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Olympus 45mm vs Olympus 60mm macro for food photography

Started Dec 11, 2014 | Discussions thread
Elemental Photography Senior Member • Posts: 1,093
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innatelychatty wrote:

Hello to all food and portrait photographers out there!

Between the Oly 45mm or the 60mm macro, which should I be getting? Is the macro lens capable of good bokeh in portrait photography despite its longer focal length and 1:1 macro capability? I have looked into the Panasonic Leica 45mm f/2.8 but it is sadly out of my budget.

I own both and for food photography I find the macro very useful.  The Olympus 45mm doesn't focus very close, relatively speaking, and with food photography I usually have plenty of room to set up the shot how I want it, so the long focal length is rarely a problem.  The 45mm is a great portrait lens but the 60mm does well when shot wide open.

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