To obtain true circular defocusing even at the widest aperture (F1.8), this lens directs light rays to the peripheral areas to provide soft, beautiful circular defocusing effects. The lens optics are designed to eliminate double-line defocusing, which results in the blurred area being contoured with dual lines. This also results in edges of your image being coloured due to chromatic aberraちtions. As a result, it can provide clear, impressive images emphasising the subject with beautifully defocused backgrounds.

ZERO (Zuiko Extra-low Reflection Optical) Coating is applied to the lens surface to thoroughly eliminates ghosts and flares that used to be difficult to reduce because of their high transparency. ZERO Coating boasts clear image quality even under challenging conditions such as a backlit condition.

The sophisticated form of the hard metal exterior makes this lens comfortable to hold. With a high-precision polished, large-diameter glass lens placed in the very front of the lens, the style of this lens will stir your desire to begin shooting. It has a comfortable weight balance when attached to the camera and the comfortable feel of the metal exterior when held in the hand makes shooting easy. Appealing optional lens hoods and metallic lens caps that match the premium design of this lens are also available.

• The LH-61F Metal Lens Hood and the LC-61 Metal Lens Cap cannot be used together.

The comfortable texture and easy control of the metal focusing ring support accurate focusing as well as sharp and crisp lens performance. When combined with an OM-D series camera, even more accurate framing and focusing is possible. This is thanks to the stable viewfinder image* provided by the image stabiliser functionality.

• When Halfway Release Image Stabilisation is set to ON the OM-D.

The MSC (Movie and Still Compatible) mechanism is the latest in optical design technology for achieving fast and silent focusing with a lightweight form and minimum number of lenses. The gears have been removed, eliminating operational noise. A sub-micron precision metallic shaft and feed screw (screw drive) mechanism is used for efficient, direct driving of this lightweight focusing lens. This lens employs the inner-focusing system with the MSC mechanism that performs focusing by moving a small, lightweight focus lens to enable fast, quiet, smooth autofocusing which is ideal for movie and still image shooting.