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Very good Macro lens, nicely built.

Started Jul 5, 2016 | User reviews
TOMSDPR Contributing Member • Posts: 935
Very good Macro lens, nicely built.
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I am using this lens on a Lumix GM 1 but more accurate on a PEN E-PL7.

The build is well solid and manual focussing is easy with a nice smooth ring.

Autofocus is fast but it has its limits if the distance is closer than 5 cm.

The lens fits perfectly in size and weight and can be used without lenshood most of the time.  You can go as close as 1.5 cm and at F 2.8 it delivers nice bokehs.

I would not recommend it as a portrait lens though because the background blur is still limited but between F 3.5 and 8 it delivers sharp results with pleasant colours.

The antishake works very well on both cameras. Doing Macros with this lens is a pleasure.

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Macro prime lens • Micro Four Thirds • H-HS030
Announced: Feb 23, 2015
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Noku Dzu Regular Member • Posts: 307
Re: Very good Macro lens, nicely built.

mjdundee,  it is a great lens.  I tried out an almost new one on my GX7 at a local store.  Images were sharp.  I did however go for the Olympus 60mm because I could get further away from my subject at maximum magnification.

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