GREAT FOR Portraits

Olympus OM-D E-M10 with 45mm f/1.8 lens

WITH portraits it's all about the optics, and that's where we've started here. The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm f/1.8 is quite simply one of our favourite budget short-telephoto portrait lenses. It's small, lightweight, sharp wide open (but not too sharp), and gives attractive background blur. Crucially it's also very affordable; used examples sell for as little as £159 in excellent condition on mpb.com.

Let's take a closer look at what makes this lens