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Best macro lens for Micro Four Thirds
Mar 29, 2017 00:34:09 #
speters wrote:
There are at least 2 or 3 lenses with that capability (other than Canon), but I need to think about it, just right now I can not come up with the made and model name!
Well, I just remembered one of the lenses that can go all the way to 5:1 and it is made especially for Micro Four Thirds! It is the Yasuhara Nanoha and it is available at B&H for $499. It even has build-in LED lights for subject illumination! Still don't quite remember the other ones, but it is this one anyway that is of importance to the OP. Glad I remembered (sort of, I came close, then had to look it up). It's not an easy name to remember (for me at least)!
Mar 29, 2017 00:36:56 #
cthahn wrote:
There is no lens that is a 1-5X. A good macro is 1-1. You got some bad information some where.
Wrong.
Mar 29, 2017 00:42:10 #
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Mar 29, 2017 03:06:40 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
katastrofa wrote:
Hi,
What is the best macro lens for Micro Four Thirds? I am looking for something with similar capabilities to Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x lens http://www.canon.co.uk/lenses/mp-e-65mm-f-2-8-1-5x-macro-photo-lens/
Thanks.
What is the best macro lens for Micro Four Thirds? I am looking for something with similar capabilities to Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x lens http://www.canon.co.uk/lenses/mp-e-65mm-f-2-8-1-5x-macro-photo-lens/
Thanks.
Olympus doesn't make a 1X to 5X like the Canon (please note that the Canon lense cannot focus to infinity), but Olympus does make a 30mm f3.5 that goes from infinity to 2.5X and it is now shipping.
Mar 29, 2017 03:16:11 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Cdouthitt wrote:
If you already own the Canon, then yes, adapt it to the Olympus...or pick up a 60mm. Personally, I'm trying snag a cheap Sigma 105 f2.8 that was made for 4/3. That way I get the extra working distance and since I already own the mmf-3, I'd also get AF, although, it's noisy and slow as heck with that lens.
Try getting the Olympus film 90mm f2 macro. It looks like sells for ~$900. The reason it is still so costly is because it is that good even if one does have to manual focus and shoot in aperture mode. I have one and it is sharp.
Mar 29, 2017 04:27:00 #
katastrofa
Loc: London, UK
wdross wrote:
Olympus doesn't make a 1X to 5X like the Canon (please note that the Canon lense cannot focus to infinity), but Olympus does make a 30mm f3.5 that goes from infinity to 2.5X and it is now shipping.
I have the Olympus 30mm F3.5 and it's 1.25X. Do you mean a different lens?
Mar 29, 2017 06:02:39 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
katastrofa wrote:
I have the Olympus 30mm F3.5 and it's 1.25X. Do you mean a different lens?
There is a 2X factor when in reference to comparing to full frame. It is like a 12mm lense, which is an actual 12mm lense in 4/3rds, is compared to a 24mm lense in full frame for the angle of view. The angles of view are the same. The Canon 1X-5X lense is a full frame lense. The image produced by the Olympus 30mm f3.5 would be similar to a full frame lense of 60mm producing an image magnification of 2.5X. The 2.5X would be in reference and comparison to the 1X-5X. Olympus doesn't make a 1X-5X lense, but it does make a lense that goes better than 1X in 35mm terms and it goes 2.5X in 35mm terms.
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Mar 29, 2017 06:11:59 #
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