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Olympus Zuiko 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital ED SWD Lens for Olympus Digital SLR Cameras
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| 50-200 millimeter f2.8-3.5 zoom lens for digital cameras (equivalent to 100-400 millimeter in 35 millimeter photography) |
| Features Supersonic Wave Drive (SWD) technology inside to provide quiet, ultra-fast autofocus speed |
| Maximizes the E-3's high-speed autofocus capability |
| Digital-dedicated design ensures high-definition performance with clear, crisp images from edge to edge |
| Minimum shooting distance of just 1.2 meters throughout the zoom range |
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Customers Reviews
2009-11-11
Great Olympus lens
The 50-200mm SWD is a great lens. Sharp fast focus. Picture quality is outstanding. With the photos cropped in post production the image quality is great. I have this lens and the 12-60 SWD and they are the only lenses I cary out shooting photos. I have the E-3 Body so the SWD works well with this camera. With the 50-200 and the E-3 it is a hefty load. I mount mine to a monopod most of the time.
Great lens.
Great image quality.
Great build quality.
It is a little heavy, but you will love the image quality.
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2009-10-15
My favorite Zuiko digital lens.
If you're a Fourthirds shooter, this is a *must-have* lens in your photographic arsenal.
I have 3 other zuiko digital lenses, the 50mm/f2, 12-60mm/f2.8, 70-300mm/f4-5.6, and I would have to say I get the sharpest shots with this lens. The 12-60 is a great all-around lens, but when i want to take tack-sharp shots, it is easiest using this 50-200mm/F2.8 lens.
The only downside is that it is heavy, but lighter than other brands in this same class.
HIGHLY Recommended.
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2009-09-29
Oly 50-200
An outstanding lens. Quality is high wide open at all focal lengths. It works better than any other zoom I know with a doubler (Olympus EC20). The lens plus doubler forms a universal telephoto kit good for a wide range of uses. It is not miniature but for what it does it is easy to carry (ever tried carrying around an 800 mm lens?). It has a good tripod mount, but works very well, even with the TC, used handheld with IS on.
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2009-09-08
Superb! Unique!
This lens' features are unique to the Olympus DSLR system (actually the Four Thirds system). In fact, this one and a few others are the strongest case for buying into the Olympus DSLR system in the first place.
Where to begin... it's got a huge zoom range from portrait to super-telephoto. In 35mm terms this has a zoom range of 100-400mm... doing it at a fast f/2.8-3.5. No such lens exists in other systems. Anything remotely similar, like the Nikon 200-400mm f/4, costs 6x as much.
The lens is sharp sharp sharp -- wide open. There is absolutely no need to stop it down for the purpose of achieving greater sharpness.
The lens focuses super-fast. It's one of Olympus' only 3 SWD lenses (they really need to upgrade their current line fully to SWD, at least the HG and SHG lenses).
This lens is okay for macro; you can fill the whole frame with a flower. If I were doing real macro I'd switch to a different lens but when something shows up and you don't have time to switch lenses this ability can be handy.
To get the most out of this lens it's nice to have a camera with image stabilization.
The lens is heavy at about 2lbs, but it balances very nicely on the E-3.
The lens hood is huge but top quality and has a door on the bottom for working with a circular polarizer. I've used the door before, it's really slow to turn a polarizer with such a small opening, but it's better than nothing at all.
The lens comes with claims of being dust & drip proof which gives the owner some piece of mind.
This lens would pair nicely with the 14-54mm since they both have a 67mm thread. I use it with the 12-60mm which has a 72mm thread.
One thing that would be nice is if this lens had an extra, say, 50mm of zoom, while dropping to, say, f/4. That would have been unbelievable.
But then this lens is pretty unbelievable already. My Nikon-shooter friend is quite jealous.
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2009-08-23
Excellent lens but maybe not perfect
I bought this lens to replace my 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Zuiko lens. I was never completely happy with the 70-300mm lens because of 1) poor low light focus performance, 2) slow focus, 3) image quality not real great and 4) small aperture. Based on reviews of this 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko lens I expected all of these problems to be solved and they almost are with the exception of low light focus performance. I have to admit I am a bit disappointed in that aspect. On a couple of occasions I have had trouble even in well lit indoor settings trying to get this lens to lock focus. At times I almost think my 70-300mm lens would focus better indoors. Outdoor performance is excellent though, focus is super fast and IQ is very impressive. But for the price of this lens I expected a bit better indoor focus performance which temped me to give it a 4 star rating.
I haven't had this lens very long yet but I had the chance to capture some photos at my son's football game this weekend. I got some great action shots and I am very happy with the results. Photos are super sharp all the way to 200mm. I didn't use a tripod and the image stabilization on the e620 camera eliminated any camera shake but I do have a steady hand. I would recommend a tripod or monopod if you have trouble holding the camera still.
The lens is longer and bigger around than the 70-300mm lens. It is heavy too, especially with the tripod mount attached. The tripod mount is easily removed if you don't need it. Some have suggested that this lens feels awkward on small cameras like the e620 but I did not get that impression. This is definitely a lot of lens but it is easy to handle and balance on my small camera body.
The lens comes with a nice carry case but I probably won't use it since the lens fits well in my camera bag.
So far I love the IQ, fast focus, and large aperture which were all problems I needed to solve with the 70-300mm lens. But, I wish this lens would work better at focusing indoors. However, I am not 100% sure this is the lens's fault. This may be more of a camera limitation than the lens??? I would love to hear some comments from others using this lens on different camera bodies.
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Product Details
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Brand: Olympus
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EAN: 0050332160521
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Model: 261015
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Release Date: 2008-01-15
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