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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye Pro : Specifications and Opinions

Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye Pro

The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye Pro is a fisheye lens for 4/3, manufactured from 2015. The focus is done by Stepper Motor, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 900 €;

17 users have given it an average vote of 9.4 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Micro 4/3: this lens is compatible with mirrorless micro-4/3.

Specifications
Focal lenght	8 mm
Angle of view	180° (equivalent to a 16mm in Fullframe 24x36mm format)
Format	4/3
Max. aperture	f/1.8
Aperture blades	7
Lenses/Groups	17 elements in 15 groups
Min. focus distance	0.12 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.20x
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	Stepper Motor
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters
Lens hood	No
Weather sealing	Yes
Weight	314 g
Dimensions	62 x 80 mm
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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.

Fcl

sent on June 04, 2025

Pros: Lightweight, compact, bright, tropicalized

Cons: Nothing

Opinion: I asked a friend to lend it to me because I wanted to try it during a classical music concert (trio) in church, in small spaces. In this church, with my usual endowment, I have always had difficulties in totals where the public was always present. The result went beyond my expectations. I managed to stand a couple of meters in front of the musicians, crouched down and took photos that were much appreciated by those who commissioned them for the fact that in addition to the trio also the context was very visible. I shot (at f1.8) using the level and I cropped slightly to remove some disturbing elements (feet of spectators). The photos were sharp from top to bottom with excellent colors.

Giuseppe Dipalma

sent on January 15, 2024

Pros: Size & Weight, Image Quality, Brightness, Tropicalization, Reproduction Ratio

Cons: Slight purple fringing in certain situations

Opinion: Fantastic super bright fisheye lens. The good reproduction ratio allows you to take high-quality ambient macro photos. The minimum focusing distance allows you to get closer to about 1cm from the front element: at these very short distances, even with a focal length of 8mm, the depth of field is very shallow and the bokeh becomes distinctly "swirly" at full aperture. With an f/5.6 aperture you can generally keep the whole subject in focus, with a legible and pleasant blur of the background, allowing you to contextualize the photo. Sharpness, especially in the center, is very good even at full aperture, ensuring high performance for night photography and astrophotography at relatively low ISOs. In situations of high contrast at relatively wide apertures, the presence of a slight purple fringing that can be easily eliminated in post-production is highlighted. In combination with Olympus/OM bodies, you can correct fisheye distortion to use the lens as a straight wide angle, however fisheye distortion is the reason I bought this lens and is one of the reasons why it's really fun to use.

Giaga

sent on March 27, 2023

Pros: Lightweight, bright, weatherproof, professional

Cons: I can't find any

Opinion: I already had, and still have, the 9-18, but I wanted a super wide angle with fixed focus and I did not consider the excellent 7-14 because of weights and dimensions for me excessive. I got to try the Olympus fischeye and I was amazed by its characteristics of strength, lightness and practicality of use. Also, and this is the thing I appreciated the most, is the possibility of using it not as a fischeye, but as a rectilinear superwide angle. In fact, with the EM II and III series machines and obviously OM 1, it is possible to set from the menu a spectacular compensation on three levels with which to have a wide-angle image and not from Fisheye, (which deforms and here makes no sense), but with a huge angle of view. I did some tests and the least invasive corresponds to the shot I get with the 9 mm, while the most aggressive has an angle of view even a little wider than 7 mm. In practice you get to the performance of a super wide angle (like the 7-14) without too many complications and also always having the fisheye, which for me is priceless. In a comparative test with a colleague of mine equipped with the 7-14 we also found a better resistance to making my Fisheye than its zoom.

Lucashf

sent on July 28, 2022

Pros: Small,tropicalization, f1.8

Cons: Small flares but very avoidable

Opinion: Exceptional lens f1.8... Beautiful photos ....One of the most beautiful fisheye... It gets into your pocket and also when I go light with 12 - 100.. I always carry it with me. In certain light conditions you see flares .... Few and very avoidable .... and in certain situations ... also well liked. I can say that 8mm fisheye is worth all the expense done . Rating 10

Nicolò Cavallaro

sent on October 31, 2015

Pros: Excellent construction. General optical quality truly remarkable. Although f / 1.8 is not huge and is within the standard Micro 4/3 in terms of weights and dimensions. Auto Focus. Tropicalization.

Cons: Lack of mechanism (style clutch) for manual focus. Moderate chromatic aberrations.

Opinion: It states that this is not a real review, but a collection of first impressions about the Olympus 8mm f / 1.8 PRO I've got to buy and which I am very satisfied. As I will have to test it and know him better, I will update this article. A little consideration deserves this little / big goal is the only in the world with Fisheye f / 1.8. Even in other camera systems you can find an equivalent with which to compare it. In this sense, Olympus has done an outstanding job and, as per tradition, offers a unique product of its kind. Initially, when I got to try it to Olympus Day, I not included in full and thought it pretty excessive a Fisheye with its characteristics, including price. You considered an exercise in style, a bit 'of academy, its placing on the market; actually I was wrong. The 8mm PRO carves out its own space within the range of the Nissan and although it is a target with particular vocations, on thein ductility in practice (and for those who have clear ideas on how to use it) it makes it really interesting. QUALITY 'CONSTRUCTION: in line with the PRO range of Olympus, really well put together. I love the ring of focus (the only one present), because it offers increased strength and fluidity to target high-end. Sin to use it just because the lens is equipped with AF motor. The absence of the mechanism for manual focus (style clutch) present in the other PRO may annoy some and in fact, especially for astrophotography, have an indication of the distances of focus would have facilitated not a little. They might not have wanted to include not affect the dimensions. Finally missing the Fn key, but personally I do not consider a specific disability. SIZE AND WEIGHT: to be a Fisheye is not a feather, but it is absolutely in line with the philosophy Micro 4/3 so for those holding the weights and dimensions to say that there are absolutely no problems. On an E-M5 II it is perfectly bilanCiato and use it in any condition and for hours does not involve minimal effort / hassle. SPEED 'AF: although not a splinter as other objectives of the range, it is absolutely adequate, both in terms of speed and accuracy. Above all we must remember that it is a Fisheye and there do photo hunting, then go looking for the millisecond less it seems really unnecessary. QUALITY 'OPTIC: I would say that here follows the performance of his brothers of the PRO line. The sharpness at the center is very good and what is more surprising is that already at f / 1.8 the yield is significant and close to f / 2 - f / 2.8 - f / 4 - f / 5.6 - f / 8 is not It serves to improve slightly in the middle, while to benefit most will be the outer portion of the frame, where a greater impact will be most noticeable. Color and contrast are those of the PRO line, then good results from this point of view and buyers already know in advance what beatersttarsi. Chromatic aberration is RESISTANCE FLARES: here the 8mm part of the list of objectives of 'human'. Of course, we speak of a lens with an angle of view of 180 ° and chromatic aberrations can not not exist. I do not have much direct experience with the Fisheye of competition, but all I saw the presence of Purple Fringing in certain conditions, ie with scenes where there are areas of high contrast. What changes is that there are those who digests better and some less. The 8mm, from what I have seen so far, it seems decent but not stratospheric. To suffer the most are mainly the edges. Fortunately in post production you can be remedied. Regarding the flares, you have to be careful how you shoot and where there is the sun. Generally flares appear only if you include the sun in the frame; are not too intrusive though (here the work of the anti-reflective coating on the lenses you see). Sometimes they are also accompanied by some halo of purplish-greenish. Invitation always still thinking about the type of lens (its optical design very complex) and also the use which I do, which involves a considerable stress because I love shooting with the front light. Use my inevitably shows that all characteristics and early 'defect' optics. Analyzed these aspects, I would say that this goal even when shooting video has many applications and its incredible brightness will be a plus not just in terms of lighting situations. If we add the tropicalization, the minimum distance of focus (only 2.5 cm of the front element, stuff that you have to be careful not to scratch it), I would conclude by saying that all these features with a Fisheye expands, and not just , the areas of use which are commonly assigned to this kind of objectives. Stay up to highly specialized optics, but Olympus have managed to give it a personality all its own that makes it really attractive to those who can look at it with the eyes right.

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