Olympus 12-40 close focus

Not bad for a general walkaround zoom lens

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2bxN​8kV

Incredible detail.

I love my 12-40, but never tried that close.

One of the great things about many m4/3 lenses is there close min focus distance

Yup that's impressively close

Brian V.

What would the results be like with a Raynox, or are we then getting TOO close??

the Raynox 250 takes the edges of the watch to the edges of the frame so not much closer but still a decent working distance. A 10mm extension tube get closer still but the working distance is too short to be of practical use.

racketman wrote in post #18796558
the Raynox 250 takes the edges of the watch to the edges of the frame so not much closer but still a decent working distance. A 10mm extension tube get closer still but the working distance is too short to be of practical use.

Do you even need a macro lens with this level of close up?

probably not if your primary subjects are butterflies, dragonflies and flowers etc

Thanks for that, Toby. Still pretty good. Without the Raynox it is wonderful for a walk-around lens to start with, anyway - as you say.

this guy has at least two nice examples with the lens and using stacking (mostly he uses a 60mm macro)
https://flic.kr/p/2bGH​VFn

https://flic.kr/p/27Fq​iJd

Thanks for the heads on that Flickr page - that fella certainly has some lovely pics. An interesting choice also of the GX8 for a lot of them.