Compare Olympus 300mm F4 IS Pro vs Olympus 8-25mm F4 Pro vs Olympus 40-150mm F4-5.6 R
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades
7 blades
7 blades, Circular aperture diaphragm
Colors
Black
Black
Black or Silver
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Prime Lens
Zoom Lens
Telephoto Zoom Lens
Image Size
MFT
MFT
MFT
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar
Distance scale
Lens Mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Micro-type ultrasonic
Linear Motor
Micromotor
Optical Formula | Elements
17 elements
16 elements
13 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
10 groups
10 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
Three super ED, one extra-high refractive, three high refractive elements + ZERO nano coating groups
1 DSA + 1 Super ED + 1 ED + 1 HR + 2 aspherical ED elements, ZERO coating groups
1 ED glass element groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
77 mm / 3.03 in
72 mm / 2.83 in
58 mm / 2.28 in
Size | Diameter
93 mm / 3.66 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
64 mm / 2.52 in
Size | Length
227 mm / 8.94 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
86 mm / 3.39 in
Weight
1270 g / 44.88 oz
411 g / 14.52 oz
190 g / 6.71 oz
Function
Angle Of View
4.1° Diagonal | 3.4° Horizontal | 2.3° Vertical
107.1° Diagonal | 96.7° Horizontal | 73.7° Vertical (wide) ~ 46.8° Diagonal | 39.6° Horizontal | 27.0° Vertical (tele)
30.3° Diagonal | 25.4° Horizontal | 17.1° Vertical (wide) ~ 8.3° Diagonal | 6.9° Horizontal | 4.6° 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
300 mm
8 mm ~ 25 mm
40 mm ~ 150 mm
Focal Length (35mm Equivalent)
600.0 mm
16.0 mm ~ 50.0 mm
80.0 mm ~ 300.0 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes
No
No
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
No
Zoom Type
External zoom
External zoom
Performance
Max Magnification
0.24x
0.14x
0.16x
Min Focus Distance
1400 mm / 55.12 in
230 mm / 9.06 in
900 mm / 35.43 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Lens hood sold separately
Debut
2016-01-06
2021-06-09
2011-06-30
Reviews
Neofiliac score
39%
48%
39%
Pros
- 600mm equivalent reach
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Good autofocus
- Very sharp
- Very appealing ultra-wide to normal focal range
- Beautifully constructed
- Weather-sealed
- Good IQ
- Light in the hand
- Very affordable
- Useful reach
Cons
- Large and heavy
- Rather expensive
- Dark maximum aperture
- External zoom without zoom lock
- Rather expensive for MFT
- Dark and variable maximum aperture
- External zoom without zoom lock
- Lens hood not included
- Lacks weather sealing
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