LENS PERFORMANCE SURVEY RESULTS

NAME Performance WIDE
(wide open)
Performance WIDE
(stopped down)
Performance LONG
(wide open)
Performance LONG
(stopped down)
Distortions WIDE Distortions LONG Vignetting WIDE Vignetting LONG Color Balance Flare Optical Verdict (max. 5 pts) AF Speed Build Quality Number of Inputs
Olympus Digital Zuiko (4/3) 50mm f/2 ED macro very good
(****)
very good
(****+)
    no distortions
(*****)
  no vignetting
(*****)
  neutral little flare
(****)
excellent
(4.77)
very slow
(*)
very good
(****)
31
Olympus Digital Zuiko (4/3) 150mm f/2 ED very good
(****+)
superb
(*****)
    little distortions
(****+)
  no vignetting
(*****)
  slightly warm no flare
(*****)
excellent
(4.64)
Ok
(***)
very good
(****+)
7
Olympus Digital Zuiko (4/3) 7-14mm f/4 ED very good
(****)
superb
(*****)
very good
(****)
superb
(*****)
little distortions
(****-)
little distortions
(****+)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
no vignetting
(*****)
neutral quite heavy
(**+)
excellent
(4.54)
Ok
(***-)
superb
(*****)
10
Olympus Digital Zuiko (4/3) 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 very good
(****+)
superb
(*****)
very good
(****+)
superb
(*****)
little distortions
(****-)
no distortions
(*****)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
no vignetting
(*****)
neutral some flare
(***+)
excellent
(4.51)
slow
(**)
very good
(****)
24
Olympus Digital Zuiko (4/3) 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 very good
(****-)
very good
(****)
good
(***+)
very good
(****)
little distortions
(****-)
little distortions
(****+)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****-)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
slightly warm little flare
(****-)
good - very good
(3.93)
Ok
(***-)
very good
(****)
68
Olympus Digital Zuiko (4/3) 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 poor
(*)
Ok
(**+)
Ok
(**-)
Ok
(**+)
heavy distortions
(**)
little distortions
(****)
significant (w/o)
(***)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****-)
neutral quite heavy
(**)
sub-average
(2.37)
slow
(**-)
not so good
(**)
26
Olympus Digital Zuiko (4/3) 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Ok
(**+)
good
(***)
Ok
(**)
good
(***)
little distortions
(****-)
little distortions
(****)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
neutral quite heavy
(**+)
good
(3.18)
slow
(**-)
good
(***-)
23
Olympus Digital Zuiko (4/3) 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED very good
(****+)
superb
(*****)
very good
(****+)
superb
(*****)
no distortions
(*****)
no distortions
(*****)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****+)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****+)
neutral little flare
(****)
excellent
(4.78)
slow
(**)
very good
(****+)
36
Sigma AF (4/3) 55-200mm f/4-5.6 DC Ok
(**-)
Ok
(**)
Ok
(**-)
good
(***-)
little distortions
(****)
little distortions
(****)
no vignetting
(*****)
little vignetting (w/o)
(****)
warm quite heavy
(**+)
sub-average
(2.31)
very slow
(*)
not so good
(**-)
6

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