The new M.Zuiko 17mm f2.8 lens is a perfect companion to the PEN E-P1 if the smallest camera size is desired.

With a 34mm (film equivalent) lens range, the view that this lens captures makes it a perfect fixed range lens for high-resolution candid snapshots without the distortion of wide-angle type lenses.

This ultra-compact lens is designed to provide extremely smooth and pleasing appearance in the out-of-focus areas of your pictures, even if they are shot with smaller aperture settings due to the optimised lens design and near circular-shape aperture design. Used at f2.8, photographers will revel in it's excellent sharpness and clear definition of detail.   

Based on the classic double-Gauss optical formulation widely used in standard prime lenses, newly developed optics are employed in a 'retrofocus-type' configuration, in which a concave lens element is placed on the subject side to obtain a wide angle of view at a focal length of 17mm. A double-sided aspherical lens element is used to make this lens as slim as possible.

The optional VF-1 external viewfinder is designed to match the viewing angle of this lens.