After quite a long time the Olympus PRO 40-150mm lens is back in Stock at Amazon US (Click here). And SLRgear (Click here) reviewed the Olympus MC-14 1.4X M.Zuiko Digital Teleconverter and writes:
It’s also extremely small, lightweight, fully weather-sealed and doesn’t negatively impact image quality or AF speed to a significant degree. If you own or are planning to own the Olympus 40-150mm ƒ/2.8 Zuiko Pro or 300mm ƒ/4 Zuiko Pro lens, the MC-14 teleconverter is a no-brainer accessory to have in your kit.
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Nice!
I hope the E-M2 and/or E-M5 Mk2 with grip are large enough (with the same weight, though) to handle it easily.
E-M1 + battery grip is a well balanced combo with this lens. Without the battery grip not so much, but still manageable.
Good to know. I have the lens on preorder and can’t wait to get it.
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yeah…I took delivery of the 40-150mm/TC1.4X Kit from Tokyo about 1.5 weeks ago.
I decided to order the battery and was able to pick it up for $140 from South Korea. I am glad I bought it. Everything balances our nicely and the grip is sweet for portait-orientation images.
I am excited about the diversity that this lens combo gives to my “little” MFT kit. I am impressed!
I used to shoot press in the 1990ies using huge f2.8 telephoto (zooms) and tiny manual transport SLR film bodies without any ergonomic grip. Once you get used to the attitude of firmly grabbing the massive lens at the CG of the entire combination as the primary support it doesn’t really matter how small or big the attached body is.
And the 40-150/2.8 in relation to say an E-M5 doesn’t look even halfway as bad as some of the combos I used back then.
> it doesn’t really matter how small or big the attached body is.
Really?
Then I guess you never shot much Sony:
http://www.newsshooter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00162-2010-07-06-at-17-32-00.jpg
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At that point, though, the camera body is an accessory for the lens (vs. the opposite).
It does matter as longer the combo, less shock absorbed from mirror slap/shutter and more movement from shutter release button press if not learned to press it as weapon trigger.
And when handheld a long heavy objective, less grip you have for thumb and little finger, less well you hold whole combination.
There is a reason why Olympus made E-M1 have a best grip of any camera and why many Canon/Nikon user prefer 1D and D4 like bodies.
A price and release date for the 300mm f4 are the most and probably only highly anticipated m4/3 news for me. Any updates on this?
Sorry, I have no updates but I agree with you!
All Pro objectives will seem to come 1200-1600€ price range.
12-40mm was 1499€ (999€ with kit) and is now 999€
40-150mm is 1399€ (1599€ with teleconverter)
So 300mm could be 1399€ (1499€ with teleconverter) and 7-14mm be 1299-1399€.
testing
Simply detestable.
Now, now — don’t get testy.
“It’s also extremely small, lightweight, fully weather-sealed and doesn’t negatively impact image quality or AF speed to a significant degree.”
And somehow those should significantly impact to image quality or autofocus speed?
Doesn’t reviewers anymore know anything what they talk about?
The problem is your lack of comprehension and that you are prone to misinterpreting.
Where do you get the notion that image quality or AF speed were expected to be significantly impacted? The reviewer merely confirmed that the negative impact is insignificant.
Doesn’t posters anymore know anything what they post about?
If there wouldnt be any impact, there would not be need to even state that. But it was stated because readers like you have hard time to understand that objective size, weight or weather seals does not impact to optical quality by any matrer, or autofocus itself.
Even you do believe that those do result to impact to image quality etc, otherwise you would have just agreed that its stupid even mention such “insignificant impact” when there is none.
You assume too much.
Tele converters always impact image quality, even if only minimally. Nowhere did I claim this was due to objective size, weight or weather seals. Learn to read.
If done badly. Optically it can be such it doesn’t impact much if at all… High price for those. Th weather sealing, small weight and size has NOTHING to do with optical quality or autofocus speed.
And if you would know how to read, you would agree with me 100%.