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Olympus 60mm (Macro) with EC-14

Started Sep 23, 2016 | Questions
antesoles Junior Member • Posts: 26
Olympus 60mm (Macro) with EC-14

Hey ho,

can the Olympus 60mm f2.8 Macro can be used with the EC-14 tele converter?

If yes, what does it mean? Can the max. distance between object and lens, that is necessary to achieve 1:1 magnification, be enlarged? From now around 8 inches to 11 inches?

Greets,

ante

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Arizona Sunset
Arizona Sunset Veteran Member • Posts: 3,797
Re: Olympus 60mm (Macro) with EC-14

It cannot be used with the EC-14.

I am not sure about it's minimum focus distance.

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Skeeterbytes Forum Pro • Posts: 23,182
Re: Olympus 60mm (Macro) with EC-14
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I can't envision a way to adapt them together, given the EC-14 is four-thirds mount and current adapters are four-thirds to m4/3, not the inverse. You can indeed adapt the EC-14 to an m4/3 body but a 4/3 lens has to mount to the teleconverter.

FWIW the 50/2.0 macro is a brilliant lens optically, but lacks the 60's many features and fast focus speeds.

Cheers,

Rick

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OP antesoles Junior Member • Posts: 26
Re: Olympus 60mm (Macro) with EC-14

Ok, I guess I understand that. Thank you

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Jan Steinman
Jan Steinman Senior Member • Posts: 1,015
Re: Olympus 60mm (Macro) with EC-14

antesoles wrote:

can the Olympus 60mm f2.8 Macro can be used with the EC-14 tele converter?

No. The EC-14 is for 4/3rds lenses; the 60 macro is a µ4/3rds lens. The two have incompatible mounts.

You can use the EC-14 between a 4/3rds lens and a 4/3rds —> µ4/3rds adapter. It seems to get along very well with the outstanding 50-200/2.8-3.5 zoom.

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