Customer Reviews

Olympus 300mm f/2.8 Super Telephoto ED Lens for Olympus Digital SLR Cameras

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I spend a lot of time photographing birds. They don't cooperate. You need a lot of lens and a lot of light to get a decent shot. This lens is simply terrific at both. The colors are excellent, the pictures are crisp across the entire image and there is no chromatic aberration anywhere.

The four thirds system provides very quick auto focus, crisp and responsive manual focus and relatively light weight. I say "relatively" because this is a big lens. You'll need a tripod or monopod to use it in all but the brightest conditions.

The lens is amazingly sturdy in the field. It was undamaged by a fall that cracked two of my ribs. It works consistently and reliably in very hot (90 degrees plus) and extremely cold (-45 F) conditions. I've carried it outdoors all day at temperatures below zero and never had a problem.

Highly recommended.

I take a lot of high school soccer photos. Light is bad and the action fast. I think this lens is perfect. It is heavy and powerful. It gets the job done. There is almost no distortion and the it puts me on the field with action. It is not easy to use, a tripod is necessary, although if you have good upper body strength a monopod works. Nothing is like it.

I photographed the NCAA Lacrosse semifinals this weekend and had rented this lens to use with a borrowed 1.4x converter.
I own the 35-100mm lens and think that is the standard that all oly glass should be measured to.
I have used the 90-250mm f2.8 lens and was not impressed.

However, this lens is simply amazing. If I had the cash today I would buy this lens tomorrow. It is that good.
Autofocus was spot on. Much faster than the 90-250mm.
For giggles, while on the sidelines of the stadium I was able to photograph a worker in the lights above the stadium.