Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Standard Prime lens with FourThirds max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with Micro Four Thirds mount cameras.
What type of photography is the Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
| Photography Type |
Suitability |
| Bird/Wildlife | Fair |
| Sports | Average |
| Portrait | Excellent |
| Travel | Good |
| Street | Very Good |
| Wedding | Excellent |
| Walk Around | Good |
| Vlogging | Good |
| Landscape | Good |
| Macro | Poor |
Reasons to Buy Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 25mm F1.2 Pro Lens
Here, we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 25mm F1.2 Pro lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Weather Sealed |
| Autofocus |
| Distance Scale |
| DoF(Depth of Field) Scale |
| Hood supplied |
| Full-time Manual Focusing |
| Very Fast Aperture |
| 9 Diaphragm Blades |
| Minimum focus distance of 0.19m / 7.5 inch |
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Lens Mount
Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro is compatible with cameras that have Micro Four Thirds lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Micro Four Thirds lenses are OM System OM-5, Panasonic GH6 and OM System OM-1.
Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro has a maximum diameter of 70mm and total length of 87mm. It weighs 410g / 14.5 oz.
Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro has a filter thread of 62mm.
Focal Range
Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro has a fixed focal lenght of 25mm which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 50mm when used on a FourThirds format camera.
Weather Sealings
Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro is a weather sealed lens which provides an extra protection to prevent water and dust get inside the lens and camera body under light rain, snow and wind. In order to have an effective protection, you have to pair the Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro with a weather sealed camera body such as OM System OM-5, Panasonic GH6 and OM System OM-1.
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.11x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.19m. 0.11x means that the max magnification ratio is very low and not suitable even for modest close-up shots.
Aperture
Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro has a max aperture of F1.2 and a minimum aperture of F16.
Optical Formula
Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro's optical formula consists of 19 elements in 14 groups . Following special elements are used in this design:
- 3 HR
- 2 ED
- 1 E-HR
- 1 HR
- 1 Super-ED elements
- Z Coating Nano
Lens Hood
Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro comes with a removable lens hood which is handy to reduce lens flare and glare in your photos. The model number of the hood is LH-66B.
Body Colour
Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro is available in Black color.
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