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    Olympus OM-System Zuiko Auto-S 50 mm f/1.2
    Olympus OM-System Zuiko Auto-S 50 mm f/1.2

    Olympus OM-System Zuiko Auto-S 50 mm f/1.2

    50mm · f/1.2

    Overview

    The Olympus OM Zuiko 50mm f/1.2 is a compact, well-built legacy lens praised for its smooth handling and effective multicoating. Optically, it offers usable center sharpness wide open and becomes very sharp stopped down. Bokeh is mixed: smooth at f/2 and beyond, but can be busy with specular highlights at close distances wide open. Chromatic aberration is present but correctable. It suits photographers seeking a fast, portable manual-focus lens for creative shallow depth-of-field work, though it is a specialty lens rather than an all-rounder.