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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
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Brand | Olympus |
Focal Length Description | 45 mm |
Lens Type | Telephoto |
Compatible Mountings | Micro Four Thirds |
Camera Lens Description | 7 |
About this item
- 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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Auto focus | 4.7 | 4.7 | — | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
Picture quality | 4.9 | 5.0 | — | — | 5.0 | 4.5 |
Image stabilization | 4.8 | 4.7 | — | 4.7 | 5.0 | — |
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lens type | Telephoto | Telephoto | Standard | Wide Angle | Telephoto | Standard |
compatible mountings | Micro Four Thirds | Micro Four Thirds | Micro Four Thirds | Micro Four Thirds | Olympus/Panasonic Micro 4/3 | Micro Four Thirds |
lens design | Prime | Zoom | Zoom | Prime | Prime | Zoom |
focus type | Auto Focus | Automatic Only, Manual Only | Automatic Only, Manual Only | Auto Focus | automatic | Auto Focus |
minimum focal length | 45 millimeters | 40 millimeters | 12 millimeters | 9 millimeters | 42.5 millimeters | 14 millimeters |
max focal length | 45 millimeters | — | — | 9 millimeters | 42.5 millimeters | 42 millimeters |
fixed focal length | 45 millimeters | 150 millimeters | 51471 millimeters | 9 millimeters | 42.5 millimeters | 42 millimeters |
real angle of view | 27 degrees | 57 degrees | — | — | — | 75 degrees |
From the manufacturer
Olympus 45mm f1.8 Interchangeable Lens for Olympus/Panasonic Micro Cameras
The 45mm f1.8 is a very fast, very light portrait lens that is compact in size and affordably priced. It's designed to excel in low-light conditions, deliver outstanding detail with shallow depth of field, and capture beautiful pro-level quality portraits.
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Beautiful BokehPhotographers who shoot a lot of portraits and still-lives are always seeking good bokeh. Thanks to the large f1.8 aperture and relatively shallow depth of field, the 45mm is well suited to capture the combination of tack-sharp subjects and beautifully soft, defocused background effects that exemplifies bokeh. |
Pro-Level PortraitsThis compact and light telephoto lens is the ideal focal length for perfect portraits. It's bright, f1.8 aperture offers superb low-light and shallow depth-of-field performance, allowing you to capture perfect, professional looking shots. |
Movie-Still Compatible (MSC)The linear drive motor found in the M.Zuiko 45mm f1.8 is Movie & Still Compatible (MSC) and provides fast, nearly silent focusing and aperture performance; a must-have for any videographer. |
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ZERO CoatingAdapted from multilayer film deposition technology used in Olympus' industry-leading line of precision microscopes, the Zuiko Extra-Low Reflective Optical Coating practically eliminates ghosts and flares caused by in-frame light sources. This feature in invaluable when shooting into the sun or other back-lit situations. |
Bright f1.8 ApertureA bright f1.8 aperture allows you to focus on getting the shot. Whether you're shooting in a dimly lit restaurant, or capturing a night-scene on city streets, you won't have to worry about having enough light. |
Serious Hand-Held PerformancePaired with the serious in-body image stabilization of the Olympus OM-D or PEN-F cameras, this extremely bright f1.8 lens allows you to shoot longer hand-held exposures, which is especially handy for night-time photography. |
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Product Dimensions | 1.81 x 2.2 x 2.2 inches |
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Item Weight | 4.1 ounces |
ASIN | B00CI3R53W |
Item model number | V311030BU000 |
Batteries | 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. |
Customer Reviews |
4.6 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #625 in SLR Camera Lenses |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | May 9, 2013 |
Manufacturer | Olympus |
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Product Description
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.
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Customers like the appearance, quality and speed of the camera lens. They mention that it looks and feel great, produces good quality images and that the bokeh is excellent. They also appreciate the quick focus and the quiet autofocus. The quality and performance of the lens far exceeds the modest price. Customers are also impressed with the speed and sharpness.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the camera lens. They mention that it's a good portrait lens, performs admirably for night shots, and is reasonably affordable. The construction of the lens doesn't feel at all cheap, and it performs well over the kit lens.
"...It is designed and engineered for maximum durability at a minimum of weight, not too match someone's horn-rimmed glasses...." Read more
"...Even though it is plastic, it feels like a pretty solidly constructed lens.I preordered in September and it came in 1 month later...." Read more
"...It is small and compact and is an excellent intermediate portrait lens. I can't recommend this lens highly enough...." Read more
"...To be fair performs admirably for night shots, even wide open...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the picture quality of the lens. They say it produces good quality images, it's excellent for portraits and bokeh shots, and it'd be good for narrow-field shots. Customers also mention that the bokh is excellent and creamy smooth, and the images pop onto their screen.
"...To repeat myself - "eye cutting sharpness". Truly amazing images from my trusty GX1...." Read more
"...The bokeh is excellent and creamy smooth. It renders out of focus specular highlights gracefully, no bright rings...." Read more
"...The Leica is about $300 more, produces great macro shots, is over 1 stop slower, and it focuses slower...." Read more
"...is just great an on the EM-5 it focuses fast and the images are sharp everywhere...." Read more
Customers like the size of the camera lens. They say it's compact, portable, and adds negligible weight to the camera. The lens is a perfect fit for their portraits and sits in the palm of their hands.
"...But this time it's in compact, lightweight heaven...." Read more
"...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..." Read more
"...zoom that panasonic recently came out with, this lens is smaller and lighter than the other kit zooms out there...." Read more
"...This lens is fast and sharp with tremendous detail. It is small and compact and is an excellent intermediate portrait lens...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the sharpness of the lens. They mention that it is very fast and ultra sharp, and tack sharp across the full frame. Some say that the zoom lens is not fast but is very sharp and clear. Overall, most are happy with the quality and performance of the product.
"...Coupled with it's eye cutting sharpness and excellent contrast I'm just blown away...." Read more
"...The lens is extremely sharp and performs wonderfully wide open. The bokeh is excellent and creamy smooth...." Read more
"...This lens is fast and sharp with tremendous detail. It is small and compact and is an excellent intermediate portrait lens...." Read more
"...I couldn’t be happier. Sharp and nice bokeh effects. I’m a novice, I can only imagine what an experienced photographer could do with this lens." Read more
Customers like the value of the camera lens. They mention that it is a good value at $350.00 and a really good buy with excellent optical characteristics.
"This lens is nothing short of fantastic. A really good buy with excellent optical characteristics...." Read more
"...I would love to hear the thoughts of those who have. Is it worth the money?..." Read more
"...I consider this lens a good value at $350.00...." Read more
"If you have a u4/3 system, I highly recommend this lens. It's affordable, and will allow you to create images that you normally wouldn't be able to..." Read more
Customers like the appearance of the camera lens. They say it has a retro silver look, and is small and compact. Customers also say that it has very nice bokeh and colors are rich and saturated. They also say it produces awesome quality portraits for micro four thirds cameras and that it is beautifully constructed.
"...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...." Read more
"...Finally, aesthetically, this is a great looking lens. If you are planning on getting a filter for it, the diameter is 37mm...." Read more
"...I couldn’t be happier. Sharp and nice bokeh effects. I’m a novice, I can only imagine what an experienced photographer could do with this lens." Read more
"...A fast lens that is sharp and compact! Bokeh is nice but I am not one that gets crazy over Bokeh...." Read more
Customers like the focus of the camera lens. They say it blurs the background, is quick, and the manual focus works very well. They are pleased with the gorgeous coloring and the quiet focus. The focus ring is smooth and easy to control in manual focus mode. The build oozes quality, and it operates silky smooth.
"...extremely fast and micro-four-thirds being a CDAF system it always focuses accurately..." Read more
"...Manual focus works very well on it too. I'm looking forward to the new 75mm 1.8 as if it is anything like this lens it will be great...." Read more
"...The auto focus is fast and precise but it's kind of fun to manual focus with the easy to grip large ring...." Read more
"...works in any light w/o problems but is big (visually), heavy and slower focusing...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the speed of the camera lens. They mention that the AF is fast and the focus speed is incredibly fast. The lens is versatile and accurate.
"...AF is extremely fast and micro-four-thirds being a CDAF system it always focuses accurately..." Read more
"...A really good buy with excellent optical characteristics. This lens is fast and sharp with tremendous detail...." Read more
"Fast, compact and feather light. Decent build...." Read more
"...It focuses fast enough for most purposes...." Read more
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I 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-17667
On 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.