What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
The results are truly mind blowing, so much so this lens will now live on the camera full time. My only reservation is that they produced this and other new mft lens's without making them splash and dust proof. I am a professional photographer & a... Read More
The one * i have about this otherwise delightful micro four thirds lens is the lack of an auto-focus feature. It matches the 45 and 75 well. For me as a documentary photographer a focal length of choice is 35mm on ff cameras which is more or less the ... Read More
This is by far the best lenses for a traveller that wants to capture the moment in an instant. Before the events, the smartphone users ask why i am lugging around a big camera. As a plus point it is less intimidating when pointing the camera in the di... Read More
Cons
It's utterly useless - no in fact is worse than useless because it's something that you might accidentally engage and thereby disable mf assists. Isn't this the most ridiculous implementation of a feature imaginable?
Highlights
Quality
As far as the image quality is concerned i can not find any issues, intact based on the price and to say it's aimed more at ama... Read More
The quality of the shots from my em-1 are nothing short of stunning, however the same lens on my em-5 are slightly softer.
I know, the kit zooms supplied with the em-5 and em-1 are, like the camera splash and dust proofed; the one is unexceptional an... Read More
It's very bright and with the f stop wide open the depth of field is very narrow.
Price
Id certainly recommend every olympus owner to get saving and buy this lens no matter what the cost .
Packaging/appearance
I believe this is due to the lack of aa filter in the em-1, however this should not deter you from buying this lens if you are ... Read More
Competitiveness
It’s a fixed 17mm (35mm equivalent) with the advantages and limitations that brings relative to a zoom.
I went for the 17 as a replacement for my excellent (but noisy and slow (to af) on my em1) panasonic lumix 20mm.
I bought a dashpro pouch which fits the e-pl5 plus 17mm f2.
I already have the olympus 25mm and 45mm f/1.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 430 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 17 2023.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The camera omd em5 and the lens far out perform my limited skills but i am getting there
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It is not weatherproof otherwise it would be perfect
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I also have the panasonic 20mm compact and lightweight digital interchangeable lens for lumix g black which i personally feel delivers minutely better images but at the price that it is not as slick in the focusing department and because of that i do not enjoy using it the way i do the olympus 17mm f1
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On closer inspection it turned out that the majority of correspondents were expressing their views about completely different lenss 45mm 75mm various zooms etc
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And only a few were actually about the 17mm 11
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not the end of the world but confusing and obviously something of a balls up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This by way of an explanation for the title of my review
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The black version is preferable to the silver one simply because the latter has an awful champagnebeige tint which doesnt look good on omds or the latest pen
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