Olympus 17mm f/2.8 Pancake Lens Samples

This page is a collection of photo samples taken with the Olympus M.ZUIKO 17mm f/2.8mm Micro 4/3 Pancake Lens, plus related image galleries, user pictures and other examples that I’ve come across in forums, online communities, blogs and related websites.

This should help in determining if the image quality of the 17/2.8 pancake meets your expectations.

Bear in mind that the majority of these photos are re-sized, and may have gone through post-processing, retouching or other edits. I just thought that it would be interesting to see, at a glance, what Olympus 17mm owners and users are shooting with their lens.

Full-sized images, where available, will assist with judging the image quality.

Attribution is given by linking to the source and where available, the author’s homepage or photo gallery.

The Micro Four Thirds 17mm f/2.8 lens was introduced together with the Olympus Pen E-P1 12.3MP Micro Four Thirds Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable-Lens Digital Camera.

Olympus Pen E-P1 Preview Samples Gallery on DPReview, June 2009

The second E-P1 preview gallery features 13 photographs shot with the Olympus M.ZUIKO 17mm f/2.8mm Pancake Lens mounted on an E-P1.

Below are direct links to the reduced size (with image details) and original images.

1. Image 1 (original)


2. Image 2 (original)
3. Image 3 (original)
4. Image 4 (original)
5. Image 5 (Architecture — original)
6. Image 6 (Casual outdoors head-and-shoulders portrait — original)
7. Image 7 (ISO 800 — original)
8. Image 8 (original)
9. Image 9 (Close-up of yellow flowers — original)
10. Image 10 (original)
11. Image 11 (Graffiti — original)
12. Image 12 (Brick structures — original)
13. Image 13 (Blue-white Volkswagen Camper Van, this is my favorite image from the series — original)