Olympus Body Cap 15mm f/8.0

fun, toy camera lens Those looking for speed and exemplary image quality in this lens are deluding themselves - and are missing the point entirely! The purpose of this lens is to replicate the inexpensive camera experience from decades long gone. Despite the lens elements being made of glass, this is a toy lens, and its use requires the adoption of a particular kind of photographic philosophy - love of simplicity and spontaneity, the low tech, and vintage/analogue images. I mount this to my Oly EP1 and point and shoot it like an old Kodak Instamatic - usually with the image mode set to Monochrome, Orange Filter, and the contrast bumped up to +1. The image is contrasty and sharp in the center. The edges of the image are softer and do have some vignetting. In B&W, this little gem makes some very dramatic images. The lens is very easy to use. It has a constant aperture of f8, so set your camera to aperture priority. It is manual focus with three focal points: Infinity, hyperfocal distance (set it there and shoot pretty much everything!) and focus to 0.3 meters/1 foot. If you are looking to inject more fun and spontaneous creativity into your photographic experience, then lens is a blast and you will greatly enjoy it! If you are a gear head who believes in the utmost in image quality and technical standards, then feel free to move on. This lens wasn't made for you.Read full review

You get what you pay for. While it is compact and light weight, It's f/8.0 fixed aperture pretty much restricts it's use to outdoors and daylight unless you tripod it. I found the images to be soft focused but with good color. If you lost your lens it could serve as a really light weight, compact back up lens and/or body cap.

Not good at all. Why would anyone spend a ton of money on an expensive camera and then turn it into $2.50 disposable camera by buying this body cap lens? You would have to have rocks in that pumpkin you call head to take pictures with the body cap lens. If you want pocket camera use your cell phone, you will get much, much better results.