GH4 Recommend a close focus lens
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Mark Williams
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The Olympus 60mm 2.8 macro. Excellent lens. I use it on my GH4.
Rolf Silber
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Most Voigtlaender lenses go to "near macro" distances like 17 to 20 centimeters. Expensive though.
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
Here's a 4K sample of some pretty close work with it.
http://youtu.be/8A5chlSqu7Q
Cheers,
Pete
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
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
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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.