Olympus 45mm f1.2 M.Zuiko Digital ED PRO Lens

OM SystemSKU: 4545350051785

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Olympus 45mm f/1.2 M.Zuiko Digital ED PRO Lens: Exceptional Quality for Every Situation

The Olympus 45mm f/1.2 M.Zuiko Digital ED PRO Lens is ideally suited for travel, sports, nature, low-light, landscape, architecture, and portrait photography. This lens offers the following outstanding features:

  • Versatile Focal Length: Equivalent to a 90mm lens on a 35mm camera, making it perfect for a wide range of photography styles.
  • Exceptional Optical Performance: The lens delivers smooth bokeh and ideal resolution, ensuring outstanding image quality.
  • Fast and Precise Autofocus: Guarantees sharp results in any conditions.
  • Weather-Sealed Design: Cold-resistant, dust- and splash-proof construction allows you to shoot in all weather conditions.
  • Compact and High-Quality Build: Despite its compact design, the lens offers pin-sharp images right to the edges.
  • Premium Construction: High-quality metal bayonet and an ideal close-up limit make it perfect for macro photography.

Key Features

  • Portrait-Length Excellence: Designed for Micro Four Thirds cameras, this 45mm lens provides a desirable 90mm-equivalent focal length.
  • Ultra-Fast f/1.2 Aperture: Allows for stunning shallow depth of field imagery and excels in low-light conditions.
  • Advanced Optical Design: Incorporates 14 elements in 10 groups, including low dispersion, aspherical, and high refractive index glass elements to minimize aberrations and distortion.
  • Smooth Bokeh: A nine-blade aperture creates a pleasing bokeh effect.
  • Anti-Reflective Coating: Z Coating Nano applied to individual elements reduces flare and ghosting, enhancing contrast and color fidelity.

Additional Benefits

  • Weather-Sealed Construction: Ensures durability and reliability in harsh environments.
  • MSC Autofocus System: Provides smooth, quiet, and fast autofocus performance, ideal for both stills and video recording.
  • Manual Focus Clutch: Allows for quick switching to manual focus for precise control, with a printed depth of field scale on the lens barrel for pre-focusing techniques.
  • Programmable L-Fn Button: Offers easily accessible settings adjustment.
  • Rounded Nine-Blade Diaphragm: Contributes to a pleasing bokeh quality, enhancing the aesthetic quality of your images.

Ideal For

  • Travel Photography: Capture stunning landscapes and architectural marvels.
  • Sports and Nature: Fast autofocus ensures you never miss a moment.
  • Portrait Photography: Achieve beautiful, professional-grade portraits with smooth background separation.
  • Low-Light Conditions: The wide f/1.2 aperture excels in challenging lighting.
  • All-Round Use: Versatile enough for all kinds of photographic scenarios.

The Olympus 45mm f/1.2 M.Zuiko Digital ED PRO Lens is a must-have for any serious photographer looking for a high-quality, versatile lens that performs excellently in a wide range of conditions.

For full specifications click Here

Focal Length Range 45mm
35mm Equivalent 90mm
Angle of View 27°
Minimum Focusing Distance 0.5m
Maximum Aperture f/1.2
Filter Maximum Aperture 1.2
Minimum Aperture f/16
Maximum Image Magnification 0.1x
Diaphragm 9 blade circular
Lens Function Button [L-Fn] Yes
Lens Sync IS No
Lens Coating Yes (Z Coating Nano)
Filter Diameter 62mm
Dimensions 70 × 84.9mm
Weight 410
Type Fixed Focal Length

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Understanding: Aperture

Aperture is the opening in a camera lens that controls how much light enters the camera. It's measured in f-stops like f/2.8 or f/8. Lower f-stop numbers mean wider openings, letting in more light and creating a shallow depth of field (blurry background). Higher f-stop numbers mean smaller openings, letting in less light and creating a larger depth of field (more of the scene in focus). Aperture also affects the quality of out-of-focus areas in the image (bokeh).

Understanding: Lens Types

Different lenses have different purposes to achieve different styles of images, some popular ones include:
Prime Lens: Fixed focal length, sharp images, great for portraits and dark settings.
Zoom Lens: Variable focal length, versatile for different shots and everyday use..
Wide-Angle Lens: Captures wide scenes like landscapes.
Telephoto Lens: Magnifies distant subjects, ideal for sports & wildlife.
Macro Lens: Perfect for close-up photography of small subjects.
Fisheye Lens: Ultra-wide perspective, creates unique images.

Understanding: Lens Mounts

Different camera brands use different lens mounts, which are like connectors that attach lenses to camera bodies. Each mount is specific to a particular brand and camera series. For example, Canon uses the EF and RF mounts, Nikon uses the F mount, Sony uses the E mount for its mirrorless cameras. These mounts dictate which lenses are compatible with which cameras. Some brands offer adapters to use lenses from other systems, but it's essential to ensure compatibility for proper functionality and autofocus performance.

Understanding: Manual and Autofocus

Manual focus and autofocus are two ways to adjust the sharpness of a camera lens. With manual focus, you turn a ring on the lens to bring the subject into focus yourself, giving you full control over what appears sharp in the image. Autofocus, on the other hand, relies on the camera's built-in technology to automatically adjust the focus for you, usually by detecting contrast or phase differences in the scene. Autofocus can be convenient, especially for fast-moving subjects or when you need to capture a quick shot, whereas manual focus allows for precise adjustments and creative control over the final image.

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