Micro Four Thirds Talk Forum
The Olympus 60mm macro lens combined with the Olympus EM1 mark 2 has been a workhorse for me for the last 14 months. I use the combination with a few different add-ons.
1) The Raynox 250
2) The Raynox 202
3) Two Raynox 250s
4) The Raynox 250 + the Raynox 202
5) The MC-14 Teleconverter, combined with a Pixco 10mm extension tube, another 10mm Kenko extension tube and the 60mm macro lens with one of the Raynox 250s/202s.
I am able to get upwards of 5x magnification with number 5 and the Raynox 202. The greatness of this setup is that you don't need to use a cumbersome bellows or a focus rail to get the pictures needed for focus stacking. You can either (1) use the 15-image focus stacking feature which is "in-camera" or take as many pictures as you want using the focus bracketing feature to then stack in a software like Helicon or Zerene (I use Helicon). With this ability I have been able to get images quickly and efficiently in poor conditions or studio setting that are I feel just as good as some of the shots taken with a setup of a rail and microscope objective fitted at the end of extension tubes.
If you utilize Olympus Capture software on your computer and tether your camera to the computer, you can move the focus using the little arrows in order to utilize the high resolution mode for focus stacking. This enables you to get 50mp jpegs to stack, increasing the detail and providing the type of detail and resolution at an even greater magnification for either cropping or just better resolution in general of the final stacked image.
Here are a few images for comparison's sake. I will try to post the lens combination in the description for each image. For some I used the focus bracketing mode (especially for live insects). For dead insects, snowflakes or sand grains I used the High Resolution mode, manually taking 20-100 images depending on the depth of focus needed for stacking.
