It is worth it! Those looking for a lightweight telephoto with incredible sharpness and wonderful Bokeh will be well served with this lens. It has a shooting madness imaging performance and wonderful contrasts, I use it for portraits or nature. I had voher the very popular 45mm but this beats it even a lot. Who is not afraid the price a super portait lens in MFT area looking I can issue a strong buy recommendation and the luminous intensity so I need not say a word. ;)