I bought this lens to use with an adapter with my Olympus mirrorless. At less than half the price of a used u4/3 prime, it seemed like a good option for a focal length I don't plan to use too often. Even with the adapter, the lens is size-appropriate for a small body mirrorless. A bit longer than my u4/3, but similar weight and width. Images are sharp enough for my purposes. Pixel-peepers may find some softness in the corners wide-open and some purple fringing. Both can be corrected, either by stopping down or fixing in post. This is the reason for 4 star instead of 5 star. For use on a OM film camera, these issues may not be present. Various photo forums report the higher SN examples of this lens have better coatings on the glass and produce better results. I have no idea if it's true, or just that the lens will be newer and likely in better condition. Regardless, find a high SN example in good condition and have fun.Read full review
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Clear image but rather stiff and difficult to mount on the camera. I think it just needs a good cleaning.
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This is a good compact lens made for the OM series cameras (non-digital). But don't get me wrong. This little jewel can be put on DSLR cameras, via lens adapters, and use manual focus. I placed one similar on my Canon 7D and the clarity is fantastic. Granted, there are better lenses on the market at much higher costs, but not much better than what most people need for solid photography. When I shoot portraits, I go with better quality glass, but then again I pay for it. The average photographer can use this lens for family events, pets, street photography, and much more... and it is good enough.
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This lens is a very popular item for OM series film SLRs. It is very usable on modern micro four thirds cameras, such as the E-PL1. Note, these newer cameras have a crop factor of 2x, so on this camera this becomes a very nice 100mm lens! Four out of five stars because there is a better 50mm/1.4 version out there, but for more money. If you just want to play around with old manual focus lenses on a micro four thirds camera, this is a great one to start with.
I bought one of these to have a fast 50mm lense for my E500. I also bought a box of them from a seller here on eBay. They all cleaned up very nicely and are now in the hands of happy DSLR users. After seeing how well the less than perfect lenses performed I spent the extra money and acquired one in perfect condition with not one disappointment. The lense has excellent imaging capabilities. I saw no typical flaring when the sun was behind my subjects or ghosts. Everything was crisp and sharp even with the extremes of lighting situations. I give it very high marks when used with extension tubes or a bellows for close up images. Where I've seen other lenses start to fail this one seems to get better. My suggestion is look for the ones with the black edges around the f/stop ring and filter thread (black nose version). The multicoatings on the lenses I've had resulted in noticeably better images compared to the silver nose version. The lenses have a nice compactness to them which was always Olympus's specialty and strong point. It makes them easy to handle and carry around making it much more likely that you'll have your camera with you for that special picture. They all have 49mm filter threads so their filters and hoods are not large either. This makes an excellent portrait lense for all the new DSLRs that Olympus is selling. You can isolate the subject without having to be too close and blur the background with the wider fstops that you can't get with the zoom/kit lenses. Some might say it's soft wide open and I would disagree. Even if it was soft wide open do you really want a lense to show every pore, nook and cranny on a person's face when you're taking their portrait? Such pictures end up being very unflattering. If the purpose of your portrait is to highlight the flaws then I suggest looking at the 50mm macro version. That will get you what you're going for. For general photography with a mild telephoto perspective and fast speed on the Olympus DSLRs this is the affordable choice. You can even get adapters for your Canon EF mount cameras. The review asks what do I dislike about this lens. I have to say I dislike the fact I didn't know about this high quality optic until this past year. There's nothing to dislike.Read full review
I've used this lens for my indoor studio for about a month and its works great....I had to purchase an adapter for my camera but I already new that when I made this purchase. The lens has signs of wear, but its from regular usage. I had to print out a lens cover, but other than that it works great.
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What a well built lens. Images are very sharp and the compact size makes it very portable. Works well on my OM 2 film camera and (with adapter) on my Micro 4/3 camera, where it becomes 100 mm equivalent.
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The lens is in great condition and with the Olympus OM-to-4/3 adapter I can use it on my Olympus E-400.I bought it because I heard a lot of good talk about the OM lenses and wanted to test it. also the price was reasonable. I took the camera with me one day when I was roaming the city and I enjoyed it very much. Because the view finder of the E-400 is a bit small and this camera does not have the live view option, it should be taken into account while composing a picture to prevent a miss. however, there is something refreshing in taking a picture the old style - setting the aperture and the focus. the shutter speed should be set from the camera itself in shutter speed priority. The results are interesting and great. it is very good for macro photos and the bokeh is wonderful. note that because of the crop factor of the 4/3 camera, this lens on this a 4/3 camrea is actually almost a 100mm lens. The optics of this lens compared to the kit lenses I have is unmatched in my eye. I absolutly adore it. recently I bought a second hand Olympus Pen E-p2 and I intend to try this lens on the new camera as well.Read full review
This a great lens to use with a Micro 4/3 camera with an adapter. It is like using an old school SLR 35mm Film Camera with a Modern Digital Format. Really a fun lens and great picture quality. Except for landscape photos. I do not recommenced for landscape shots.It does not focus real well at infinity with the adapter I have. I do not have a correction glass in my adapter. It may work better with a correction glass adapter. It does really well at shorter range and you can really control the depth of field. I have an Olympus PEN E-P1 I use with this lens.
This Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 Lens is very easy lens and not expensive,It's very match for party and snap(street)photo. And the beginer who start to take portait(and find girlfriend....hahaha..^_^) But it's must better with you get Olympus Zuiko 50mm/1.4,right? Ps. I talk about some person who have Olympus OM(film camera)and Olympus EP-1(Digital camera),this lens you must have....(and i don't talk about Leica..)
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