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Using Olympus 60mm macro lens on EP-1

Started Jul 21, 2015 | Questions thread
Guy Parsons
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Re: Using Olympus 60mm macro lens on EP-1

mbar63 wrote:

Hello,

my son would love to start shooting macro photos, and, given that I'm not using my venerable Olympus Pen EP-1, I am considering buying the Olympus 60mm f/2.8 macro lens for that purpose and let him use the resulting kit.

The only doubt I have: will he suffer any major limitation due to the age of the camera? Apart from speed in general, I mean. What about autofocus? Any problem with the MSC lens autofocus when mounted on the EP-1?

Many thanks for your help, feedbacks and comments.

Best,

Massimo

There should be no problems. The official compatibility chart shows that all is OK. http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/compati/pen_mzdl.cfm

The lens is slow to focus anyway on any body due to the range it needs to cover. The selection switch helps with that by keeping the lens in an appropriate focus range to suit the subject distance.

In most case though with macro AF is a nuisance, it may be best for hand-held to manually focus and move to and fro to get correct focus. Even on a tripod that may be best, manually move the focus until it looks good.

Macro needs small apertures for sensible depth of field so low light and f/8 or smaller and with more limited high ISO ability of the older sensor then extra lighting or flash may need to be used to avoid really slow shutter speeds.

Hopefully someone else has used that combination and can add to this thread.

Regards.... Guy

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