Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Standard Prime lens with FourThirds max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with
Four Thirds cameras.
What type of photography is the Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
Reasons to Buy Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 Pancake Lens
Here we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 Pancake lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Autofocus |
| Full-time Manual Focusing |
| Minimum focus distance of 0.2m / 7.9 inch |
| Light weight at only 95g / 3.4 oz |
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Lens Mount
Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake is compatible with cameras that have a Four Thirds lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Four Thirds lenses are Olympus E-5, Olympus E-600 and Olympus E-620.
Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake has a maximum diameter of 64mm and total length of 24mm. It weighs 95g / 3.4 oz.
Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake has a filter thread of 43mm. Below are links to the filters that we recommend you to consider for your Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake:
Focal Range
Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake has a fixed focal length of 25mm which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 50mm when used on a FourThirds format camera.
Optical Image Stabilization
Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake doesn't have an optical image stabilization system so the only option to stabilize the image taken with this lens is to mount on a camera body with IBIS (sensor based In-body image stabilization).
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.19x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.2m.
Aperture
Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake has a max aperture of F2.8 and a minimum aperture of F22.0.
Optical Formula
Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake's optical formula consists of 5 elements in 4 groups .
Lens Hood
Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake doesn't come with a lens hood. You have to order the hood separately and the model number of the hood is LH-43.
Body Colour
Olympus 25mm f2.8 Pancake is available in Black color.
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