Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital 17mm f/1.8 Lens

The blackfromis an all-metal 17mm prime lens designed for the Olympus line of Micro Four Thirds cameras such as the E-PM2, E-PL5 and E-P5digital cameras. Its focal length is equivalent to 34mm in the 35mm format and its minimum focusing distance is9.8" (25 cm). It is a very bright, fast lens ideal for everyday photography as well as street photography in which fast shutter speeds and sufficient light is important. Of course, with a wide maximum aperture of f/1.8, this is a fine lens for low-lightsituations and shallow depth of field imaging.

This lens features Movie and Still Compatible (MSC) autofocus with an inner focus system, which provides fast focusing for stills workand runs smooth and quiet, important when shooting video. Thelens barrelhas a'Snapshot' ringwhichpulls backfor manual focus control. Distance and depth-of-field scales for manual control are easily viewable on the lens barrel when the Snapshot ring is pulled back. Three aspherical elements, including a Dual Super Aspherical element to correct aberrations, as well as a High Refractive indexelement to correct high spherical aberrations, provide quality imaging and ZERO (ZUIKO Extra-low Reflection Optical Coating) lens coatings are applied to the elements to reduce lensflare and ghost images.

Fast f/1.8 maximum aperture for sharp low light imaging and shallow depth of field

Snapshot ring on lens barrel for manual control of focus

Movie & Stills Compatible (MSC) Autofocus provides a fast AF motor that runs smoothly and quietly, which is important when shooting video.

Three aspherical elements including a Dual Super Aspherical element reduce aberrations and provide sharp images

ZERO (ZUIKO Extra-low Reflection Optical Coating) lens coatings are applied to the lens elements to reduce flare and ghost images even with a back-lit subject.