practicalphotography.com Updated: 2011-09-23 00:07:41
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Because of the 2x crop factor of all FourThirds D-SLRs, the Olympus 50mm f/2 offers a slightly narrower field-of-view from some other 50mm lenses.At 100mm, the Olympus 50mm f/2 Macro Zuiko ED is still a perfectly usable focal length for portraits and n...
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This Four Thirds lens has macro on the side but only a 1:2 magnification ratio. It relies on the 2x crop factor to bring objects up to size. Despite this, the 50mm lens feels more like a 100mm on Olympus bodies, giving it an ideal focal length for ma...
harp optics at wider apertures...
Long-winded focus options...
This Four Thirds lens has macro on the side but only a 1:2 magnification ratio. It relies on the 2x crop factor to bring objects up to size. Despite this, the 50mm lens feels more like a 100mm on Olympus bodies, giving it an ideal focal length for ma...
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techradar.com Updated: 2011-10-29 00:30:53
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One of a handful of macro lens options for Micro Four Thirds (MFT) users, the Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 50mm 1:2.0 Macro provides an effective focal length of 100mm when used with Four Thirds cameras, but with an actual focal length of 50mm it's much sm...
Dust and splash-resistant, Manual focusing is easy, Keeps chromatic aberrations to a minimum, Depth of field is great...
No reproduction ratio display, Only 0.52x magnification, Distance window is obscured, Focusing is a little slow, Loses sharpness at wide apertures...
Overall, the Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 50mm 1:2.0 Macro is a good performer, but one with room for improvement. At this price many would no doubt trade its weatherproofing for a more refined focusing motor. Nevertheless, once it's stopped down towards i...
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The Zuiko Digital ED 50mm f2 Macro is one of two macro lenses offered by Olympus for the E-system. With its environmental seals and fast maximum aperture, it belongs to the manufacturer’s High Grade line of lenses, yet at less than $450, it is decide...
The Zuiko Digital ED 50mm f2 Macro is a small and lightweight yet admirably sharp lens. Peak optical performance is achieved at f/4 and f5.6, but the lens is unusually sharp even wide open, and diffraction does not really start to eat away at detail...
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The question for many macro enthusiasts could be whether to buy this lens or the 35mm ƒ/3.5. Optically, the 50mm ƒ/2 is a real treat: images are tack-sharp all the way to ƒ/16, theres terrific resistance to chromatic aberration, dis...
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whatdigitalcamera.com Updated: 2011-09-23 00:07:41
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As part of the four-thirds system the Olympus lenses, in effect, double in equivalent focal lengths, so this lens offers a similar angle of view as a 100mm lens on the E-system cameras. One of advantage of this is that lenses are much...
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Since Olympus digital SLR cameras employ the four-thirds imaging sensor, any lens attached to the body will have an effective focal length (in 35mm terms) of double the listed length. Thus, for this particular lens, it will exhibit an effective focal leng...
The question for many macro enthusiasts could be whether to buy this lens or the 35mm ƒ/3.5. Optically, the 50mm ƒ/2 is a real treat: images are tack-sharp all the way to ƒ/16, there's terrific resistance to chromatic aberration, distortion and vignetting...
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