Everybody loves this lens, and I do, too. I use it with an Oly E-620 and find the extra wide angle ability (24 equivalent) as compared to the usual 28 mm to be useful time-and-time again. Those extra 4 mm make a huge difference.
The lens focuses quite rapidly in almost any light, and is virtually as sharp as my sharpest lens, the Olympus 50mm F2 Macro. However, I've also found, repeatedly, that this lens fairly begs to be used with a tripod. When you bolt it down, step back, use a remote shutter release, the results are deeply satisfying.
I always prided myself on a rock-steady shooting stance, but repeated results with this lens in particular suggests that it "ain't quite so." Perhaps it's mainly that when you allow it to, the results are amazingly sharp, so that, by comparison, anything less is really disappointing. It's a lot of glass hanging on a small camera, and this might be part of the problem.
It handles head-on lighting without flare, has a pleasant bokeh, and is useful as a macro---since you can step considerably back, use the 120mm setting and get good image size. Again, the tripod... Get more detail about Olympus Zuiko 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 Digital ED SWD Lens for Olympus Digital SLR Cameras.
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