Ok so that is what affect that 2x has on a any manual lens? I believe I
understand what you are saying. I guess I wont be needing an extension then?
Quoting Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>:
> ALI wrote:
>> I have gone Macro lens crazy! I know that the Zuiko 50mm F3.5 does
>> 1:2. Can I
>> achieve 1:1 with an extension tube or some other add-on?
>>
> Two answers:
>
> On full frame, a 25mm extension tube gives focusing from 1:2 down to
> 1:1. Shorter tubes give in between settings.
>
> On 4/3, although it technically has the same repro ratios, many folks
> used only to 35mm tend to find it seems different. If you take shots at
> the same distance with the same lens on 35 mm and on 4/3, and then view
> both results at the same print or screen size, the 4/3 image is enlarged
> roughly twice as much. This makes it seem, compared to 35mm, that a
> 50/3.5 focuses from infinity to about 1:1 on a camera like your E-500,
> because it captures only about half the image 35mm would.
>
> Moose
>
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