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The one place I feel the OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO loses out to the M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro is the autofocus speed. Although I give OM System kudos for making a 2:1 macro lens which autofocuses at all, it is still on the slow side. And not surprisingly, it gets worse at 1:1 macro and stronger.
That said, the sound of the autofocus motor reminded me of dial-up internet. Grrr—ehhh—rrr-eeee. The motor isn’t going to be audible across the room, but tiny subjects might take notice of the noise. The placement of this focus limiter switch and its ease of use means that with one move of the finger without looking up from my camera I can move in close for Super Macro mode. This is different than the way the focus limiter on the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens which takes conscious effort to get it into life size mode with that spring loaded dial. Toni Genes: The fun thing is, on FF there's an excellent 180mm f/2.8 Macro lens available for a similar price that's not just 2.5 stops faster, effectively, but also very likely even better in image quality, at least with regard to keeping up sharpness towards the edge of the frame. And a 180mm f/2.8 FF lens is equivalent to a 90mm f/1.4 lens. So a 90mm f/2.8 is the least OMDS should have done there. Just look at the tiny front lens, by the way (and the other lenses are even smaller; I wonder what they filled the barrel up with if not air). faunagraphy: "I do own the 300mm Pro and the MC-20 does add more detail than simply cropping"—without doubt; the 300mm is an excellent lens. More interesting, though, could be the question whether the MC-20 still adds more detail compared to the MC-14. I use the Pana/Leica 50-200mm f/2.8-4 which is really good at 200mm, and while the detail gain of the TC-14 is obvious, the TC-20 struggles to deliver more than that. I like to think that under good conditions it just about manages to ;-)The lenstip test actually shows a minor difference. Peak resolution without the TC is 76 lpmm, so 38 lpmm after a 2x crop vs 43 lpmm achieved with the 2x TC. But that is on a 16MP body and ignores the 1.4x. As I mentioned above, the focus limiter switch on the lens is well thought out and very practically placed on the lens barrel. When photographing I often want to capture the essence of my subject as well as the details, photographing the whole subject and then going in closer and closer for the details…
Here’s the big question for a macro lens with a limited maximum aperture: is it still sharp? Narrower apertures can cause diffraction, which results in less detail in the final image. But, surprisingly, this lens is still sharp even at f8 in S Macro. I actually thought the biggest challenge to getting a sharp shot is that ultra-wide depth at .224m, not diffraction. Which means I actually stepped down the aperture even further a few times. A diffraction calculator suggests a Micro Four Thirds lens becomes diffraction limited at f16, so there’s still a little room here (not much, but some). The image stabilisation mechanism in the lens and the camera body work together to achieve 5-axis sync IS, which delivers up to 7 steps of shutter speed compensation. Furthermore, the90mm F3.5 Macro features an acceleration sensor on the lens that precisely detects motion blur for correction of shift, which has a significant impact on macro shooting. No need to bring a tripod, the powerful image stabilization functionality allows the user the flexibility, even for handheld high-resolution photos. Micro Four Thirds system users will soon have a new 180mm equivalent, image-stabilized macro lens to consider for their arsenal. The forthcoming OM Digital Solutions M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS was just unveiled on the brand’s lens roadmap. Part of OM Digital’s prestigious”Pro” line, it joins other highly-capable, tough-built glass like the M. Zuiko 300mm f/4.0 IS Pro and the M. Zuiko 20mm f/1.4 Pro, to name two favorites. Wait, what happened to Olympus?I just don’t see the equivalent 2:1 macro 180mm on FF. Not necessary for me and maybe a specialst lens, but I can really see the benefit of greater working distances when dealing with small sensitive subjects and a 2:1 magnification Don’t you? I’d rather have the option than not, especially if macro was my preferred area of photography. But with MFT you can "project" this area on the whole sensor and you have a 20MP picture of it instead of only 5MP. I used the OM System 90mm f3.5 Macro with the OM-1. I also tried out the 2x and 1.4x teleconverters to see how well they pair with the lens. A few photos were also shot with the Flashpoint R200 Ring Flash with the eVolve 200 Pro. All these products were loaner units provided to the Phoblographer. Innovations The E-M1X’s firmware update takes longer to complete versus other OM-D camera models. Please note the following:
The 90mm probably is a great lens. The marketing around the TC is what is questionable. Not that is a capable macro lensWhat's clear is that it depends on the lens. It's widely agreed that the 2x TC is less-than-impressive with the 40-150mm Pro. Also what Hubertus said about the Pany 50-200 is true while the Pany 2x TC works well with the Leica 200mm. That article is getting a lot of exposure. Only useful contribution from it is that the 60mm is the better portrait lens. No doubt the 90mm is the better macro lens. panther fan: I do own either the 90mm or the 150-400mm, but if you ask your question on that thread, I'm sure you'll get an answer from oneofone25. I do own the 300mm Pro and the MC-20 does add more detail than simply cropping. As I mentioned previously, I felt like there was a much shorter learning curve to this lens than there was when I got my Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens. C-AF Center Priority can be turned on/off for AF Target modes other than Single, Small, and 121-point.
OPPO's mid-range smartphone aims to provide a sophisticated camera system at an attractive price. Andy Westlake sees how it measures up. Whether you have an OM camera from OM SYSTEM or an Olympus OM-D, PEN or any other compatible camera, you'll benefit from all that the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) standard has to offer: a camera system boasting compact size, light weight, more shooting freedom, high image quality and ease of use, you name just a few. There are situations where pixel density is an advantage, e.g. bird photography where you want to catch small birds far away, For bigger format sensors this almost always means cropping. But, if you have a small sensor with high pixel density, you might have a relatively small tele lens that you can use without cropping. Now, super high resolution is seldom a demand for macro images. So, a smaller sensor and smaller lens might be an advantage. But, it is a choice. If you think bigger cameras is not a problem, then you might get better images with a larger camera.Focus clutch on my 17mm f1.2 Pro, 12-40 f2.8 Pro and 8-25 F4 Pro all work on my Panasonic camera bodies, and they are old camera bodies (GM1/GM5). When I was using this lens at moderatemagnifications – say, 1:2 or 1:3 – I felt luxuriously distant from my subject. This made it less likely that I’d scare my subject, and most of all, it gave me a lot more flexibility with my lighting equipment. At1:1 magnification and even 2:1, I felt I had enough space to light my subject effectively. L-Fn (lens function) button is available on the side of the lens so users can change settings with a single operation using their thumb while holding the camera. But 90 mm macro is meant to be used 90% of the time for macro, instead close-up or other work. And you use anyways flash or bouncers so F-stop doesn't matter. This is one of the sharpest lenses I’ve ever used. I was capturing details I never knew existed on animals I have photographed countless times for years. Even after cropping my images significantly, the details remained clear. In fact, the lens is sharp enough that the OM-1’s 20 megapixel resolution was the limiting factor for sharpness, rather than the glass.
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