Hands on: Olympus 75mm f/1.8 lens review

Big, bold portrait lens

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Olympus 75mm f/1.8 lens
The new 75mm f/1.8 lens from Olympus is designed for portrait work

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The 75mm lens can focus as close as 0.84 metres, meaning you can shoot creative portraits.

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The f/1.8 wide aperture of the lens and focal length of the lens means that backgrounds can be beautifully thrown out of focus.

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The 75mm lens is equivalent to 150mm in 35mm terms, so you need to stand quite a distance from the subject if you wish to get a lot in.

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Here you can see the quick drop off in focus, as the front of the hair is in focus, but the rear section is not.

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Shot at f/8, the amount of detail captured by the lens and camera combination is great for headshots.

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Again, here we can see how shallow depth of field effects can be captured with the f/1.8 lens.

Amy Davies
Amy Davies

Amy has been writing about cameras, photography and associated tech since 2009. Amy was once part of the photography testing team for Future Publishing working across TechRadar, Digital Camera, PhotoPlus, N Photo and Photography Week. For her photography, she has won awards and has been exhibited. She often partakes in unusual projects - including one intense year where she used a different camera every single day. Amy is currently the Features Editor at Amateur Photographer magazine, and in her increasingly little spare time works across a number of high-profile publications including Wired, Stuff, Digital Camera World, Expert Reviews, and just a little off-tangent, PetsRadar. 

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