@stonebat Where did you find the price is going up?
Highly recommend getting this lens before the price going up this spring.
How does this lens compare tot he Contax planar T 45/2 in terms of sharpness?
Thinking of selling mine so that I can match lens qualities with an Oly 12/2.
Sharp & colorful lens!
@Vitaliy I meant this lens seems quite different from other m43 lenses that usually contain aspherical and/or ED elements. Maybe Olympus found a magic formula for new m43 lens design. Very happy with the lens.
I now have this lens, it is so light compared to old legacy manual focus glass and extremely small. Very very sharp and flare is under control. The AF is about as good as it gets, really quick and silent, all internal. Olympus are coming up with some really cool stuff at the moment, 12mm, 45mm and next a higher end OM-D body. Will be interesting to see what the video is like on that.
Do not be silly :-)
Your post had been about how it consist from usual lenses only.
But it is not so :-)
Is it?
ED = extra-low dispersion
EDA = extra-low dispersion aspherical
DSA = double-sided aspherical
HR = high refractive index
E-HR = extra-high refractive index
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/18268/olympus-lens-elements/
9 Elements in 8 Groups 2 E-HR lenses
So "has neither ED nor aspherical " is not correct.
This lens has neither ED nor aspherical element while taming CA and SA. Cool.
I just get my Olympus 45mm F/1.8. It is just awesome. Must go to take some videos right away.
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