Olympus 17mm f1.8 (Black)

The Olympus 17mm f1.8 Lens (Black) is 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-P5 digital cameras..

Its focal length is equivalent to 34mm in the 35mm format and its minimum focusing distance is 9.8" -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-light situations 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 work and runs smooth and quiet, important when shooting video. The lens barrel has a 'Snapshot' ring which pulls back for 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 index element 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 lens flare 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.