M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO tele-macro lens, Micro Four Thirds water-resistant lens, compatible with Olympus, OM SYSTEM and Panasonic MFT cameras, capable of ultra-macro magnification

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Leveraging the strengths of its Pro lens reputation, OM Digital Solutions have gone all-out to create a macro monster in the new 90mm F3.

In some scenes you might see some ghosting from micro movements between shots if you examine very closely, but it’s impressive how well this works. is still not exactly impressive on an MFT camera, when I can get a smaller effective f/number at 1:1 on APS-C, and perhaps f/5. It’s the kind of lens that, if macro is your bag, it will make you fall in love with the genre even more – especially once you get used to how it works. 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.The reason I asked people if they had experience with high magnification macro photography, is because I do, a lot. Putting a shorter FL 2:1 macro on FF and cropping will require a hi resolution sensor to match the focal length and IQ of this lens on a 20mp MFT sensor would require a 90mm 2:1 on a approx 80mp FF sensor cropped to 20mp.

Although I’m learning, I’m not an expert in how the optics of the lenses work, so I can’t answer your second question! I do the majority of my focus stacking in-camera, only occasionally using focus bracketing when needing more than 15 images and bringing them into Helicon focus. Put simply, the camera and lens pairing has made light work of tricky macro photography subjects and is the most versatile system for field macro work where simplicity is often key, both photography and video.You seem to imply that there is not need for a 180mm equivalent focal for macro applications and shorter focal will do just fine. Things become really interesting when you connect the OM 90mm macro lens with its perfect match, the OM System OM-1 mirrorless camera.

Add one of our teleconverters and you have up to a 4x (8x 35mm equivalent) macro lens capable of capturing an unseen world invisible to the naked eye. This cutting-edge Micro Four Thirds tech thrives for macro photography for a number of reasons I’ll get into. A 90mm 2:1 lens on a 24mp FF cropped to match the 180mm offered by this lens, would not only leave you with roughly 7mp. This year alone, OM Digital has rolled out a new flagship camera in the OM System OM-1, along with the impressive new 20mm f/1. Thousands great macro shots of insects done with shorter focal lengths somehow show that 180mm is not needed.

Its focal length and other macro features not only make this lens ideal for close-up work, but it also has some versatility for other subjects, particularly portraits, and arguably even picking out details in landscapes and architectural scenes. Bird detection AF has been added to Intelligent Subject Detection AF, which was developed using AI technology (deep learning technology). Focus stacking in-camera is quite remarkable, especially considering it can be carried out while shooting handheld.