Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm 1:1.8 Lens – Silver : The bees knees !!!

If you own a micro four thirds camera then this beautiful lens will astound you with both the image quality and build quality , on my olympus em5 it just felt right from the moment i snicked it into place , the results are truly mind blowing , so much so this lens will now live on the camera full time , i also own a nikon d7000 with a pro zoom lens attached which is in itself amazing but i need a smaller set up for travel and street work. Both the olympus omd em5 and this 17mm prime match if not out perform it in focusing and outright image quality and all in a tiny package in comparison to the nikon. On reading other reviewers that said they had received the ex bundle packaged lens in a plain brown box i decided to send for mine from solera telecom gmbh in germany and pay a tad more but for the proper boxed version. I must say solera were utterly fantastic in their service and it arrived in a week extremely well packaged , fully tracked all the way and there was utterly no problem in registering it for guarantee. Id certainly recommend every olympus owner to get saving and buy this lens no matter what the cost. It really is as good as everyone says .

Wanted a prime which doesn’t take up too much room, and which delivers good quality. The camera (om-d em5) and the lens far out perform my limited skills, but i am getting there. Lightweight, easy carry package allows me to use the camera whenever i wish to.

Brilliantly sharp, sturdy built lens. I very much like the manual focus system on this lens and even though it’s still focus by wire it’s very close to a good directly connected system.

This is the second time i but this lenses. Unfortunently, the first one was stolen. This is by far the best lenses for a traveller that wants to capture the moment in an instante. Fast focus and a really good apperture make this my favourite travelling lenses.

Excellent lens use on my olympus pen e5, some slight distortion at edges but hardly noticable, and good enough for my agents to sell my photos using this product.

Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm 1:1.8 Lens – Silver

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• High-speed AF with MSC technology
• Image stabilisation mechanism with Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras
• Snapshot focus mechanism
• ZERO (Zuiko Extra-low Reflection Optical) coating for low-reflectivity
• Excellent low-light capabilities and stunning bokeh

Good lens for landscape photography, gets you great images.

Great lens for general photo. Barrel distortion is obvious if you try to do a close portrait. Should come with hood since it loses some contrast when the sun hits from the side.

This lens is amazing, the photo quality is excellent but the video quality is even better, shoots really well in low light conditions – my favourite lens i have bought in the last few years.

I am a professional photographer & a photography tutor and moved over to the m43 system for it quality of images at low iso, it’s very high quality std of lenses & most importantly (for me) size/weight. For me as a documentary photographer a focal length of choice is 35mm on ff cameras which is more or less the same fov as this 17mm when you take into account the 2x crop factor. The body is made of metal & to a high standard, with a great push/pull focus system to switch from auto to manual focus. 8 is useful for lower light worker but does not give huge shallow dof due to it being a wider lens. The quality of the shots from my em-1 are nothing short of stunning, however the same lens on my em-5 are slightly softer. . I believe this is due to the lack of aa filter in the em-1, however this should not deter you from buying this lens if you are an em-5 owner as ‘real world’ usage will have minimum impact on the iq. The colours are punchy with great micro contrast & focus is quick and silent. I would definitely recommend this as a high quality std lens and yes it may be more expensive than the equivalent apps-c/ff versions but the diminutive size and sheer usability make this an excellent purchase.

I bought this to use with my olympus e-m10 camera. I already have the olympus 25mm and 45mm f/1. 8 lenses for it, and together they make a very nice trio. I did consider getting the panasonic 20mm or the leica 15mm, but the panasonic has rather slow focusing apparently (a criticism you can’t level at the olympus) and the leica is expensive and a bit too wide angle for me for this type of lens. Compared to my other two olympus primes, i’d say the 17mm is probably ‘not quite’ as good as they are, even though it’s more expensive. It isn’t just as sharp in all situations (like at the edges when you use a wide aperture), and doesn’t have ‘quite’ the same ability to make you look like a pro with every shot you take. Reviews moan aabout vignetting, but i can’t say i’ve noticed much of that so far, and it wouldn’t be a problem at smaller apertures anyway. Having said that, the differences really aren’t huge and i have taken some great shots with this lens. It’s hard to describe the difference. But most shots i take with the 45mm especially have an instant ‘wow’ factor when you look at them on your computer full size.

A fantastic lens that really comes into it’s own for close-up photography. Crisp, sharp images and helping me to take some of the best photo’s i’ve ever taken.

Excellent everyday lens – great for the streets.

Superb quality and excellence even in low light. It is not weatherproof otherwise it would be perfect. A must if you own a micro 4/3.

It’s a brilliant lens, but there comes a point when you think do i want to spend 349 £ on this non zoomable lens or maybe add extra 300 and buy a pro lens. So for me i have the pancake lens and this , the pro lens would have done more good for me , for every purpose that i need it for. Except from the above it is a nice lens.

This has to be my favorite lens.

I would say that is this is my most used lens and is an almost permanent fixture on my e-pl5. Not exactly ‘pocketable’ but certainly smaller than a dslr. Physically, it is compact but is not a ‘pancake’ lens. I bought a dashpro pouch which fits the e-pl5 plus 17mm f2. 8 combo, but is too small when when the 17mm f1. However, the advantage is that this lens is solidly built and has handsome appearance. The pull back manual focussing ring is useful and has a smooth action, but as another reviewer has pointed out it does not behave as expected with the magnify focus/peaking function on olympus cameras. The lens has a versatile focal length (equivalent to 35mm full frame) and i find it a very versatile lens. It is useful for landscapes, and the large aperture means that is great for indoor grab shots of the family or food (i am one of those sad people) with no flash.

Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm 1:1.8 Lens – Silver : Outstanding performance from such an incredibly small lens. Well made (metal construction), very smooth focussing ring. It was my first olympus lens for my pen f, and i was blown away by the size of it. Performance on a par with many bulky dslr prime lenses.

Optically superb this little lense works faultlessly. It’s very bright and with the f stop wide open the depth of field is very narrow. Stop it down and the sharpness across the frame is consistently good. It’s a good all rounder if you like primes. It matches the 45 and 75 well. Equiv to a 35mm on a full frame camera i’d say.

I deliberated over this lens and the 25mm f1. I went for the 17 as a replacement for my excellent (but noisy and slow (to af) on my em1) panasonic lumix 20mm. It’s made of metal, reassuringly heavy when compared to say the m. Zuiko 45mm, and has the manual focus ring as per the 14-40 pro allowing you to quickly enter mf mode. I’ve been very impressed so far but the bokeh of the lumix 20mm is richer and better in my experience so far. This is a great lens for low light & astrophotography as well, and the manual focus gearing is easy to control for pin sharp focus. It doesn’t come with a lens hood or a bag which is a bit shortsighted of olympus given the retail price, but i’d really recommend the jjc lh-j48b hood as an alternative hood to the olympus aftermarket original. It’s a fraction of the olympus’s price.

Although this is a very good lens, i was none the less astonished to see that so many people had written reviews, 95 at the time of going to press. On closer inspection it turned out that the majority of correspondents were expressing their views about completely different lens’s, 45mm, 75mm, various zooms etc. And only a few were actually about the 17mm 1:1. Not the end of the world, but confusing and obviously something of a balls up. This by way of an explanation for the title of my review. By now this lens doesn’t really require another paean of praise from me, suffice to say that it is excellent. Beautifully made, producing very good results (photographer permitting). The black version is preferable to the silver one, simply because the latter has an awful champagne/beige tint, which doesn’t look good on om-d’s or the latest pen. My only reservation is that they produced this and other new mft lens’s without making them splash and dust proof.

An excellent lens which works well with the om-d 5 ii. Light and effective it is very useful for street photos.

I have had this lens for a while now (i pre-ordered it on amazon when it was first announced). It is a great bit of kit, when you open up the box for the first time, compared to other lenses i own for the system this one is superior in nearly ever way. Constructionthe lens body is all metal, it feels superb. Every movement is solid and precise. Imagethe lens takes lovely photos, no doubt. 8 (34mm equivalent) equates to one of the most popular f. ‘s on full frame cameras (35mm) and i really enjoy using this focal length. The large aperture allows for great creative opportunities and strong subject isolation, and the width of the images allows me to fit in any subject i might wish. In useon my olympus pen e-p5 micro four thirds interchangeable lens camera – black body only (16. 0 inch tiltable touchscreen lcd the size is perfect. The focusing speed is almost unbelievable, and talking of focusing- the snapshot focus mechanism is superb. Just pull the focus ring towards the camera body and the camera automatically switches to manual focus mode – which this lens is a joy to use in, thanks to its nicely dampened focus ring and film camera lens style distance scale. Conclusioni bought one, and i would do it again in a heat beat. I also have the panasonic 20mm compact and lightweight digital interchangeable lens for lumix g – black, which i personally feel delivers minutely better images but at the price that it is not as slick in the focusing department, and because of that, i do not enjoy using it the way i do the olympus 17mm f1.

Beautifully made and pin sharp even wide open although stopping it down to f4 makes it even better. I’m so impressed with this little lens, it’s a joy to use. I took some shots of my grandson in his back garden last sunday from a fair distance and on heavy cropping i found that he was still pin sharp. This lens will probably be my walk about lens in future. As a plus point it is less intimidating when pointing the camera in the direction of complete strangers.

8 but now this 17mm is always on my camera as it’s so useful. It has a good weight, looks great on my em 5 and i’m really happy with the sharpness. I can’t fault this lens but i did have to buy a lens hood for it from amazon. If you have an em5, just watch how you have set up your manual focus as so far, i don’t see any use for the manual focus on the lens as you can’t see an enlarged view in the viewfinder. Will have to read the user manual again. Very happy with my purchase and a great price from amazon.

Early days but so far it hasn’t disappointed. Still a bit new to the whole m4/3s thing which i’ve got into as a lighter weight travel alternative to my nikon gear and this 17mm prime is so small and light you wouldn’t leave it behind even though i also have a 14-150mm zoom that covers this focal length though a couple of stops slower. I’ve read that some people say this lens isn’t particularly sharp but my copy seems to be fine.

A beautiful little prime lens for the micro four thirds system, roughly equivalent to 35mm on full frame. Build quality is excellent, with a metal barrel and lens mount, and an encouragingly positive clunk to the mechanism that disengages the af clutch to put you into mf territory. Low light performance is great, decent bokeh and sharp throughout. Olympus om-d and pen cameras have image stabilisation built into the camera bodies, so bear in mind there’ll be no is on for e. It’s my goto lens for use with both my pen f and epl-7, and a more than worthy alternative to the kit zoom lenses.

I use it as my prime of choice. Good for street photography and landscape.

Super sharp, super fast focus. Everything in the main web reviews is accurate except i read it is really kind to high iso but i found the opposite on an oly ep5. Struggles to look good over 1600.

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