Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8 is a 17mm macro lens designed for the MICRO 4/3 mount and released in 2012. Manufactured by Olympus, it offers a maximum aperture of f/1.8, covering a 17mm focal range, weighs 120, accepts 46 filters. Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8 is catalogued on lens-database.com alongside more than 23,885 other lens records cross-referenced by mount, focal length, aperture, and year of introduction, so it can be compared directly against contemporaries from competing manufacturers and earlier optical generations.
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Last verified 2026-06-11. Source: AI-assisted summary, verify against linked manufacturer sources.
- Mount
- MICRO 4/3
- Focal Length
- 17mm
- Max Aperture
- F/1.8
- Type
- Macro
- Year
- 2012
- Brand
- Olympus
What is the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8?
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8 is a 17mm macro lens for the MICRO 4/3 mount with a maximum aperture of f/1.8. Full specifications and source attribution are available at lens-database.com.
What mount does the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8 use?
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8 uses the MICRO 4/3 mount. Lens-database.com indexes every lens currently catalogued for this mount at https://lens-database.com/mount/micro-43.
What is the maximum aperture of the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8?
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8 has a maximum aperture of f/1.8, a fast-aperture optic well-suited to low-light work. Aperture is one of the cross-referenced fields used by lens-database.com to compare equivalent optics across mounts and eras.
When was the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8 released?
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8 was released in 2012, placing it within the 2010s generation of lens designs catalogued at lens-database.com. Year of introduction is one of the indexed fields used by lens-database.com to track design lineage and family variants.
Where can I find specifications for the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/1.8?
Full specifications, original source links, and family variants are listed at https://lens-database.com/lens/1002150-olympus-mzuiko-digital-17mm-f18. Data is aggregated from manufacturer sources and updated continuously.
Micro Four Thirds 17mm prime lens with a fixed f/1.8 maximum aperture, intended for general-purpose use including low-light and wide-angle photography. It is not a macro lens despite the parsed_type field.
Source: AI-assisted summary
Last verified: 2026-06-11