Olympus lens 15mm F8. Micro Four Thirds (MF)

The 15mm F8 offers a moderately-wide angle of view that’s equivalent to 30mm in full frame, which means that it’s just slightly narrower than the 14-42mm kit zooms that come with most Micro Four Thirds cameras. It has a fixed aperture of F8, which isn’t exactly fast, but does mean it offers immense depth of field; when it’s set to its ‘snap’ position, everything from about 1.5 meters to infinity is in reasonably sharp focus. The lens doesn’t communicate with the camera in any way, so Olympus owners will need to remember to set the focal length manually for the camera’s in-body IS system. And of course there’s no autofocus, although you’d rarely need it. This all means that the 15mm goes without the ‘Zuiko’ branding that Olympus uses on its ‘proper’ lenses.

Mount: Micro Four Thirds.

Focal length: 15mm (35mm equivalent 30mm)

Angle of view: 72°

Max aperture: Fixed F8.

Optical construction: 3 elements in 3 groups.

Minimum focus distance: 0.3m

Focusing: manual only.

Filter mount : non

Dimensions: 56x9mm

Weigth: 22 grams