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OM SYSTEM OLYMPUS M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Black For Micro Four Thirds System Camera, Compact Design, Beautiful Bokeh, Bright

This single focal length portrait lens has a beautiful shallow depth of field, which enables the background blurring effects not possible with the 14 42mm kit Fixed lens. The MSC mechanism is great for tracking a moving child or pet, and provides a quick and silent focus mechanism for movies and still photography.
Fast portrait lens. Rounded seven-blade diaphragm contributes to a pleasing booked quality
Minimum focusing distance: 0.20M, focal length: 45mm
Maximum f/1.8 aperture, great for low light shooting, f/1.8 maximum aperture delivers beautiful defocused backgrounds
Quiet movie-still-compatible lens Drive for video shooting
Optional lh-40b lens hood for shooting in bright conditions. Angle Of View: 27
Optical Image Stabilizer provides up to 4 shutter speed stops of correction
Ring USM, high speed CPU, and optimized AF algorithms for fast auto focusing with a minimal focusing distance of 0.20 meters
Full time manual focus for manual adjustment while in AF mode with silent and smooth operation making it suitable for video recording
Aspherical lens elements improve peripheral image quality
Circular diaphragm (7 blades) delivers beautiful, soft backgrounds

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  1. Boris Golubovic

    Great premium lens
    I’m really satisfied with the lens quality and what it can produces. Bokeh is very smooth and strong. Sharpness at f1.8 is excellent. Didn’t noticed any vignetting. Focus on my e-m1 mk3 is fast and reliable in any light condition. Small and lightweight. Excellent lens overall

    Boris Golubovic

  2. Ken

    Top notch porttrait lens
    There are a number of good reviews for this lens already which cover most of what needs to be said, so I’ll just add a quick summary and hit a few specific points.The lens is extremely sharp and performs wonderfully wide open. The bokeh is excellent and creamy smooth. It renders out of focus specular highlights gracefully, no bright rings. AF is extremely fast and micro-four-thirds being a CDAF system it always focuses accurately (in my experience the Canon wide aperture primes often suffer from the PDAF inaccuracy of many Canon bodies). In high contrast edges slightly out of focus wide open there is limited longitudinal CA appearing – very typical of wide aperture lenses and actually very well controlled in this lens.Construction is excellent, though it mounts a bit tight on a one of my bodies. I’ll be a little harsh here, but if you are looking for a heavy metal lens I suggest you time travel back a few decades to when high quality plastics didn’t exist and manufacturers had no choice but to use heavier metals. I’d also suggest you sell your micro-four-thirds system and buy something heavier if you honestly think metal and weight means quality. The beauty of this lens is that it is very light and small – metal for the sake of metal would be an atrocious design flaw that would serve only to coddle retro-types who think inferior materials with nostalgic value to them equate to quality. This lens is metal where it needs to be and high-impact plastic where it should be. It is designed and engineered for maximum durability at a minimum of weight, not too match someone’s horn-rimmed glasses.Comparisons to the EF 50/1.4 are bound to be made. The 50/1.4 is a unspectacular lens of about the same price as the 45/1.8 (though the 50/1.4 was in fact significantly more expensive at its introduction). The 50/1.4 bokeh and rendering is not as nice as the 45/1.8 nor is it as sharp at equivalent apertures. As far as the 50/1.4 having 8 aperture blades to the 45/1.8’s 7 blades the 45/1.8 is actually superior as it uses curved blades and the 50/1.4 uses straight blades. Side by side tests at stopped down apertures show the clear advantage to the 45/1.8 with nice circular out of focus highlights while the 50/1.4 is showing octagons. Anyone who as actually used both lenses is likely to be favorably impressed with the 45/1.8. For the slightly higher price the 45/1.8 is definitely the superior lens, though perhaps not by a wide margin.In fact, for the price the 45/1.8 is simply a stunning optic and through many users’ experience is comparing well with anything in its price class not to mention many more expensive lenses.As a side note, limited testing with an IR converted body shows this lens works well for IR. It has good transmittance at IR wavelengths and I have not seen any “hot-spot” problems to far. I’ve tested with both 720nm and 830nm cut-off filters.

    Ken

  3. sap

    Simply excellent.
    Update: 15-feb-2015I left the M43 fray for a stint with a DSLR and have returned, so this is my 2nd copy of this lens. The biggest thing I can do for you is recommend the write-up of this little gem on ePhotozine: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/olympus-45mm-f-1-8-zuiko-digital-micro-four-thirds-lens-review-17667On a recent trip I was shooting on a tripod outside on a fairly dim day and touring the inner confines of an old military fort. Because my exposures were going to be long anyway, I stopped down to f8-f11 for most of my images. To repeat myself – “eye cutting sharpness”. Truly amazing images from my trusty GX1.This lens remains one of my all time favorites.*************************************************************************************************************************************************i’ve been taking pictures for over 30 years and a few lenses stand out. This is one of them.Construction-wise, yes it’s plastic. But until or unless someone can prove to me that it matters that it’s made out of plastic, I would discount the worries. I don’t find it weak or flimsy or suspect in any way. I guess I’d prefer black, but it does have kind of a throw back look to it and being silver has no impact on images.This lens has the most beautiful bokeh I’ve seen in years. Coupled with it’s eye cutting sharpness and excellent contrast I’m just blown away. Reminds me of some old Zuikos and Nikkors from my manual focus 35mm days. Wonderful. And having that f1.8 aperture again is nothing short of splendid, only driven higher by it’s excellent optical design. I know fast primes have been out there in DSLR offerings, but since the switch to M-4/3’s, these 2 are my first foray.This prime (and the Lumix 20mm) have taken me back to the days of creative DOF and “zooming” with my feet. But this time it’s in compact, lightweight heaven. Nothing ever taught me more about pre-visualizing an image and nurtured creativity like leaving the house with a single camera and prime lens.I’m a Panasonic user, so no image stabilization since it’s not in the lens, but that’s a small price to pay.My only beef with Olympus is the lack of a hood, and the cost to acquire one. It’s a beautiful piece, but the $40 price tag seems unreasonably steep.No regrets with this purchase. Nothing but praise for this product.

    sap

  4. Joel Jimenez

    La marca Zuiko para Olympus me sigue sorprendiendo.Al verlo es un objetivo pequeño pero al usarlo puede uno ver su nitidez..pequeño pero picoso.Me falta mucho por aprender pero si hay una diferencia entre los lentes de kit con este.

    Joel Jimenez

  5. Steve

    This is a great little lens that suits my OLY E-PL10 perfectly.Pros+ Tiny! EPL-10 with this 45mm lens on fits in my winter jacket pocket+ Sharp images with good contrast+ Does well in low light scenarios+ FAST and SILENT focusing :)+ Bokeh is soft and appealing. Bokeh balls from lights are round without soft edges.Cons- A little soft at F1.8, but that is expected+/- This depends on you use case, but I find the 45mm length a bit situational. My 25mm still sits on the camera 80% of the time.

    Steve

  6. Tozè

    sono riuscito a farci delle foto alle 20,30 di sera a tutta apertura e sembrava mezzogiorno per quanto fosse luminoso ad 1,8 di apertura diaframma o iris – Anche se è di marca Olympus io lo uso con la lumix Panasonic e tutto va alla grande compreso l’autofocus – riesce a fare un ottimo Boke ovvero sfocatura dello sfondo dietro il soggetto fotografato nei ritratti – è molto piccolo ed anche perfetto oltre che per i ritratti (diventa sulle quattro terzi un 90 millimetri puro) ecco è ottimo anche per le foto street view . Spero che Olympus o Panasonic facciano anche un duplicator di focale per aumentare il range ritrattistico ma anche così è perfetto .

    Tozè

  7. Olympus Snapper

    Excellent lens, exceeds my expectations, reasonable price….

    Olympus Snapper

  8. WWW

    Es cierto, hay versiones de objetivos más luminosos todavía, pero este por el coste que tiene, es perfecto para poder jugar con un mayor diafragma, mejorar el rendimiento, y a la vez, es tan perfecto, para retrato!En general se desenvuelve bien en todo tipo de situaciones pero hay que tener en cuenta que es un 45mm de micro 4/3 y tendrás que distanciarte del sujeto para que tenga un buen encuadres. A tener en cuenta si solo lo buscas para interiores.Muy, muy recomendable.

    WWW