see also:

• Olympus Four Thirds dSLR system
• Four Thirds lenses
• Micro Four Thirds system
• macrophotography
• macrophotography for Micro Four Thirds cameras
• TTL flash for Micro Four Thirds cameras

• a brilliant diffraction-limited lens with almost no aberrations
• BUT this is one lens you should have for portraiture, general use and macro work - I bought one.
• see also macro lenses for Micro Four Thirds system:
  • Olympus m.ZD 60mm f/2.8 macro lens
  • Panasonic Leica-DG 45mm f/2.8 OIS macro lens

• Olympus Four Thirds dSLR system lens mount
• 50mm focal length = field of view of a 100mm lens on a 35mm full frame
• f/2.0 aperture
• 52mm filter does not rotate on focus
• no focus limiter
• AF is slow and noisy on Micro Four Thirds system
• 1:2 macro
• 1:1 macro with EC-20 2x teleconverter or 25mm extension tube
• requires adapter to attach the Olympus macro flashes
• RRP $699

• Lenstip tests

• see my photos using the 50mm macro:
  • on Flickr
  • on JAlbum - with the EC-20 2x teleconverter

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• Wrotniak
• SLRGear.com
• DPreview.com - formal lens test