Insectography with Olympus M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens

Olympus M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens

Admit it or not, we all LOVE Macro lenses! So far as I can remember myself, I started ‘photography’ with a close up of some colourful flower; and so did my cousins, and some of my friends too; and I guess, likewise the 80% of people with their first digital camera. It is basically the nature of human eyes to get attracted by tiny colourful details of things. The idea of a Macro lens is rooted deep inside this basic concept. Give a small digicam to a kid and teach him to press the shutter, and if you follow him, you will see he is going to the garden or some colourful object, very close, and clicks with a trembling grip. I love that! A macro lens actually brings out that kid inside me… It reminds me of the ‘fun’ for which I chose to take photography as my hobby.

Cute-Face (ISO-400 ; Shutter Speed – 1/125 Sec ; Aperture – f/2.8 ; Unedited)

After choosing Micro-four-thirds as my format, and an Olympus OMD-EM5 as my primary camera-body, it was easy to choose Olympus’ 60mm f/2.8 as my all round lens. Seriously, a fast Macro lens is a do-all lens to have in one’s kit. It gives u good portrait output, great sharp macro texture, and even good landscape and wildlife possibilities. Olympus M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 is not an exception. It is small and light, produces 1:1 macro, dynamic, with great features and gives sharp output on every occasion with great colours. Olympus is bang on with their next-gen lenses for MFT and this 60mm is just another league of its own.

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Great set of shots. I was looking at that lens but I'm thinking of keeping my 60MM Nikkor Micro.

Any thoughts on using the Zuiko with extension tubes? I currently use my 60MM Nikkor on my D90 (which I will be selling) and I'm debating keeping the 60MM macro with an adapter and tubes for my soon-to-come GX7. Not sure which way to go.