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The Olympus 17mm f1.2 and 45mm f1.2 PRO Finally Go Official

Chris Gampat
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10/25/2017
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We’ve been waiting a long time for the Olympus 17mm f1.2 PRO for a long time now.

It’s about time–Olympus is today announcing their brand new 17mm f1.2 PRO and Olympus 45mm f1.2 PRO lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system. These lenses join the 25mm f1.2 PRO lens as the fastest aperture Olympus lenses on the market. With their f1.2 aperture, they’ll have quite a bit of light gathering abilities but they’ll also have the full frame depth of field equivalence of f2.4. For something like portraiture, that’s honestly fine as it means that you’ll more or less never need to stop the lens down.

Both lenses have weather sealing and incorporate very fast focusing as only one lens element really needs to move.

The M.ZUIKO Digital ED 45mm F1.2 PRO will be available late November 2017, while the M.ZUIKO Digital ED 17mm F1.2 PRO will be available late January 2018. Both lenses will have an estimated street price of $1,199.99 USD/$1,499.99 CAD.

M.ZUIKO Digital ED 17mm F1.2 PRO Specifications

Focal length 17mm
(35mm equivalent) (approx. 34mm)
Lens construction 15 elements in 11 groups

(1 Super ED lens, 3 ED lenses, 1 ED-DSA lens, 1 EDA lens, 1 Super HR lens, 1 aspherical lens)
Dustproof and splashproof Yes
Angle of view 65 degrees
Closest focusing distance 0.2m
Maximum image magnification 0.15x
(35mm equivalent) (approx. 0.3x)
Minimum shooting range 115.3 × 86.7mm
Number of aperture blades 9 (circular aperture diaphragm)
Maximum aperture ratio F1.2
Minimum aperture ratio F16
Filter size Diameter 62mm
Dimensions Diameter 68.2 × 87mm
Weight 390g
Box contents LH-66C Lens Hood, LC-62F Lens Cap, LR-2 Rear Lens Cap, LSC-0811 Lens Case, Instruction Manual, Warranty Card

 

M.ZUIKO Digital ED 45mm F1.2 PRO Specifications

Focal length 45mm
(35mm equivalent) (approx. 90mm)
Lens construction 14 elements in 10 groups

(1 ED lens, 4 HR lenses,1 aspherical lens)
Dustproof and splashproof Yes
Angle of view 27 degrees
Closest focusing distance 0.5m
Maximum image magnification 0.1x
(35mm equivalent) (approx. 0.2x)
Minimum shooting range 173 x 130mm
Number of aperture blades 9 (circular aperture diaphragm)
Maximum aperture ratio F1.2
Minimum aperture ratio F16
Filter size Diameter 62mm
Dimensions Diameter 70 × 84.9mm
Weight 410g
Box contents LH-66B Lens Hood, LC-62F Lens Cap, LR-2 Rear Lens Cap, LSC-0811 Lens Case, Instruction Manual, Warranty Card

 

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.