A little test to see if you the viewer can see any real difference here.
No hints given what you are looking for, except to say, I have written in the recent past about the real differences between some lenses.
M43 blesses us with a large and well established lens landscape with a couple of things that you can take to the bank.
All the lenses, especialy the long ones, are relatively small compared to larger format kit.
The sensor size and shape was selected with lens design in mind.
There are a lot of giant killers in the range, whether they be pro or not.
Answer?
The 1st, 3rd and 5th images were taken with the multi thousand dollar 300 f4 Pro, which is large and expensive for a M43 lens, but a holiday in the sun compared to an equivalent full frame 600mm f4.
The rest were taken with the slightly better than kit level 75-300, usually at about 200-250mm where the extra width helps on a small ground and ironically the extra depth of field helps tell a story. This lens loves f8, especially below 250mm where it is nearly impossible to split from the 40-150 and 300 Pro lenses. At 300mm wide open, I can sometimes pick it….sometimes.
The give-away is the slightly nervous Bokeh on the Pro 300’s files with a hint of “ringlet” Bokeh (look at the roses in image 3 or the brickwork in image 1), but this is balanced with shallower depth of field for better separation .
The zoom was shot across the ground with a messier background, but still looks less bothersome (the out of focus sign on image 2 & 4 and wheel hub in image 6). The other benefit of the “sunshine” lens is it’s ability to tame strong contrast. I usually do less work to the files.
Rarely do things line up conveniently in photography, but this sunny day story teller is the perfect cricket lens (as long as the sun is out). It offers good compositional control, excellent contrast and is plenty sharp. I find on many smaller grounds, it is hard to get the keeper and batsman in the same shot or the bowler side on with a 600mm equiv and the 40-150 with tc is a little short.
For winter sports like AFL, there is no competition. It’s slow aperture and less assured AF mean the cheap zoom will go back into my home kit, but for summer sports, it is a regular option and is small and light enough to always be included.