more erratic wildlife.Andy has been Amateur Photographer's Technical Editor since 2014, responsible for reviewing everything from cameras and lenses to accessories and software. Excellent – The equipment should be close to being ‘Like New’ but there may be some small cosmetic blemishes that lower its grade. you don't have a lot of light to work with, and you have no choice but to push the ISO numbers higher. In practice it’s possible to get quite credible results with the MC-14, as long as you keep the aperture wide open and shoot in bright sunlight. You still get the same reach - which is the most important factor, and you get incredibly sharp images as well, and the one advantage not to be left out, the lens is small and light enough to be used hand-held.
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