Showcase Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro

[D7k1]

After waiting 4 years to pick one of these up (had 2 canon 500D's for my long zooms) I have to say I love it (especially for the price I paid). This lens will make my amazon jungle trip next year.

 

[Bushboy]

After waiting 4 years to pick one of these up (had 2 canon 500D's for my long zooms) I have to say I love it (especially for the price I paid). This lens will make my amazon jungle trip next year.

I practically live in the jungle, a lens hood and protection filter was a necessary piece of kit for this lens. Shocking really, how much hard use I give mine. Two hoods available for this, one a snazzy thing that slides in and out.
4 years! Well done.

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This mornings pic. Wind giving me grief as usual.

 

[Bushboy]

I forgot to mention, love how tiny it is, for what is essentially a 120mm macro lens. I so appreciate the tiny primes in this m4/3 system.

 

[Bidkev]

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Weed Flower by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr

 

[panamike]

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[RichardC]

Another fly, different setting.

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[Hayath]

Sharing a few more, I LOVE this lens

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Olios - Green huntsman

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Danaid eggfly - male

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Tiger beetle - crazy colors on this!

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Humpnosed pit viper - Hypnale hypnale

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Lanternfly - Kalidasa sp

 

[RichardC]

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Trying to clean up after some serious pollination work. With Marumi +5 and latest version of Pringles tube flash reflector.

 

[Bushboy]

Cool shot!
Guess it had to be, following on from Hayath’s awesomeness..
Well done, like it.
Overall, I’d say the bar is getting set higher every week in this thread.

 

[RichardC]

Cool shot!
Guess it had to be, following on from Hayath’s awesomeness..
Well done, like it.
Overall, I’d say the bar is getting set higher every week in this thread.

Thank you very much. Close contact with some different species would be nice. I think I need to get out more.

 

[Sleepy Capybara]

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[RichardC]

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I'm finding wasps more challenging than bees - they seem to be a lot more active, although maybe I was moving too - looks like I rotated the camera. Anyway, I still get a pretty good hit rate with the Olympus combination.

I watched a video review this morning of the Laowa 2.5-5x lens mounted on a Sony FF mirrorless, and to be honest, it looked a cumbersome set-up in comparison.

 

[Sleepy Capybara]

I forgot to mention, love how tiny it is, for what is essentially a 120mm macro lens. I so appreciate the tiny primes in this m4/3 system.

This. Before buying I read reviews and never imagined the size. When it was delivered I was pleasantly shocked to see how small it was as compared to Sigma 105mm and 150mm macros that I had for Nikon. The 60mm makes a breeze of handheld macros that I could never achieve with Sigmas. In fact 150 comes with a tripod foot and is nearly impossible to hold that combination with one hand let alone focus, stabilize and press shutter button. I'm so grateful for this little 60mm.

 

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[Sleepy Capybara]

Whoa Theres a tiny little spider on the left bottom stems!

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[Walter]

Wow ! Is this your new direction of BIF (bees in flight) or better WIF (wasps in flight) ?
Great shots that certainly demanded lots of patience.

 

[Richard_M]

EM-1 with 60mm macro

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[Hayath]

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Robberfly

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Lemon pansy, close-up

 

[panamike]

Little black bug too far inside the Bindweed flower for me to get as close as I would have liked.

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[panamike]

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