Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm f/1.8 Lens (Silver)
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One of the best portrait lenses for M4/3
I will try and keep this short and neat as almost all other reviews about this lens speak the same great things about it. For the price, you can't get a better portrait lens for the M4/3 system. At a 90mm 35mm equivalent with fast aperture of f1.8, this lens delivers stunning sharp images with equally stunning creamy blurred background and bokeh effect when needed. The AF is accurate and fast with this lens as well. Sure, it would have been nice ... Show More
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Zuiko Digital ED 45mm f/1.8 Lens by Olym
Recently I bought an Olympus OMD-5 camera, and I love it. I bought the 45mm f1.8 prime lens by Olympus as a primary walk around lens. It's a great lens, clarity and excellent color, especially at f2.8 through f8. I've done a lot of research on four-thirds lenses, and the 45mm, 75mm, and 12mm are the best.
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Great Little Lens
I rate this four instead of 5 stars because I think 5 stars should be reserved for top image quality and top construction - meaning metal and weather sealing. Other than that, this lens has it all, sharp, fast accurate focus, great bokeh, fast and light. As good overall in that regard as my best Canon L lenses.
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Beautiful!
Just used this lens for the first time yesterday, it is great in low light, nice quality overall. Pleased with this product.
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Must buy!
This lens is small and it is fast! The build quality is great. It feels very solid. It's a great portrait lens and a short tele lens. Imagine quality is sharp, very sharp. AF is very fast and low light performance is excellent. Not to mention DOF is creamy smooth! A must have for micro 4/3 owner.
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The department loves it!
This lens was ordered as part of a package that is doing everything that we need. It all goes together easily and the results are better than expected.
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Excellent Lens
A great lens. Light but well made, fast and very sharp. For the price this is a great deal.
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Clear, Fast, Fast AF
I use this product for street photography. With an effective 90mm length, it allows me to frame MCUs without having to get too close to the subject. Wide open, the lens is still clear and sharp, which is great for low light. I just wish it were available in black and had a weather sealed version so I could safely use it in the rain with my OMD EM5
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Essential Miro Four Thirds Equipment
Everything about this lens is exceptional. Price - exceptional value Fit & finish - exceptional for the price point (non-metal) Performance - fast, exceptional Color, saturation and contrast - exceptional Bokeh - you guessed it, exceptional What are you waiting for?
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Great little lens
I am moving from a Canon 5DII to the micro 4/3 setup because of an injury. The micro 4/3 is great and so is this lens. Great fininsh, good tight and precission fit with the camera body OMD. Looking forward to using it during the Christmas portrait season.
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Essential Equipment
Everything I've read about in reviews. Sharp, fast autofocus (OM-D), creamy boken, exceptional low light performance. Fit and finish could be better (metal), but as it is, it's great. This is ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT!
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Fantastic lens for 3/4
I use it mainly for portraits and I like its good sharpness and nice bokeh with wide apertures. Maybe there are other lenses which are better for portrait pourposes (I mean Zuiko 75mm) but they are also much more expensive. Anyway I have to say that once I'm back in my country (Spain) I have found it cheaper (I mean in a real shop, not in internet) than in your shop.
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Great short telephoto!
I love how this lens looks and feels on a silver OM-D! The construction and finish are top notch, and the image quality is as well! Having a 90mm equivalent F1.8 provides great DOF control and low light capability. I am very happy I got this lens along with the Panasonic 14mm and 25mm... couldn't ask for a better trio of lenses (OK, the Oly 12mm... alot of $$$ for that one!). Get this lens, you won't regret it!
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Sharp
This lens is very impressive for its sharpness.That was what I am looking for.A very good acquisition.
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The amazing gem
I use it mounted on my Olympus EPM1. It is amazing how this lens could shot portrait specialized high quality photos. Everything seems have different set of story after shot by this lens. It is interesting to play around.
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An excellent lens - incredible value.
Wonderful Image Quality! This lens is an incredible value. Contrast, Clarity and minimal CA compares to my Canon L Lenses. The IQ is superior to my Canon 50mm 1.4 (5d Mk II) especially in low light situations.
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star quality
absolutly wicked sharp thought all lenses would be like this when I started spending $.bokeh master!, set up a shot and watch it melt the one thing that bugs me is the 20 inch minimum focusing distance, maybe I'm a bit of a macro junkyI think their trying not to cover the same ground as the panasonic macro no,but really technicly beautiful, no CA to speak offorget about the gas bill buy this lens
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Beautiful!
Excellent Lens. Bokeh is beautiful and creamy smooth, sharpness is excellent throughout. Construction is very solid. Produces amazing images, especially mounted on an E-M5.
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Small powerhouse
Small and compact, fast and suitably sharp. I didn't think I would use this as much as the kit lens, but so far it's been on more often.
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A SHARP bargain
Don't think, just buy it. Very sharp wide open. And lightweight. Beautiful night shots taken handheld with the OMD-5
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Excellent Value!
Incredible price point and excellent image quality. Olympus could have increased its price and the demand would still be there.
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Brilliant Prime for CSCs
This lens focuses fast on my OMD and takes sharp photos. I enjoy the focal length, especially outside, but indoor portraits can get a bit cramped. (Remember that it's like a 90mm on a full frame DSLR.) Build quality is excellent. The 1.8 speed allows for some great low light opportunities, shallow depth of field images, and even sports photography if you can get close enough to the action. The ability to control depth of field and create sharp ar... Show More
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Great lens. Undersold by Olympus
I wrote a long review about the image quality of this lens (which ids excellent) but there was an internet glitch and the web page ate it, to my disgust! Others have written about that anyway so I will say: Great and much needed portrait lens for the M4/3 system. It is inexpensive, small, light and has outstanding overall image quality. The reasons it drops a star for me are that, firstly it should have matched the build quality of the 12mm f/2 a... Show More
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Portraits Faces Close-ups
If Portraits, Faces, & Close-ups gets you shooting, then get this lens. Sharp. Good Bokeh. Fast Focus. Excellent Perspective. Working with this focal length helps you to keep subjects Close, and Closer, making them more detailed and interesting to your audience.
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