Compare Olympus 8-25mm F4 Pro vs Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro vs Panasonic G 45-175mm F4.0-5.6
Construction
Aperture Blades
7 blades
9 blades
7 blades, Circular aperture
Colors
Black
Black
Black
Form Factor
Zoom Lens
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Super Telephoto Zoom Lens
Image Size
MFT
MFT
MFT
Lens Barrel
Distance scale
Focus limiter, Tripod collar
Lens Mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
plastic barrel, metal mount
Motor
Linear Motor
Micro-type ultrasonic
Micromotor
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
17 elements
14 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
10 groups
10 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 DSA + 1 Super ED + 1 ED + 1 HR + 2 aspherical ED elements, ZERO coating groups
Three super ED, one extra-high refractive, three high refractive elements + ZERO nano coating groups
2 aspherical elements, 2 ED elements groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
72 mm / 2.83 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
46 mm / 1.81 in
Size | Diameter
77 mm / 3.03 in
93 mm / 3.66 in
62 mm / 2.44 in
Size | Length
89 mm / 3.50 in
227 mm / 8.94 in
90 mm / 3.54 in
Weight
411 g / 14.52 oz
1270 g / 44.88 oz
210 g / 7.42 oz
Function
Angle Of View
107.1° Diagonal | 96.7° Horizontal | 73.7° Vertical (wide) ~ 46.8° Diagonal | 39.6° Horizontal | 27.0° Vertical (tele)
4.1° Diagonal | 3.4° Horizontal | 2.3° Vertical
27.1° Diagonal | 22.6° Horizontal | 15.2° Vertical (wide) ~ 7.1° Diagonal | 5.9° Horizontal | 3.9° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/4 ~ f/22
f/4–5.6 ~ f/22
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Crop Factor
2.0
2.0
2.0
Focal Length
8 mm ~ 25 mm
300 mm
45 mm ~ 175 mm
Focal Length (35mm Equivalent)
16.0 mm ~ 50.0 mm
600.0 mm
90.0 mm ~ 350.0 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
No
Yes
Yes
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom
Internal zoom, Power-zoom enabled
Performance
Max Magnification
0.14x
0.24x
0.2x
Min Focus Distance
230 mm / 9.06 in
1400 mm / 55.12 in
900 mm / 35.43 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Lens Hood: H-PS45175 (supplied)
Debut
2021-06-09
2016-01-06
2011-08-26
Model Name
H-PS45175
Reviews
Neofiliac score
48%
39%
86%
Pros
- Very appealing ultra-wide to normal focal range
- Beautifully constructed
- Weather-sealed
- Good IQ
- 600mm equivalent reach
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Good autofocus
- Very sharp
- Optically stabilized
- Light in the hand
- Internal zoom
- Power zoom for smooth zoom pools in video
Cons
- Dark maximum aperture
- External zoom without zoom lock
- Rather expensive for MFT
- Large and heavy
- Rather expensive
- Dark and variable maximum aperture
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