GH4 Recommend a close focus lens

[SuperSet]

Hey fellas - Any suggestions on a close focus lens on the M43 platform?

 

[Mark Williams]

The Olympus 60mm 2.8 macro. Excellent lens. I use it on my GH4.

 

[Rolf Silber]

Most Voigtlaender lenses go to "near macro" distances like 17 to 20 centimeters. Expensive though.

 

[SuperSet]

Those macro distances are what I'm after so I may just get a Voigtlander. Any other manual lenses with focus distances in centimeters?

 

[yslee]

Any legacy macro lens will do the job.

 

[c3hammer]

My Oly 17mm f/1.8 goes down to 22 cm. It says 25 in the specs, but it's about 8" in practice on the GH4.

Here's a 4K sample of some pretty close work with it.

http://youtu.be/8A5chlSqu7Q

Cheers,
Pete

 

[mcbob]

Amongst non-Macro lenses, the Voigtlanders are good, the Lumix 7-14, and also the Sigma 18-35... minimum focus on that is listed at 11" (~27cm); it has a nearly identical max reproduction ratio as the Voigtlanders.

Natively, the Oly 60 macro, PanaLeica 45/2.8, and the older 4/3 Oly 50/2 and 35/3.5 are all very good as well.

Of course, there's always the macro-iest of m43 macros:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/852859-REG/YASUHARA_YA24_NAN5M_Nanoha_Macro_Lens_5_1.html

 

[PegLeg Media]

i got the voigtlander 25mm off ebay in great shape for $550, i was extremely surprised how close you could focus with this lens, didnt even think about that when i bought it but you can get super close and super shallow depth of field.