Product Review
This single focal length portrait lens has a beautiful shallow depth of field, which enables the background blurring effects not possible with the 14-42mm kit Fixed lens. The MSC mechanism is great for tracking a moving child or pet, and provides a quick and silent focus mechanism for movies and still photography.
- Fast portrait lens. Rounded seven-blade diaphragm contributes to a pleasing booked quality
- Minimum focusing distance: 0.20M, focal length: 45mm
- Maximum f/1.8 aperture, great for low light shooting, f/1.8 maximum aperture delivers beautiful defocused backgrounds
- Quiet movie-still-compatible lens Drive for video shooting
- Optional lh-40b lens hood for shooting in bright conditions. Angle Of View: 27
- Optical Image Stabilizer provides up to 4 shutter speed stops of correction
- Ring USM, high speed CPU, and optimized AF algorithms for fast auto focusing with a minimal focusing distance of 0.20 meters
- Full time manual focus for manual adjustment while in AF mode with silent and smooth operation making it suitable for video recording
- Aspherical lens elements improve peripheral image quality
- Circular diaphragm (7 blades) delivers beautiful, soft backgrounds
