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Olympus 45mm vs Olympus 60mm macro for food photography

Started Dec 11, 2014 | Discussions thread
Uncle Frank
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Re: shooting food while seated at the table
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innatelychatty wrote:

When you say "I was seated with the camera above me at an arm's length for the first shot" - can you please elaborate? Do you mean you were seated and raised the camera above (or at level to) your head? Does that mean I cannot be seated at a restaurant and just have the camera pretty much attached to my face? What is the minimum focus distance for the 60mm macro lens?

The nice thing about the 20/1.7 is that I can remain seated and take pictures of my food without moving from my seat.

I can even flip the swivel of the lcd  down, hold the camera directly above the food, compose and shoot straight down without being too obvious.

Using a longer focal length like 60mm would require standing up and moving back from the table.  I'm also using the 25/1.8, but find that a bit too long.

You don't need a macro lens for this kind of casual food photography, which is why I suggest you give it a try with your 17/1.8 before you buy another lens.

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