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Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED 45mm F1.8 (Black) Lens for Olympus and Panasonic Micro 4/3 Cameras

*:Black  |  Style:45mm This single focal length portrait lens has a beautiful shallow depth of field, which enables the background blurring eff...

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Photo

(18 reviews)
Length

(13 reviews)
Size

(10 reviews)
Bokeh

(36 reviews)
Portrait

(45 reviews)
Image

(36 reviews)
Mm

(19 reviews)
Quality

(25 reviews)
Color

(15 reviews)
Lense

(22 reviews)
Focus

(32 reviews)
Price

(16 reviews)

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Reviews around photo (5.00 of 5)

  • Overall, I have been very happy with the lens and find it to be compact, fast, and great for really sharp photos.
  • The product was easy to use, and takes great photos effortlessly.
  • It takes beautiful sharp photos with a nice, shallow depth of field
  • The 1.8 aperture takes great photos and even greater video
  • It is small, light and takes breathtakenly sharp photos from edge to edge from F4 on
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Reviews around length (5.00 of 5)

  • The 90-mm (35-mm-equivalent) focal length is great for portraits, or for getting closer to the action in poorly-lit venues
  • The focal length of 45mm (equivalent to 90mm) is the perfect length for portrait photography, specifically photos taken of a person from the shoulders and above.
  • The fixed focal length makes it less flexible than a zoom lens, but you can't have everything
  • At 45mm (90mm equivalent in 35mm) the focal length is ideal for portraiture
  • Can't add any more than has already been said about this lens but if you like the 90mm focal length this is the lens for micro 4/3.
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Reviews around size (5.00 of 5)

  • If you are looking to get only 1 prime lens for your micro four thirds system , I think this is the one...nice size..nice price...nice images
  • Love the small size, light weight and clarity of the photos provided by this lens
  • Fast focusing, checkSmall compact size and well built frame, checkBeautiful bokeh capability with its narrow field of focus
  • I can't get over what a perfect size the micro 4/3's camera
  • Excellent colors, speed and clarity, nice size and functionality.
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Reviews around bokeh (4.83 of 5)

  • This lens is very sharp with really nice bokeh - it is great for portraits, which is it's main purpose
  • Great bokeh and fast focus - and just overall nice pictures
  • The 50/1.4 bokeh and rendering is not as nice as the 45/1.8 nor is it as sharp at equivalent apertures.
  • Whatever is in focus is super sharp, and the bokeh looks very smooth and creamy
  • Sharp as a tack, excellent bokeh, exceptional color rendition
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Reviews around portrait (4.66 of 5)

  • So it is a wonderful portrait lens, great indoors and outdoors
  • It is a great portrait lens as well as all around shooting.
  • It is most useful for portraits to get great focus isolation of the subject from background and most importantly, including very, very low light portraits.
  • This is an amazing portrait lens and an even more amazing value
  • This is a great portrait lens that I can tell right off
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Reviews around image (4.66 of 5)

  • It is light weight, fast focusing and produces good quality images
  • The images are sharp without distortion or any visible artifacts
  • Yes, you'll lose a bit of contrast with the sun going directly into the lens, sure, but it's never enough to make a image look bad
  • The kit zoom lens was fine, and the images I got were fine
  • the EM-5 it focuses fast and the images are sharp everywhere.
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Reviews around mm (4.40 of 5)

  • 45mm f/1.8 clearly outperformed the Nikon f/1.4 at the lower apertures
  • Olympus 45mm - performs incredibly well under all aperture settings
  • I own the Olympus 45mm f1.8 and the 25mm seemed almost redundant.
  • But this 45mm f1.8 is amazing for it's size, weight and affordability
  • Made me regret that I got the 25mm before the 45mm... because the 25mm is more expensive when just launched
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Reviews around quality (4.30 of 5)

  • Amazon sells a very good quality b+w 37mm lens filter if you want to buy one.
  • The 45mm produces that great blurry quality in the background while keeping your subject sharp
  • The great image quality more than makes up for those quibbles
  • The 45mm produces that great blurry quality in the background while keeping your subject sharp
  • As far as build quality is concerned, it is made of plastic, so it has a toy feel, but being so small, I don't see that to be too much of an issue.all in all, a great lens, great value!
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Reviews around color (4.21 of 5)

  • You can get very nice bokeh and colors are rich and saturated
  • Put this lens on an Olympus OM-D or Panasonic G3 or GH2, and your images will beat the pants off mid-level APS-C DSLRs and, hard to believe, go toe to toe with the last-generation full frame DSLRs (i.e. the Canon 5d Mk2).
  • It gets things right, the color, bokeh, sharpness, AF speed, size, and price.
  • Good contrast, color rendition, and flare is well-controlled (two included photos were shot into the sun).It is a small lens, good for portability with a few other primes if you are not into zoom
  • Sharp as a tack, excellent bokeh, exceptional color rendition
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Reviews around lense (4.19 of 5)

  • Other highlights include being one of the sharpest and fastest focusing lenses on the Micro Four Third systems
  • At f/1.8, this is among the faster lenses for micro four-thirds photographers.
  • At $400 as of November 2012, it isn't cheap, but it's one of the best lenses made for micro four-thirds.
  • 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
  • In good light this thing focuses every bit as fast as more expensive lenses on my DSLR, and with incredible precision thanks to the µ4/3 CDAF system
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Reviews around focus (3.90 of 5)

  • Note that those are older lenses that feels cheap, hardly any focus ring, and not sharp wide open -
  • Along with taking razor sharp images the focusing of the Olympus 45mm is very fast and nearly silent
  • Put this lens on an Olympus OM-D or Panasonic G3 or GH2, and your images will beat the pants off mid-level APS-C DSLRs and, hard to believe, go toe to toe with the last-generation full frame DSLRs (i.e. the Canon 5d Mk2).
  • The focus is very sharp and the auto-focus speed is fast
  • I bought this to go along with the Olympus OM-D. Very sharp, fast focusing
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Reviews around price (3.61 of 5)

  • And, like the GF2, it's perfectly positioned between the preceeding and proceeding models insofar as downward spiraling price is concerned
  • I was very happy to have found a 45mm with such an aperture for such a reasonable price
  • The price was a little steep, so I had to wait a while to get it
  • This lens would still be highly recommended at 2 times its price, it's that good
  • They offered this product at a very affordable price but since these guys are located in Japan, I was a little worried that product will take too long to get
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More about Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED 45mm F1.8 (Black) Lens for Olympus and Panasonic Micro 4/3 Cameras

  • *:Black  |  Style:45mm 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.