Light weight very sharp. Best macro lens I ever had.

amazing quality. more than 1:1 magnification
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We bought this as a gift for our daughter in law.  While I dont know anything about cameras, she does and she said that she loves this lens.

I bought this to scan 35 mm negatives with the Nikon ES-2 Digitizer Set. Works a treat. The lens is very sharp and light. Optically, it's perfection. It just doesn't look impressive, with that tiny front element. Heck, it may see some use other than in scanning, some day.

I purchased this lens with an OM-D E-M10 Mark II. I had been a film photographer for years, using everything from 35mm film to large format, and resisted buying into digital for years before I decided to test the waters with M4/3. Even with the smaller format and form-factor, I was impressed with some of the better M4/3 systems and optics. Loved the smaller size for offroad motorcycle and 4X4 trips.


When I stared using this lens, I was blown away by the sharpness and quick and accurate auto focusing on my E-M10 and even my crusty old Lumix GF3. It has stunning macro capability even exceeding 1:1. Considering the quality vs price considerations, this should be a no-brainer. Couldn't be happier with this purchase.


I took this shot of my cat just for fun. Wide open at 3.5, the E-M10 and lens just did everything right. At 100% magnification, you can literally count the dimples on his nose-leather.

This lens is an amazing value. It has great sharpness and color and extremely fast autofocus. If you have never used a macro lens before, it will open up a whole new world to you. If you shoot Olympus or other micro 4/3, you owe it to yourself to buy this lens.

A lot of people seem to wonder why anyone bothers with all the short focal length macro lenses like this 30mm f3.5 lens, the Nikon Z 50mm f2.8 MC, the Nikon 55mm micro, and similar lenses like that. These short lenses really shine when you're trying to do copy work since it lets you use a shorter and stiffer stand even with larger documents. These are also great lenses for transmissive scanning where you shine a light behind the transparency and great lenses for scanning film. You can scan an 8x10 negative at a reasonable distance with a shorter macro lens like this. The other question people ask is why so slow. If you're doing a lot of macro work, depth of field is pretty much nil. You really need to stop down the lens or use some focus stacking with certain subjects. F3.5 does not give me enough depth of field for some of the subjects I shoot. With a smaller aperture you don't need as many slices when stacking or to stop down so much. If you need a portrait lens, get an actual portrait lens because this is probably not what you are looking for, and if you do insects or some flowers get the longer macros so you don't have to be in their faces and can get better illumination. If you're doing copy work or don't mind having more depth of field for other kinds of photos, this is the lens to get. I wish there was a way to see my magnification ratio on this lens or have an MF clutch, but I can figure that out through measurement if I need to. In the meantime, this is really working well for me for copy work. Love this! You can also use this with the Nikon ES-2 set. I don't personally do this, but I've seen more than one setup with the ES-2, and many people seem to be using this combination for their day to day film scanning. The high-res shot mode really works well for scanning since nothing is moving, and you get a lot more dynamic range this way.

I love the size and the weight of this small jewel. is the equivalent of 60mm full frame lens, but is just kind slow glass f3.5 for the size but in today's system being slow it is not a really a big deal.

I owe the 100mm Canon L which is more glass, full frame,� way more lightning coming�through. BUT! for this price tag, size, focus performance its a most must must, It's a jaw-dropping�lens. Literally I can touch the subject and the lens still focus. Now wonder how its the performance of the high-end macro Olympus lens quality... Must be outstanding! We'll see!

This is a good lens to have. You can take close ups of items far better and compose some fascinating photography.