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Cheaper Macro options

Started Jun 11, 2020 | Discussions thread
AdamT
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Olympus MCon-35 Pro

I`ve got the Olympus MCon-35 Pro - had it since the E10 days (yeah 20 years !!) , it`s 62mm , beautifully made 2 element apochromatic front end macro adapter .. I`ve used it on all sorts of stuff since from canon G series compacts of the 00s through DSLR lenses inc the canon 100 Macro etc and its worked well ........

Guess what - the Oly 12-40 F2.8 has a 62mm front end so I gave it a go at 40mm and it made no difference whatsoever to the closeup ability of that lens really sad about that because the 12-40 does pretty well anyway , it`d have been nice to have got even closer with it . Wonder why it didn`t work when it did on so many other lenses including Sigma, Canon & Nikon DSLR zooms

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