Mar
11
Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f/2.8
This article is part of the small but growing Index of Pancake Lenses!
| Specifications for the Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f/2.8 "Prince of Crop-Sensor Pancakes" |
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| Years Produced | 2008 - Still in production |
| Street Price | US - $250.00 (In 2008) |
| Lens Type | Normal |
| Available Mounts |
• Four Thirds |
| Optical Construction |
5 elements in 4 groups with 1 aspherical element
• Tessar type lens |
| Weather Sealing | No |
| Aperture Blades | 7 - Circular blade pattern |
| Focus Type | Automatic Focus with DC motor |
| Image Stabilization | No |
| Min. Focus Distance |
• 0.20m • (7.87 inches) • Maximum magnification ratio 0.19x |
| Dimensions |
• 64.0 x 23.5mm • (2.52 x 0.93 inches) |
| Weight |
• 95g • (3.35 ounces) |
| Filter Size | 43mm |
| Hood | Optional LH-43 lens hood |
This lens was released relatively recently (2008) and struck a great hope among Olympus fans as a return to the roots of the company- innovative, compact designs that are the signature of Olympus in its early days with SLR cameras.
This neat little package is also a harbinger of things to come in the pancake world. It is a crop-sensor design, and its focal length of 25mm translates to a 50mm because of the 2:1 crop factor used by the Four Thirds mount.
This lens also has autofocus, which is quite cool for a lens of its size. I don’t know too much about it, so I can’t comment outside of what others have said about this lens already.