photo:olympusmzd60mm
Olympus m.ZD 60mm f/2.8 macro lens
introduction
specs
60mm f/2.8 (= 120mm fov in 35mm terms)
weatherproofed but plastic build
13 elements in 10 groups, with one ED element, two HR elements and one E-HR element
Three of the groups float and perform focusing functions
4 focus settings via dial on lens:
0.4m - infinity
0.19m - infinity
0.19m - 0.4m
1:1 macro
closest focus 0.19m (1:1 macro) giving a working distance from the front of the lens to subject of 7-8cm
wide manual focus ring
no focus markings other than for 1:1 (0.19m); 1.1.3 (0.20m), 1:2 (0.23m) and 1:4 (0.34m) and infinity
no DOF markings
46mm filter
185g
fast MSC AF not as fast as the 12mm f/2.0 or 45mm f/1.8 but comparable to the 75mm f/1.8
optional LH-49 bayonet mount, telescoping lens hood
RRP $599
reviews
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“a ‘truly outstanding’ lens … it’s amongst the best lenses I’ve ever seen”
“has an even more impressive MTF chart than its highly-regarded predecessor, the ZD 50/2 macro for Four Thirds”
“bokeh is smooth and pleasant, with very minimal bright edges on defocused highlights”
“Chromatic aberration was nonexistent laterally, and more commendably, almost completely absent longitudinally, too, even wide open. I have not seen this level of CA performance in any macro lens I’ve used to date, even the Leica 120/2.5 APO-Summarit-S”
“this is the new reference lens for Micro Four Thirds. It’s that good”
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a great lens, especially for macro work, where it is sharper than the ZD 50mm macro, or a film scanner, or a Canon 5D Mark II macro kit, but it is softer in the corners for general work at normal focus distances than the Olympus ZD 50mm macro, mZD 45mm f/1.8 or the mZD 75mm f/1.8.
sharper than any Olympus MFT zoom lens at same focal length
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