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Defective Oly 25mm lens

Started Mar 16, 2016 | Discussions thread
Ribbit74 Regular Member • Posts: 428
Re: Defective Oly 25mm lens

MayaTlab0 wrote:

As Martian Flatcar suggested, I'd try to perform the upside down test first with this lens :

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/51037446

However, given that you are far from the only one who's noticed a front focusing left side on the Olympus 25mm f1.8, there are very good chances yours is a lemon (and some chances you'll have a hard time finding a decent one :

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3978582#forum-post-57435654

Yep, my 25mm was decentered (left side blurry) and my 45mm was also decentered (right side blurry). Seems to be common on both lenses. My 12-40 is flawless and has replaced both of my Oly primes (now sold). My only prime now is the 20mm which is also flawless optically, at half the price of the Oly primes.

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