With its strong 1:1 magnification, superb sharpness, reasonable working distance, and excellent handling, there is very little room for improvements. Not only is the 60mm sharper and weathersealed, it’s several hundred dollars less expensive to boot.

The uniform reviews allow you now to read a detailed evaluation for each lens reflecting exclusively my personal opinion. When I first started using the in-camera focus stacking technology I was continually adjusting the focus differential and the number of images to be combined.and liked the sharpness of it, but practiced first with inanimate objects indoors like coins to get the hang of the way focussing works.

My use of full frame gear for macro photography was so infrequent that I don’t have any images remaining in my archives that I can share in this article. And I can tell the files apart because the Olympus records the aperture in the metadata, and the 7Artisans doesn’t.

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stops darker than the image centre and illumination is visually uniform with the lens stopped down to f/4 or beyond.

My watch is nowhere as fancy as the previous Tissot but hey, throw in some nice creamy bokeh, a little bit of blurry reflection on the table and interesting directional light, I think it looks pretty good. But I am sure it works great for tight head and shoulder shots (or even half body shots, if standing back a couple of steps is doable). You can see in the photo above a close up of the distance scale on the right that tells you what magnification you are at. The overall compactness of Micro Four Thirds formats makes macro photography a steady and comfortable experience. In regard to the optical design, extra-low dispersion and high refractive index glasses are used to control a variety of aberrations and a ZERO coating has applied to suppress flare and ghosting to improve contrast and colour accuracy.

Feeling like a kid at Christmas, no sooner had we opened the box than I was happily snapping photos around the house. Another noteworthy difference is that the Panasonic Leica 45mm macro is not advertised as weather sealed. ED UMC Macro Lens for Micro Four Thirds is another option which affords a greater working distance than the M. The Fujifilm XF 23mm F2 R WR delivers a 35mm full-frame equivalent field of view and stands out due to its small size and weather-resistant build. Then, if you decide to sell, MPB will pick up your kit with a free insured DPD collection and you’ll get paid cash into your account within days.When I shoot macro, it can be massively helpful to get in a low position, such as on my stomach, to gain extra stability at those high magnifications. macro lens is the one of the best macro lenses available for Micro Four Thirds photographers, and possibly the best. I use the E-M1 Mark II camera body, so under Shooting Menu 2 > Bracketing you will find the options to let you do Focus Stacking or Bracketing. An ongoing, monthly contribution to support our work can also be done through the PayPal Donate button below.