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12/30/2012
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50% of reviewers
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$329.67
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Ocean
Registered: September 2009
Posts: 21
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Olympus 17mm f/2.8 M.Zuiko Digital review by Ocean
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Review Date: 12/30/2012
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: $250.00| Rating: 5
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AF; f:2,8; cheap plastics, no hood
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Don't know for whom is it good for.
Not very sharp, not fast.
Not my lens.
At last, to pricey for the construction.
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pixnat
Registered: December 2006
Posts: 3
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Olympus 17mm f/2.8 M.Zuiko Digital review by pixnat
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Review Date: 5/18/2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $300.00| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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small, light, sharp center, contrast, nice bokeh
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Cons:
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soft borders wide open, not fast enough, CA
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This is a nice little lens, great for street shooting.
It's more than sharp enough in the center, a bit soft in the borders, but nothing terrible.
The bokeh is nice and smooth, microcontrast is very good.
Most important : this lens is a joy to use on m4/3 if you like 35mm FOV!
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logaandm
Registered: March 2009
Posts: 6
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Olympus 17mm f/2.8 M.Zuiko Digital review by logaandm
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Review Date: 9/20/2009
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 5
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Pros:
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Small, light
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Image quality mediocre. Too slow for a prime. Odd filter size. Filter size does not match kit lens.
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This lens fell far short of my expectations and does not do the E-P1 system any favors.
It is only slightly faster than the kit lens with less contrast and only slightly sharper in the corners. For a prime lens this is not good.
Should have been at least f1.4 and have better optics. I have used a Nokton 40mm on the E-P1 and it blows this lens away for sharpness and contrast.
Really Olympus - what were you thinking - this is something I would expect in a point-and-shoot. You should have released at least one high quality lens with the E-P1. If it wasn't for the Nokton my E-P1 would be on the used market.
Very disappointed.
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moti
Registered: September 2009
Posts: 1
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Olympus 17mm f/2.8 M.Zuiko Digital review by moti
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Review Date: 9/20/2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $439.00| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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very compact, weight, decently sharp,
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Cons:
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no hood, plasticy, price (in Europe)
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It's a very compact lens and a fun to use. But the lens has his limitations. Be careful with apertures over the digit 11 ! Diffraction ! And as a standard lens for a camera without flash she is IMO not really fast. Maybe the Pana 20mm /1.7 is the better lens for you, if you can stand the look (big black cowpat on Pen in silver). I also miss the hood. If you are not careful with the sun you get a mild haze over your picture which is hard to control in PS. My -subjective- impression after the implementation of the new firmware (E-P1 and lens): autofocus is a lot faster now, clearly faster as on the 14-42 Oly MFT-Zoom lens.
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