Macro Lens for Table Top Videos?

shadowoflight wrote:

Sup fellas,

I'm in the market for a macro lens so that I can take table top video reviews like this.

That video was recorded with a omd + pana 12-35 f2.8 , which is the only lens I have now, but I find that it's a little awkward because of the minimal focal distance, so I'm looking for a proper macro lens.

Concerns..

- That video was recorded at 12mm, which is doable, but I fine that the widest proper macro lens on the m43 is the olympus 35mm, which...is absent from shopatolympus.com?

- Not sure about the macro performance on the 12-50 kit lens @ 12mm, most of the reviews I see are always taking their shots at the longer focal lengths. I also saw the description saying 'macro at 7 inches', which is like further than my 12-35 ...so what's going on? I was assuming macro mode meant that you could bring it real close...

I thought of getting a handycam which does macro really well, no doubt, but I thought that if the same amount of money could be used on a useful macro, why not?

Oly's 60mm and Pana's 45mm is definitely out if that's the case....any other recommendations? 3rd party? Thoughts about the kit as macro and the 35mm?

There are some native M4/3 manual lenses that have short focus distances. It seems you need close-up ability, not true macro, based on the video.

The SLR Magic Hyperprime CINE 12mm T1.6 and Voigtländer 25mm f0.95 both have a minimum focus distance of about 6". A longer focal length may be problematic and of course, manual focus presents a different set of challenges while shooting video Of the sort you show.