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Olympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap Lens

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Olympus for Micro Four Thirds cameras, 15mm f/8. A lens as thin as a body cap, with a fixed f/8 aperture and a manual focus lever.

MakerOlympus
Focal length15mm (prime)
Maximum aperturef/8
Made forMicro Four Thirds sensors
MountsMicro Four Thirds
Stabilisedno
Autofocusno, manual focus

What it frames like

142435508513520040080030mm equiv.15mm on Micro Four Thirds
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
Micro Four Thirds 30mm · 62°
How wide 15mm sees on each sensor it covers.
f/8
f/8 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On Micro Four Thirds (Micro Four Thirds): like 30mm on full frame; f/8 gives about the depth of field of f/16 there.

Cameras it fits

Questions people ask

See what it frames: its view on the OM System PEN at any distance, and its depth of field, drawn to scale.