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Length: 0.9 inches
Weight: 1.40 pounds
Model: 17mm Lens
Manufacturer: Olympus
Lens Type: Lens
Camera Type: normal
Model SKU: B002CGSYM6
Great lens, exellent for depth of field effect.
by Paul Liesenberg
from bay area, california,
2010-02-28
This is a great little lens.
As others state, first off it is very compact.
Image quality is excellent. I am not sure why some say that the kit lens is sharper. It is not, not where it matters. What happens is that this lens, having a bigger aperture, has far more lungs to play the depth of field game than the kit lens. The kit lens stops at 3.5 at the 28mm equvalent, this one is 2.8 at 35, far more open. It can blur parts of the picture... if you want it to, for some compositions. Other than that it is super sharp.
The only reason I am not giving it 5 stars is price. At $270-something it is pricey considering a camera like the E-PL1 goes for $599.
I was very pleasantly surprised
by Harry M. Shin
from Livermore, CA USA,
2010-01-08
1. I should technically give this lens a 4 star, just because 5 stars should be reserved those extraordinary lens (ex: Zeiss Distagon 21mm 2.8).
2. With that being said, I just like this lens: it's light, it's obviously small, and it's a no brainer for all EP-1 /2 users to have this lens (or the panasonic pancake). Even though I have the 14-42mm kit lens, it's just... fun to slap this lens on the EP-1 and take shots. One of the unexpected joys and surprises of using this lens, that it made me think of the "good old days" of using prime lens 100% of the time and at the same time, has made me rethink my overall strategy of whether or not to utilize more primes etc...
3. For me and for the photography I utilize the EP-1 for, the 17mm is "good enough" in re: focusing speed, sharpness, color / contrast etc... With "pixel-peeping", I'm very happy with the output image quality.
4. All in all, a great lens for all EP-1 / 2 users to have simply because it brings back the joy of photography. I really hope that Olympus / Panasonic continue to develop more compact prime lens.
Simple and compact Lens
by Robert E. Keay
,
2009-12-22
This a Lens that provides ease of use , and is really quite good in terms of results ! I recently used it solely at Gettysburg , Pa , and I was rewarded with superior pictures ! Technical differences aside from other Reviewers , until Olympus produces a wider version , it is My Primary Lens ! With an adapter the Pen Body is another world of photographic opportunities !
Good Pancace Lens
by Anders Utgaard
from Norway,
2009-10-21
The 17mm f/2.8 lens for Micro FourThirds system is a classical focal length, approx 34mm. As a primary lens for the EP-1 it does excactly what it is supposed to do, provide a quick, easy to use lens, with good quality images. Updated to software 1.1 the autofocus speed and precision is improved, but even so the lens is a little slow to focus. Manual focus is easy, precise and gives very good results.
Pros: lightweight, solid, good colours.
Cons: not as sharp as te 14-42 mm zoom.
Good primary lens for the EP-1.
Olympus PEN + this lens + optical viewfinder = Modern remake of the rangefinder
by Michael A. Duvernois
from Minneapolis, MN United States,
2009-09-18
This is small lens. That's its main claim to fame, not the speed at f2.8, nor the focal length, the equivalent of about 35mm in 35mm photography. But on the small Olympus PEN body, this lens gives you a small package that takes quite good pictures without messing around with a zoom. In particular, it works well as a walking-around street camera, much like an old Leica or a Canon rangefinder of the 1950s/1960s. (See also the optical viewfinder which has image lines specifically for this 17mm lens.)
I tried this package out, camera, lens, and viewfinder, and got a good number of excellent images walking through crowds of people downtown. It's wide enough to catch people in their immediate environment. The camera is unobtrusive and really helped with the casual picture taking. I'd strongly recommend the setup to folks looking for a forgiving digital imaging setup with modern features but much of the ease of handling and casual ability of old rangefinders (without having to focus of course).
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