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OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO

8 February 2023
Maciej Latałło

7. Coma, astigmatism and bokeh

The OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO doesn't have any coma-related problems. Images of a diode look practically the same in the frame corners and in the frame centre, no matter what aperture you employ and whether you work with the lens itself or you attach the teleconverter to it. A round of applause!

E-M5 II, 90 mm, f/3.5, center E-M5 II, 90 mm, f/3.5, Corner
OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh
E-M5 II, 90 mm, f/5.0, center E-M5 II, 90 mm, f/5.0, Corner
OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh
E-M5 II, 180 mm (TC), f/7.1, center E-M5 II, 180 mm (TC), f/7.1, Corner
OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh


We also don't have any reservations concerning astigmatism. An average difference between horizontal and vertical MTF50 function values amounted to 4.2% and we think it belongs to a borderline between very low and low level. What's important, this aberration doesn't increase in a significant way after attaching the teleconverter to the lens.


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The appearance of out-of-focus images provided by the tested lens is pleasing to the eye. You can only have some reservations concerning a brighter rim that appears already at the maximum relative aperture.

On the one hand small Micro 4/3 sensor makes it easier to fight mechanical vignetting, on the other hand we didn't like the relatively long and narrow barrel of this lens. Indeed it proved to be a problem because mechanical vignetting by f/3.5 is distinct and it remains quite visible on stopping down the aperture to f/5.0

E-M5 II, f/3.5, center E-M5 II, f/3.5, Corner
OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh
E-M5 II, f/5.0, center E-M5 II, f/5.0, Corner
OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh
E-M5 II, f/7.1, center E-M5 II, f/7.1, Corner
OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90 mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO - Coma, astigmatism and bokeh