Olympus 25mm F1.8 Portrait Lens (ES-M2518)

Olympus M.Zuiko Premium 25mm f1.8 Portrait Lens
(Olympus ES-M2518B)

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• Australian Olympus Warranty
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• Portrait Lens in BLACK
• 25mm f/1.8 Standard Prime Lens
• High-quality image
• Fast and quiet auto-focusing
• Closest shooting distance: 25cm
• 0.12x Maximum Magnification

Overview

Olympus M.Zuiko Premium 25mm f1.8 Portrait Lens is a must-have lens, perfect for many types of photography. Maximum versatility in the most classic of focal lengths. This new lens allows for a 50mm equivalent field of view in the 35mm format.

This high-image quality standard lens can be used for many situations from portraits to landscapes. You can easily capture images with beautiful background defocusing effects and can shoot in a dark room thanks to the wide aperture lens. It also features the fast, quiet AF system MSC that lets you surely capture the right moment. With its asymmetric lens design, users are able to focus as close as 25cm to allow for outstanding product shooting while the bright aperture allows for shooting in a vast array of varying lighting conditions.

Features

Clear, sharp image quality with minimal aberrations
Conventional SLRs adopt a Gauss type lens construction for 50mm standard lenses, but Olympus adopts a new generation lens construction with an inner focus system for the digital age. The result is a quiet, fast autofocus and a small-sized lens. It contains 9 high-quality elements including aspherical lens elements to provide a clear, sharp image from the centre to the edges without aberrations.

Can be used for various scenes
This compact and lightweight lens has a useful focal length (25mm (35mm equivalent focal length: 50mm) and features sharpness and soft defocusing effects that make it the perfect lens for various scenes such as portrait and still life photos.

Closest shooting distance of 25cm
Semi-macro shooting is possible up to a maximum image magnification of 0.12x (35mm equivalent: 0.24x) and the minimum focus distance of 25cm. The large F1.8 aperture lets you capture images with beautiful background defocusing effects. The optional macro converter (MCON-P02) changes the closest focusing distance to 17cm and the maximum image magnification to 0.22x (35mm equivalent maximum image magnification: 0.44x). It turns the lens into a semi macro lens.

*25mm F1.8 + MCON-P02

ZERO Coating eliminates ghosts and flares
ZERO (Zuiko Extra-low Reflection Optical) Coating is applied to the lens surface to eliminate ghosts and flares that used to be difficult to reduce because of their high transparency. ZERO Coating boasts clear image quality even under challenging conditions such as backlit conditions.

The fast, quiet AF lets you capture the right moment
The MSC (Movie and Still Compatible) mechanism with an inner focus system enables fast, smooth, quiet and precise auto focusing. By using it together with the FAST AF system of a PEN or OM-D series camera, you can surely capture the right shot at any time. It is also suited for quiet environments and movie shooting, due to the quiet AF.

Olympus Corporation

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• Olympus M.Zuiko Premium 25mm f1.8 Portrait Lens (Black)
• LH-49B Lens Hood
• LC-46 Lens Cap
• DR-49 Decoration Ring
• LR-2 Rear Lens Cap
• Instruction Manual
• Warranty Card