Description
Digital photography demands more than the traditional optical designs of film lenses. Photographers want to be able to shoot not only stopped down but with the aperture wide open and know they will get sharp, detailed edge-to-edge sharpness. The Olympus E-System and Zuiko Digital LensesTM are designed to meet the everyday needs of professional photographers.
With digital specific lens designs and unrivaled optical elements, unsurpassed image quality is achievable in an interchangeable lens SLR system, no matter what aperture you choose. And an incredibly compact, lightweight design - based on the innovative Four Thirds System - provides you with the most versatile, high-performance interchangeable lens system you've ever experienced.
This compact and affordable medium telephoto Zuiko Digital Lens is ideal for not only macro photography but also as a portrait lens. The high performance digital specific design includes an ED glass element for impressive color accuracy and offers a magnification of 1:2 (half life size), which has an image magnification size equivalent to life size (1:1) in a 35mm film photo. A large 2.0 maximum aperture makes it excellent for lower-light photography as well.
The 50mm 2.0 Macro Zuiko Digital Lens features 11 elements in 10 groups, including an Extraordinary Dispersion glass element to minimize aberration and ensure sharp and accurate edge-to-edge detail.
Features
This compact and affordable medium telephoto Zuiko Digital Lens is ideal for not only macro photography but also as a portrait lens. The high performance digital specific design includes an ED glass element for impressive color accuracy and offers a magnification of 1:2 (half life size), which has an image magnification size equivalent to life size (1:1) in a 35mm film photo. A large 2.0 maximum aperture makes it excellent for lower-light photography as well.
Item Includes
• Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital Lens for Olympus Digital Cameras (Four Thirds System)
• Lens Hood (LH-55)
• Front Lens Cap (LC-52)
• Rear Lens Cap (LR-1)
• Lens Case (LS-0814)
• Instruction Manual
• 1 Year Limited Warranty
Reviews
Our Money Maker, December 31, 2009
By lurchlarson "lurchlarson" (oregon)
We bought this lens a month ago for my wife's Olympus E620. Hands down the sharpest lens we own. We have a photography business and the photos we have made from this lens have got us 5 Referals in less than 3 weeks! This lens is sharp, sharp, sharp. The focus is dead on, albeit a little slow. It does tend to hunt a smidge. It is a bit noisy as well. For macros and portraits there is no beating this lens.
If I could i'd give this lens a 4.7 for the slow AF and the VERY minor hunting issue. Since I can't, it gets a 5. In the end it's about image quality and this lens cannot be beat. It paid itself off in 3 shoots. This lens is now our #1 go-to lens for portraits. The money we are now making with this lens is being used to buy our next lens. For all Olympus shooters this lens is an absolutely-positivly, must have lens.
