Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45 mm f/1.8 review - Summary

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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45 mm f/1.8

7 September 2011

Arkadiusz Olech

11. Summary

Pros:

small, very handy housing,
sensational image quality in the frame centre,
excellent image quality on the edge of the frame, including the maximum relative aperture,
very low chromatic aberration,
low distortion,
slight astigmatism,
well-corrected vignetting,
efficient and accurate autofocus.

Cons:

pity the lens is not made entirely of metal.

The summary of our tests rarely can be so unambiguous. I really can’t imagine a situation when a Micro 4/3 body owner doesn’t have this lens as well. If you haven’t bought it yet, do make up for this complete mistake as soon as possible.

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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45 mm f/1.8 - Summary

Sample shots


Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/1.8, exp. 1/500 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 5.06 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/1.8, exp. 1/1600 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.12 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/1.8, exp. 1/640 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 3.93 MB

Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/1.8, exp. 1/50 s, ISO 400 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 5.13 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/1.8, exp. 1/800 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.8 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/1.8, exp. 1/1000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.68 MB

Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/2000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.16 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/2.2, exp. 1/320 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.22 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/2.0, exp. 1/100 s, ISO 400 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.6 MB

Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/2.2, exp. 1/80 s, ISO 400 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.87 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/2000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.27 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/2000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 5.8 MB

Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/2000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.46 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/4.5, exp. 1/640 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 5.19 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/2000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.36 MB

Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/2000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 6.05 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/4.5, exp. 1/1600 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 5.77 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/1000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 6.21 MB

Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/6.3, exp. 1/1000 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.81 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/500 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 4.33 MB	Camera: Olympus E-PL1 Parameters: 45 mm, f/6.3, exp. 1/800 s, ISO 100 File: JPEG, 4032×3024 pix, 5.72 MB