Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 Silver Portrait Lens

The Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 Portrait Lens is a highly regarded prime lens, specifically designed for the Micro Four Thirds system, and is especially well-suited for portrait photography. Its 45mm focal length offers a 90mm equivalent in 35mm terms, thus providing a comfortable working distance and flattering perspective for portraiture. This lens is tailored for use with cameras that have the Micro Four Thirds system. It offers a wide maximum aperture of f/1.8 up to f/22, enabling exceptional low-light performance and the ability to achieve a shallow depth of field for dramatic focus fall-off and beautiful bokeh, which is ideal for portraits. The fixed 45mm focal length equates to 90mm on a 35mm camera, making it perfect for portraits due to the natural-looking perspective and distance it provides. It delivers a relatively narrow 27° angle of view, enhancing its suitability for focused, detailed subjects like portraits where distracting backgrounds are minimized.

The lens uses two Extra-High Refractive index Elements to reduce aberrations and distortions throughout the aperture range, enhancing clarity and color fidelity. Equipped with a Movie and Still Compatible (MSC) High-Speed Imager AF system, this autofocus mechanism ensures rapid, accurate, and silent focusing capabilities, which is beneficial not just when taking still photos but also extremely advantageous during video recording. A Rounded 7-Blade Diaphragm contributes to a pleasing out-of-focus quality when employing selective focus and shallow depth-of-field techniques. This feature is crucial for creating portraits with smooth, natural-looking bokeh.

The f/1.8 aperture allows for considerable control over depth of field, giving photographers the ability to isolate subjects from their backgrounds, which is a vital aspect of portrait photography. The inclusion of high-refractive index elements ensures sharp, clear images with minimal chromatic aberrations, important for capturing detailed and crisp portraits. The lens’s small size and low weight make it an easy and unobtrusive companion for casual outings or more formal photoshoots, where carrying larger, heavier lenses might be impractical. The Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 serves as an excellent portrait lens with robust optical performance packed into a compact and highly functional design, making it a favored choice among photographers aiming to elevate their portrait photography.

Product Features in Detail

M.ZUIKO 45MM F1.8 AT A GLANCE
The 45mm f1.8 is an affordable fixed focal length prime lens that’s bright enough to excel in low-light interiors, fast enough for pro-quality action shots, and second to none when it comes to creating the lovely defocused background effects you want in your portraits.

Pristine Primes
M.Zuiko prime lenses feature fixed focal lengths ranging from the 12mm F1.8 lens that's optimized for landscapes to the 75mm F1.8, a perfect portrait lens.

Built for Beautiful Bokeh
Photographers who shoot a lot of portraits and still-lives are always seeking good bokeh. Lenses with relatively shallow depth of field – like the 45mm – are especially well suited to capture the combination of tack-sharp subject and beautifully soft, defocused background that exemplifies bokeh.

Pro-Level Photo Quality
You’ve seen a lot of professional-level photos with sharply rendered subjects and artistic defocused backgrounds. This is the lens that will help you achieve the same kind of shots. It’s especially good for portraits, but also works well for stills, action and video. In short, it’s a great addition to your Olympus photographic system.

Movie & Still Compatible Mechanism
One of this lens’s most interesting features is the unique-to-Olympus Movie & Still Compatible mechanism, or MSC. This technology provides amazingly fast – and nearly silent – autofocus operation. You’ll really notice the benefit when you play back your HD video and the only thing you hear is the ambient background noise in the scene you were filming; what you won’t hear is the sound of the lens focusing. This lens is perfect for tracking action. With MSC and the super-bright f1.8 aperture, you can film a school play or indoor sporting event in low light and still get excellent results.