I find this lens great to get those shots where a little more zoom goes a long way.

Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Lightweight

If you spend money on digital SLR camera, you should purchase lens to go with it. It is major investment for the camera body, but the lens make the huge difference for the pictures. This lens is compact and durable. I like the lens a lot, the only complaint is the lens act slowly under low light.

I purchased this particular lens for the zoom range producing a fast sharp focussed image. It does what it says on the 'tin', lightweigh, compact and easy to carry around. A lens which does what it sets out to do. I would also recommend this lens for portrait use.

Easily Interchangeable; Lightweight; Quick Focus; Sharp Focus

This is my first Olympus lens, moving from Nikon to M4/3 format. I have many Nikon lenses and have been shooting Nikon for years, I was not expecting much from this little lens at first. But I was very pleased with the results from this lens. It focuses fast, very sharp.

Besides the cons above, it is still a good light camera that can be used for both still images and HD videos. adding a lens COST a LOT !

- light weight - takes good quality images - takes good HD videos - it has lots of features and interchangeable lens; - nicely built and good looking - good battery life I took lots of still images and took several HD videos and the still images are VERY NICE and VERY CLEAR.

- auto-focus is not that good - need additional lens like 150mm (for zooming) - it doesn't have a grip on the front side like other cameras

Its a basic lens but it does work very well.......

"Ever since I moved to Micro Four Thirds, I was missing my Sony 55-200mm, but never really looked into similar alternatives - was too focused on primes. This Fall, I'm in a new city, and felt the need for a flexible telephoto lens - luckily for me, I found the Oly 40-150mm at an awesome sale!

The 40-150mm is a good telephoto lens for interchangeable lens cameras that is incredibly lightweight and pretty sharp. Its build quality is not as refined as we would like, though the plastic construction isn't surprising given the budget price.

Good image quality; Very lightweight; Good price

Plastic construction; Lens can be difficult to extend because of the plastic friction; though this does loosen up; Relatively slow

The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 R ($199.99 direct) is one of the less expensive lenses you can attach to your Micro Four Thirds camera . It's designed to complement the entry-level M.Zuiko 14-42mm zoom that ships with Olympus PEN bodies like the E-PL5 .

Inexpensive; Good telephoto zoom range; Sharp through most of its zoom range

Plastic lens mount; Performance suffers at the edges of the frame; Not optically stabilized; Modest aperture

The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 R ($199.99 direct)($199.00 at Amazon) is one of the less expensive lenses you can attach to your Micro Four Thirds camera. It's designed to complement the entry-level M.Zuiko 14-42mm zoom that ships with Olympus PEN bodies like the E-PL5($199.00 at Amazon). It gives you the telephoto reach that the standard kit zoom can't manage, covering an 80-300mm field of view in terms of traditional 35mm photography. It doesn't have an ambitious aperture, and it's not as sharp from edge to edge as more expensive lenses, but it performs well in good light, bringing distant objects into clear view. The lens is light and compact when you consider its focal range. It measures 3.3 by 2.5 inches (HD), weighs just 6.7 ounces, and supports 58mm filters. The front element doesn't rotate when zooming or focusing, so using a polarizing filter is not an issue, but the lens does double in height when zoomed to the 150mm position. The barrel is plastic, wit...

The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 R is a solid budget option for Micro Four Thirds shooters looking for an affordable telephoto zoom lens.

Inexpensive; Good telephoto zoom range; Sharp through most of its zoom range

Plastic lens mount; Performance suffers at the edges of the frame; Not optically stabilized; Modest aperture