This is a good lens that completes a wonderful physically small camera that takes very good photos. If small size is a premium for your everyday use, this is a good purchase.

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Lightweight; Sharp Focus; Strong Construction

Slow Focus

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!

small; light; sharp center; contrast; nice bokeh

soft borders wide open; not fast enough; CA

This lens is all about the size. It's small, and on my E-P1 I love it. I now take my camera with me everywhere, and it even fit in my jacket. (That's not the case with my other camera with its L-lenses.

nice, but needs hood ,be carefull for sidelight !!!

ok

needs hood

A 17mm wide angle Micro Four Thirds lens from Olympus

Ultra wide-angle view

Very high price

As the first Olympus lens for the Micro Four Thirds system, the 17mm f/2.8 can be viewed has having defined the standard for prime lenses. It is also, potentially, a competitor to Panasonic's similarly-priced Lumix G 20mm f/1.7 lens, which has almost the same breadth of view but benefits from a...

Ultra wide-angle view

Very high price

This lens is one of the best! It produces superb images that are sharp and full of contrast even at full aperture. Its focal length is perfect or the micro 4/3 system: I use it with a Pen EP1 and that combination is perfect.

crisp clear images; Fast autofocus; very useful focal length

I have never really shoot a lot of primes except on my M6. I never saw the point as sharp and fast as zooms are now a days. But I was pleasently suprised at how quick I feel in love with this lens. 17mm or 34mm equvilent seems to be the perfect focal lenght for me.

Small; fast; sharp; contrsty

None what so ever

The Olympus M.Zuiko 17mm f/2.8 is a lovely little lens but unfortunately it does disappoint regarding its optical capabilities. You expect a top notch performance from a prime lens but the Zuiko isn't perfectly sharp neither at max.

The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/2.8 Lens ($299.99) is a compact prime lens for use with Olympus PEN and other Micro Four Thirds cameras . The optic produces a field of view that equates to 34mm in 35mm photography, a very useful and popular wide-angle field of view.