Why You'll Love It

A fully manual, budget-friendly prime lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras, built for photographers who want real hands-on control over focus and exposure without the cost of an autofocus lens.

Perfect for: someone teaching themselves photography on weekends, working it out mostly from YouTube tutorials and trial and error. There's no autofocus to fall back on, just a focus ring, an aperture ring, and a photographer's own judgment - the kind of lens that makes the lesson unavoidable. It's also small and light enough to carry around on errands or a weekend market walk for quick, candid shots without anyone noticing there's a camera out.

Fast F1.7 Aperture. A wide f/1.7 maximum aperture lets in plenty of light for indoor and low-light shooting, and produces real background blur for subject separation - a genuine step up from the kit lens most students start with.

70mm-Equivalent Reach. Micro Four Thirds' 2x crop factor turns this 35mm lens into a 70mm field of view, right in the sweet spot between a standard walk-around lens and a portrait lens.

Fully Manual Focus and Aperture. No autofocus, no electronic contacts with the camera body - every shot means turning a ring by hand, which makes it a genuinely good way to learn how focus and exposure actually work instead of leaving it to the camera.

No Electronic Lens Contacts. Because the lens can't communicate with the camera body, most Micro Four Thirds cameras need their "Release Shutter Without Lens" custom function enabled before the shutter will fire at all - worth setting once and forgetting.

Compact, All-Metal Build. A solid metal barrel just 41mm long and 176g keeps this lens small enough to sit in a bag "just in case" without anyone noticing the extra weight.

8-Blade Rounded Diaphragm. Eight rounded aperture blades keep out-of-focus backgrounds soft and circular rather than polygonal, even stopped down slightly from wide open.

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Fast F1.7 Aperture
70mm-Equivalent Reach
Fully Manual Focus and Aperture
No Electronic Lens Contacts
Compact, All-Metal Build
8-Blade Rounded Diaphragm

Mount	Micro Four Thirds
Focal Length	35mm (70mm equivalent)
Maximum Aperture	f/1.7
Lens Construction	6 elements in 5 groups
Minimum Focus Distance	0.3m
Filter Size	49mm
Weight	176g

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