Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm 1:1.8

With lens cap ;). Don't know why someone would like to sell one of these. Because it's nice bright, sharp lens that I mainly bought for portraits but have found usefull in many more situtations also. Only thing I don't like is the fiddly focus ring which makes a small sound if used while recording video ( could be that it have weared a bit by usage. this was second hand lens for me ) . Also it doesn't come with lens cap which is just moronic in my opinion. Overall build quality satisfies me, ...

Small, light, great bokeh and crazy sharp. Plus it is fast focusing and very contrasty. One of my favorite lenses. A must-have lens for every m4/3 owner.

GREAT lens, especially for the price. Build is OK (plastic) but image quality is above anything I have used on micro-four thirds. Simply a great lens. Problems: Lens hood not included, that's ridiculous. I have not bought one but if I do, it will be the JJC copy, not the Olympus original, just to express my discontent.

It's as good of a lens as I've owned - including zeiss with my old DSLR - but of course it's plastic. Sharp, sharp, sharp! For the price, it's a no-brainer. Perfect portrait lens, and it's also very good shooting flowers (but it's not a macro). It's tiny and weighs nothing - easy lens to throw in your bag or coat pocket - which is what got me into m43 in the first place.

Small, light, great bokeh and crazy sharp. Plus it is fast focusing and very contrasty. One of my favorite lenses. It works great on both Panasonic and Oly. Problems: The cheap ring that covers the mount for the hood likes to fall off. Plus it is another "fiddly bit" that Oly likes to attach to their equipment that you then have to somehow keep track of.

I bought this gem of a lens to go with my Olympus OM D E-M5. It's focal length makes it an ideal portrait lens. Combined with smaller cameras this lens has enabled me to get some terrific candid portraits. The AF works fast and silently on my OM D. although it's made of plastic, the quality is very good. Optically this lens is a brilliant performer. I have several SHG lenses and honestly it's very close optically to what the better grade 4/3 lenses can do. If you like portraiture and ...

Hi, using MF is annoiyng noisy when vieo at E-P1. You can always hear each minnimal motion at Focus ring as a metal ticking noise. My Panasonic 20mm F1,7 is nearly quite, also noticable, but not annoiyng. I just use MF when video with E-P1, AF perfomance is unimpressive and unnacebtable loud with both Oly 45mm F1.8 ans Panasonic 20mm F1.7. I want to know if up to date Olympus cams, like E-P3 or OMD are working less noisier at video when using AF or MF with this optic? Regards

A must-have lens for every m4/3 owner

It's fast focussing, on target even without using an EVF, just LCD screen on my PEN E-PL1. The look of the image is lovely, sharp where needed, blurred bokeh where needed. Take pains to get the LH-40B hood - not the LH-40 which does fit the bayonet but is shallower and made for the kit zoom lenses.

Bought it, put it on my black E-p2 and start shooting. Just some test pictures and they are sharp, with a fantastic background blur. It was that background blur that made me use a Mamiya M645 in the analog days and that I've missed so much in the digital days. But now it's all possible again! Bought the lens-hood too, let's have it all. Looks great, not sure about the use, maybe in summer? I don't like using flash so beside the background blur, the 1.8 makes the use of a flash even more ...