Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60 mm F2.8 Lens, Standard Zoom, Suitable for All MFT Cameras (Olympus OM-D & PEN Models, Panasonic G-Series), Black

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Even today, it is one of my highest-functioning lenses. (If you get the sense that I’m not easy on my gear, you’d be right.) Despite my copy looking banged up, over the years I have not noticed any deterioration in its actual performance – neither sharpness nor its autofocusing ability. DC-G9 + OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro @ 60mm, ISO 320, 1/160, f/3.5 Working Distance First, this lens is manual-focus-only. It offers no autofocusing capabilities, which means that you’ll have to use the (sizable) focus ring to make changes to your point of focus. For an experienced macro photographer, this shouldn’t be much of a problem, but if you’re not used to focusing manually then it might take some getting used to. In some cases, the smaller MFD could actually be an advantage also. In certain positions like small insects on trees, I actually like to get a bit closer so I can brace the lens against the tree. In a few other awkward “bracing” situations, I find this smaller MFD to be useful also, which is why I think a larger MFD isn’t universally superior. If you’re looking to find the best possible macro lens for your needs, you’ll want to keep a few key pieces of information in mind, including: Choose the Focal Length Based on Your Subject Now, you are wondering why not use the 16mm extension tube with the teleconverter on it's own.....the reason is that the 16mm extension tube has an opening that is too narrow to fit all the way down the shaft of the teleconvter lens. This is why this option can be best....use a sharp knife and just scrape out some of the plastic around the inside of the 16mm extension tube, which will allow the teleconverter to fit inside it all on it's own, providing the tightest fit for your teleconverter to be as close as possible to your 60 macro lens rear glass,

Very nice review and nice shots, Nicholas. I own the Venus Laowa 50mm f2.8X Macro, and I believe there are also some advantages of this lens over this newer 90mm f/3.5 and vice-versa. I do think both are very close in sharpness, except that based on your review I feel that the OM System is a bit better at handling a loss in sharpness near 2:1. With the Laowa, I have tested that past f/5.6, it starts to degrade more rapidly. As you can see, sharpness is not a real concern for this lens with the typical subjects that you’d use it for. BokehThat said, some are more powerful than others, which is why the title of absolute best macro lens for Olympus goes to: 1. Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro I have zero complaints about the sharpness of the Olympus 60mm f/2.8 macro. Although the sharpest aperture is around f/4 to f/5.6 in my experience, between f/2.8 and f/11, images turn out very sharp. But more important for macro photography is getting enough depth of field. That’s why I usually use apertures from about f/8 to f/11 for most of my close-up photos. First way, and easiest is to buy one set of the tubes, and hook up the 10mm first to the protruding lens side of the MC-20, then the 16mm that will connect to the Olympus 60mm macro lens. It will look like this (ignore the brand name of the 10mm one - I could not find my Pixco brand 10mm tube) My overall feeling with using both lenses is that the 60mm seems to be consistently sharper, at least wide open. Not too surprising given how sharp other test shots with the 60mm have come out. However, both lenses are capable of some very sharp shots so the 45 is no slouch either. I'm not sure offhand what the specs are for each, but I could consistently get in closer with the PL 45 before bumping the min focus distance limit. The 60mm is a longer focal length of course, but I did feel like I was able to get in closer with the 45mm lens even so.

Second, this lens only focuses up to magnifications of 1:2. This will limit you when it comes to capturing ultra close-up images of flowers and such–but you’ll still be able to get decently close, so unless you’re dead-set on a 1:1 magnification macro lens, the Velvet 85 will do just fine.All in all, macro photography (and close-up photography in general) is one of the biggest strengths of the Micro Four Thirds format. You don’t give up much image quality compared to bigger camera sensors for close-up photography, and you gain a lot of maneuverability. DC-G9 + OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro @ 60mm, ISO 800, 1/160, f/5.6 M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens Specifications The lens offers a good combination of features. One of the most useful controls at your disposal is a focus limiter, which is a spring-loaded, four-position switch on the lens barrel. As seen in the image above, the options are 0.4m to infinity, 0.19m to infinity (full range), 0.19m to 0.4m and 1:1, i.e. fixed at the close-focus point. The focus limiter is extremely useful for cutting down on focusing times and minimising focus hunting when working in a specific distance range. Levels of chromatic aberrations are reasonably well-controlled, just exceeding half a pixel width towards the edges of the frame for most apertures. Stopping down beyond f/16 results in a marked increase in fringing towards the edges of the frame, so care may need to be taken photographing high contrast subjects using very small apertures. But arguably even more important is the long focal length of 90mm. That’s a 180mm full-frame-equivalent focal length, which makes it one of the longest macro lenses made today. This is important because it offers a huge working distance compared to most macro lenses (AKA the distance between the front of your lens and your subject).