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Question: How do you put this lens in Micro mode? Is it as simple as pressing a button on the side? Does Micro work in all modes (including Manual)?
Document: Only primes are better, imho.- Fast focusing.- 3 modes- manual zooming, electronis zooming, macro modes. Takes a bit of practice to work out how to switch between modes. Olympus is one of the more user UNfriendly brands I've come across. But having these options is good, and the electronic zooming means you can produce better videos.- aperture...ok, it's not fast. But then, no kit lens is.
It took me a while of fiddling around with it before I figured out how to get it into its macro mode. First, it takes two hands, so it either has to be on a tripod or hanging around my neck with a strap. You have to press in a button on the side of the lens labeled MACRO, while at the same time, pushing the zoom ring forward two click stops. That's it. Now you're shooting in the lens's macro range at 43mm.
Pros: Weather sealed, micro capability (micro pictures do come out nice), zoom barrel (manual/power zoom). Cons: Picture quality is mediocre. The proportions feel weird on the om-d. It doesn't feel good in the hand. f/6.3 on the zoom end is quite slow. It kind of does it all but doesn't really do anything really all that well. Quite expensive for what it is.
Well, let me tell you: I was shocked by the quality of the 12-50mm in its 43mm macro setting! It is extremely sharp in that range, and it is so convenient to put the lens into that mode that I'm wondering how much this lens is going to cut into my use of the Olympus 60mm!
Bought used (but in what appeared to be as new condition), from a big NY City retailer. I have not tested it in the rain (yet) with my E-M5, so unsure how it will perform in that respect. Otherwise a versatile lens that takes a little getting used to. The motor zoom is odd, but better than manual zoom as the zoom ring is stiff. Macro mode works fine, a shame it is locked at one focal length.
This one uses theOlympus LH-55B Lens Hoodwhich is used with theOlympus 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 lensThe focusing ring is smooth and nice to turn. This ring also functions as a zoom mode selector for macro mode, manual or electronic zoom.The electronic zoom is well implemented and it's really made for video. The smooth zoom is great for video and the speed depends on how much you turn the ring.
Is it a bummer that your aperture starts at f6 when in macro mode? Yes, BUT often macro photogs are stopping down to at least f6 anyway, if not f8 or even f11. And it doesn't really get any sharper stopping down from f6, so it's nice that you're getting the best of the lens at its max aperture for that setting.Other things like chromatic aberration and distortion are present, and I find the CA to be on the high side but nothing you can't fix in post.
Good price and nice lens. Nothing great, but worth it. Nice for video work and works well for pic's too.
I'm simply not interested in this "limitation." Most of my photography is landscape work when I'm on a tripod, or if I'm doing macro work, I use the Metz 15 MS-1 macro flash at f/16. So the f/6.3 was actually welcome by me, because it enables the lens to be quite small: no bigger than the tiny Olympus 60mm macro lens.Any negatives?
Used this to give me weatherproof capabilities on a two week trip to UK and replaced my 14-150 on my om-d.  Never put the 14-150 on during the entire trip. Love the quality, Love the macro, love the size and weight. Fantastic lens on fantastic camera.
Answer: It is also a weather prof lens.  The macro is not a true 1:1 though, but the image quality is excellent.