I purchased this lens about 5 months ago, and have used it on my E-500, OMD E-M5, and the E-5. This is really a fantastic lens; colors really Pop off the screen (or print), Contrast is corner to corner, and I see no distortion. And the bokeh is impressive.

It's enough to say this lens is belong to Super High Quality grade from Olympus. The lens is very sharp and sometimes too sharp. hard to PP because of the sharpness so you need to add more sharpness if you resized the photo or just crop 100% and you'll be fine.

This is possibly the best telephoto lens - ever. It's performance is great, even autofocus which is traditionally not the best on Olympus cameras works very well on E-5. Lens is extremely sharp and detailed with beautifully smooth bokeh and great color and contrast.

Telephoto close up pictures

I have purchased most of my camera stuff from CametaIt is what I wanted at the best price. What more could one ask?

For a while there, I was purchasing a bunch of different lenses for my Olympus.

Super sharp Macro and portrait images

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Was listed as "as is" but it showed up looking like new. The lens is a great for macro and portrait shots...I bought this as I wanted a lens specifically for macro photography. This fits in nicely. It is compact and precise..will have more to say once I get more use of it!

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Durable; Fast to focus; Good Value; High Quality; Weather sealed

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One of the most impressive prime lens in Zuiko Digital lenses.

* Tack Sharp lens; * Weathersealed; * Focus lock button on lens; * Smooth AF operation

* Heavy; * 82 mm filter ring (hard to find !

Very sharp lens as nearly everyone reports. Coupling with EX-25 extension tube increases versatility. Excellent addition to my 4/3 lens collection.