Photography by Mike Mander | Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 Tests

Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 Tests

October 18th

These are some initial test photos taken with the new Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm f/1.8 lens on my Panasonic GH2, while walking on my lunch break. I am extremely impressed with its image quality so far. It essentially rivals my Leica-branded Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 for overall sharpness and relatively smooth bokeh. This is a perfect portrait lens and I'm sure a lot of people have been waiting for something like this to come along for the Micro-4/3 system! Larger images at 3000 pixels wide are available for closer viewing and EXIF metadata display is turned on in this gallery...

1/80 sec at f / 1.8

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DMC-GH2 - OLYMPUS M.45mm F1.8 - ISO 160 - 1/80 sec at f / 1.8

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1/2500 sec at f / 1.8

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1/4000 sec at f / 2.2

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1/500 sec at f / 1.8

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1/4000 sec at f / 2.8

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1/1250 sec at f / 2.2

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DMC-GH2 - OLYMPUS M.45mm F1.8 - ISO 160 - 1/1250 sec at f / 2.2

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1/4000 sec at f / 2.2

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DMC-GH2 - OLYMPUS M.45mm F1.8 - ISO 160 - 1/4000 sec at f / 2.2

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1/125 sec at f / 1.8

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DMC-GH2 - OLYMPUS M.45mm F1.8 - ISO 160 - 1/125 sec at f / 1.8

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1/640 sec at f / 5.6

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1/500 sec at f / 6.3

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1/2000 sec at f / 7.1

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