Digital Camera News and Reviews

Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 pancake lens

DIWA Labs has tested the only pancake lens from Olympus so far, the Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 lens. This relativley cheap lens was designed to fit the smaller DSLR camera from Olympus, the E-420 and E-520. The Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 lens seems to be able to produce very good pictures when you compare it to its price range. The lens should be a good friend for every photographer that want to travel light.
DIWA Labs has also compared the Zuiko lens with its big brother, the Panasonic Leica D Summilux 25mm f/1.4 lens.

Read the full tests of the Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 lens here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 pancake lens

Dpreview.com has reviewed this exciting new pancake lens from Olympus. The Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 pancake lens were made to fit the small new Olympus E-420 DSLR camera, but fits all cameras using the FourThirds mount.

Dpreview.com ends up giving the Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 pancake lens a “Recommended with resorvations” rating as the lens is able to produce sharp pictures and is very light, but got some vignetting and chromatic aberration. If you are looking for a very small lens to make your DSLR camera pocketable this might be the lens for you.

Read the full review of the Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 pancake lens here.