Why You'll Love It

A compact short-telephoto prime for Micro Four Thirds cameras, built for portrait work with fast, near-silent autofocus and a shallow depth of field a kit lens simply can't produce - Cameralabs called it "a no-brainer" and gave it their Highly Recommended award.

Imagine this: it's a friend's debut, and someone's been asked to shoot portraits for the night - every photo needs to look intentional, sharp on the face, background genuinely out of the way, not just phone blur pretending to be bokeh. That's exactly the look this lens is built for.

Fast F1.8 Aperture. A wide f/1.8 maximum aperture lets in far more light than a kit lens, useful for shooting indoors without flash, and throws the background well out of focus for real subject-background separation.

90mm-Equivalent Portrait Reach. Micro Four Thirds' 2x crop factor turns this 45mm lens into a 90mm field of view - a classic portrait focal length that flatters faces without the distortion a wider lens introduces.

Fast, Near-Silent Autofocus. Olympus's MSC autofocus mechanism focuses quickly and almost silently, keeping it fast for stills and unobtrusive enough not to get picked up by a camera's built-in mic during video.

Exceptionally Compact, Lightweight Build. At just 116g and barely bigger than a body cap, it barely changes how a small Micro Four Thirds body handles or balances.

Sharp Corner-to-Corner, Even Wide Open. Independent testing found the image already sharp at f/1.8 and pin-sharp into the extreme corners by f/4 - performance that holds up against lenses costing far more.

7-Blade Circular Diaphragm. Seven rounded aperture blades keep out-of-focus highlights soft and circular rather than polygonal, even stopped down slightly from wide open.

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Fast F1.8 Aperture
90mm-Equivalent Portrait Reach
Fast, Near-Silent Autofocus
Exceptionally Compact, Lightweight Build
Sharp Corner-to-Corner, Even Wide Open
7-Blade Circular Diaphragm

Mount	Micro Four Thirds
Focal Length	45mm (90mm equivalent)
Maximum Aperture	f/1.8
Lens Construction	9 elements in 8 groups
Minimum Focus Distance	0.5m
Filter Size	37mm
Weight	116g

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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Lens

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