DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

One of the best lenses on m43

Started Sep 17, 2015 | User reviews thread
Harold66
Harold66 Forum Pro • Posts: 12,002
Re: One of the best lenses on m43

bluevellet wrote:

This is a quick review of the M Zuiko f1.8, a lens already reviewed and appreciated by many.

Like the 45mm, there's no external control save for the focus ring.

well I know what you meant but what you wrote is a little bit confusing. It has a manual focus clutch which does not exist on the 45mm

One common point with the 45mm is that it does not come with a hood which is a shame considering the price of the lens

AI bought the M Zuiko 45 f1.8 3 years ago and it became my most used lens on m43. That reign has now passed. Hail to the new king.

Good for you. I do find this a little bit strange. I do not think that for most photogs, the most used lens is necessarily the best one in terms of sharpness. The focal length of the 75mm  is rather long for most portrait situations.

I know that Olympus talks about it like a studio lens  I guess I do not have access to that kind of big studios  !

I have the 75mm  which is very very sharp and the 45mm  which is pretty sharp ( I just published a comparative test of the 45mm versus the 1.7/42.5mm panasonic on my blog btw) but none of these lenses get close to my most used lenses because I shoot more with shorter focal lengths

Harold

-- hide signature --

thedemandingtraveler.org
www.haroldglit.com
www.modelmayhem.com/haroldglit

 Harold66's gear list:Harold66's gear list
Sigma DP2 Merrill Ricoh GR II Panasonic Lumix DC-G9 Fujifilm GFX 50S II Panasonic 20mm F1.7 II +5 more
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow