Olympus 17mm F1.2 PRO Wide Lens (EW-M1712) (REFURB)

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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 17mm F1.2 PRO Lens (REFURB)
(Olympus EWM1712T2)

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• Australian Olympus Warranty
• Purchase Guarantee (see T&C's)
• M. Zuiko Digital ED 17mm lens
• Maximum F1.2 aperture
• Beautiful feathered bokeh
• Excellent close-up shooting ability
• Z Coating Nano
• Dustproof, splashproof and freezeproof
• Compatible w/ Micro 4/3 Cameras

Overview

This large-diameter, F1.2 maximum aperture, Olympus wide-angle lens demonstrates its true abilities in landscape and documentary style shooting. Lavish employment of special lenses deliver both beautiful defocusing effects and excellent resolution.

Features

Beautiful feathered bokeh from the maximum F1.2 aperture
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 17mm F1.2 PRO delivers beautiful feathered bokeh that blends the image from focused sections to out-of-focus sections and provides a smooth impression to the defocused background, providing more depth to the image by making the subject stand out further.

High resolution from lavish use of special lenses
This lens employs 6 ED lens elements, the most of any M.Zuiko lens, including the newly developed ED-DSA lens, which incorporates the features of both ED (Extra-low Dispersion) and DSA (Dual Super Aspherical) lenses. This construction effectively compensates for unfocused colour bleeding (axial chromatic aberration) which is a common problem on large-diameter lenses, and colour bleeding (magnification chromatic aberration) at the image periphery. It also contributes to creating beautiful feathered bokeh, and achieving superb optical performance which accurately represents points as points even at the widest aperture setting.

Excellent close-up shooting ability
This lens has excellent close-up shooting abilities with a closest focusing distance of 20 cm, and shooting magnification of 0.15x (35mm equivalent: 0.3x). You can get closer to subjects to emphasize background bokeh.

Z Coating Nano for clear image quality
Coating technology is employed which coats the lens surface with a layer of nanoscale size particles that have air in the centre, resulting in a coating with a similar refractive index as air and reduced surface reflection. Ghosts and flaring are significantly reduced for sharp, clear image quality.

1. Air / 2. Nanoparticles / 3. Incident light / 4. Reflected light / 5. Lens / 6. Vapour deposit film

MSC mechanism making fast and silent AF possible
Despite being a large diameter F1.2 lens, a lightweight focusing unit is made possible via the MSC (Movie & Still Compatible) mechanism. A screw drive mechanism is used as the core drive system of the MSC mechanism, and a stepping motor is used as the drive motor.

High-precision AF across all focusing points
On-chip Phase Detection AF has no light flux limitations, making high-precision focusing with all-cross AF possible even when a large-diameter F1.2 lens is attached.

Reliable dustproof, splashproof, and freezeproof construction
Hermetic sealing across the entire lens results in highly reliable dustproof, splashproof, and freezeproof performance. You can feel comfortable shooting anywhere, never worrying about dust, rain, or inclement weather.

Controls that meet the demands of pros
Controls are designed to meet the demands of pros, including a focus ring which provides for comfortable focusing, and an L-Fn button which can be operated as you keep your eye to the viewfinder.

Olympus Corporation

The Olympus Corporation is headquartered in Japan and operates globally as a leader in optics and technology. The company also supplies a majority of the surgical optics to the medical world and applies that same attention to detail to their consumer products. We stock a great range of Olympus cameras, lenses, camera accessories, binoculars and notetakers for professionals and hobbyists alike.