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Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Olympus for Micro Four Thirds cameras, 45mm f/1.8. A tiny, cheap 90mm-equivalent portrait lens.

MakerOlympus
Focal length45mm (prime)
Maximum aperturef/1.8
Made forMicro Four Thirds sensors
MountsMicro Four Thirds
Stabilisedno
Autofocusyes

What it frames like

142435508513520040080090mm equiv.45mm on Micro Four Thirds
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
Micro Four Thirds 90mm · 23°
How wide 45mm sees on each sensor it covers.
f/1.8
f/1.8 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On Micro Four Thirds (Micro Four Thirds): like 90mm on full frame; f/1.8 gives about the depth of field of f/3.6 there.

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