What Digital Camera Awards 2013: Cameras of the year

CSC Lens of the Year

2013 CSC Lens of the Year

Olympus M.Zuiko ED 75mm f/1.8 £729

Olympus and Panasonic users are spoilt for choice with premium optics, but one that stood out for us this year is the M.ZUIKO ED 75mm f/1.8. Getting the highest score for any CSC or DSLR lens we’ve tested over the past 12 months, this lens exudes quality.

Cased in a full-metal body with a finely grooved manual focus ring, the refined styling complements the Olympus OM-D and PEN bodies. On a Micro Four Thirds body, this lens provides a focal length equivalent to 150mm in traditional 35mm film terms, making it the perfect choice for isolated portraits and discreet low-light shooting.

In our technical testing it delivered an outstanding set of MTF curves, while real-world shooting rendered excellent edge-to-edge sharpness and crisp contrast, with few if any signs of chromatic aberration.

If you own a Micro Four Thirds camera, this should be in your kit bag.

Runners-up

Olympus 17mm f/1.7

Fujifilm 14mm f/2.8

Sony 10-18mm f/4

Fujifilm 18mm f/2

  1. 1. 2013 consumer compact of the year
  2. 2. Superzoom of the year
  3. 3. Tough Camera of the Year
  4. 4. Advanced Compact of the Year
  5. 5. Consumer CSC of the Year
  6. 6. Advanced CSC of the Year
  7. 7. DSLR of the Year
  8. 8. Cameraphone of the Year
  9. 9. CSC Lens of the Year
  10. 10. DSLR Lens of the Year
  11. 11. Innovation of the Year
  12. 12. Accessory of the Year
  13. 13. Camera of the year
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