OM SYSTEM 17mm F1.8 M.ZUIKO Digital Micro Four Thirds Lens (Black)

In The Box:

• Lens Cap (LC-46)
• Lens Rear Cap (LR-2)
• Instruction Manual
• Warranty Card

Features:

Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f1.8

This beautiful full-metal single-focal-length, wide-angle lens is ideal for shooting high-quality, dramatic landscapes and portraits. Paired with the super-fast f1.8 iZuiko lens help capture brillant low-light shots. The snap ring enables photographers to pan focus with a distance indicator.

The M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f1.8 has nine carefully placed lens elements in six groups to deliver sharp images of subjects with beautiful, eye-catching depth offield. The advanced optical system features three aspherical lenses, including aDual Super Aspherical element to correct aberrations, as well as a High Refractive index lens to correct high spherical aberrations.

Each lens element is polished to an ultra-high level of working precision only possible with the progressive techniques developed by Olympus master craftsmen, and carefully assembled to ensure maximum accuracy and reliability. Olympus’ exclusive ZERO (ZUIKO Extra-low Reflection Optical Coating) lens coatings are applied to the elements to reduce lens flare and ghost images even when shooting against the light.

The Snapshot Focus mechanism lets users easily take spontaneous, blur-free images by shifting the focusing point to a specific distance. Sliding the focus ring back reveals range markings on the lens barrel, including distance and depth of field scales, which can be used as guides as the user adjusts the focaldistance by rotating the ring.

With a total length of just 1.4 inches, the M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f1.8 is incredibly compact and adds to the rapidly growing lineup of Olympus Micro Four Thirds lenses that enhance the performance and versatility of Olympus OM-D and PEN Compact System Cameras. The sophisticated, textured metallic finish projects a stylish, classic look that complements the design of Olympus compact system cameras.

Ideal for capturing brilliant still images and high-definition (HD) videos, the lens employs Olympus’ proven MSC (Movie & Still Compatible) autofocusing mechanism featuring an inner focus system to drive this single-focal-length lensfor fast and quiet focusing.

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