This is a review of the Olympus 60mm F2.8 macro lens. It's an awesome lens, but it's also an infuriating lens. It's a lens that provides a unique emotional roller coaster experience, one that is both satisfying and frustrating. So let's get into it. Macro photography was the first thing that truly made me want to become a nature photographer. It made me want to learn more about nature and the impact insects had on the environment. Starting out, I used the Nikon D600 with extension tubes and other assorted macro things, but as time went on, I found that using this heavy nightmare setup was just not fun, and I got tired of just carrying around this bloated heavy equipment. Now, fast forward to this day and age, I can use a 60mm macro lens that weighs in on the 200 grams. The Olympus 60mm is probably one of the most sharpest lenses I have ever used. Edge to edge, it is just razor sharp and provides just a beautiful outstanding image. In micro 4.3rds land, it is 60mm, but in full frame sensor land, it is 120mm equivalent. However, I will say it is frustrating to use, and has a steep learning curve in regards to its focusing. The focusing dial is just sometimes I understand it and others I'm just blindly turning the focus ring just to make sense of it all. Those times when I've cracked the focusing code, it works wonders, and I've taken some utterly amazing images, but I found if I take a break with this lens for a couple of days and come back to it, I have to start from scratch and decode the puzzle that is focusing. Macro photography is a game of patience, and this lens may try your patience very well. As I said, the 60mm is impressively sharp, even wide open and F2.8. At F16 is where there is a little bit of softness across the frame, however, the images are still very sharp at this aperture. Now obviously the focusing isn't as bad as I make it out to be, it's just a little bit cumbersome and confusing. I wouldn't be using auto focus mode with this lens because if you want to be a purist with your macro photography, you'll be shooting in manual mode anyway. The auto focus is very silent and takes about a second to focus from its closest point to infinity. The macro specs are easy enough to understand. The lens will provide a full one-to-one reproduction at its closest focus point. The lens features a vertical scale showing the active size of the reproduction, so as the lens is focus closer to its close focusing distance, the red bar moves closer to one-to-one. To focus closer, you twist the focus ring clockwise. The lens features a four-position limiter switch, and this is where it can get a bit confusing. The options are 0.4 meters to infinity, 0.19 meters to infinity, 0.19 meters to 0.4 meters, or by twisting the switch toward the one-to-one symbol, it will focus the lens to its closest focus, giving you that one-to-one reproduction ratio. It takes a little time to get used to, but after a while it generally makes sense. The limiter 60mm doesn't add much weight to the camera, coming in at 186 grams. The lens is splash proof, making it perfect for those times that you may be finding yourself neck deep in various types of shrubbery, and it also takes 46mm filters. If you're new to macro photography on macro 4 thirds, I can maybe suggest trying out some other lenses without such a steep learning curve, such as the Panasonic 30mm. If you are experienced and you are a patient person, then the Olympus 60mm may be worth the effort. As I said, macro photography is a game of patience. If you're someone that gets frustrated easy and isn't very patient, then I don't think macro photography is for you. However, I found that macro photography is a great way to understand a camera and exposure. It forces you to think about light, composition, and know the gear that you're using, probably more than any other photography genre. I'm sure there's someone out there that could probably argue that point, but when you're dealing within millimeters, every part of the frame counts. To me macro photography is very intimate. Much like wildlife photography or bird photography, it requires you to slow down, stop, and really take in and understand the behaviour of your subject. The Olympus 60mm allows you to achieve this effectively with the bonus of outstanding image quality. It offers a very light and portable macro solution with a great focal length, excellent results for sharpness, image reproduction, and dependability. It is an absolutely fantastic lens, just one with a steep loaded curve. If you're a patient person, then I think the Olympus 60mm will be perfect for you. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to subscribe. If you want to watch another video where I've put images together in a sequence and added music, please click away. Or if you just want to watch another lens review, please, go right ahead.