When I first heard about a 35mm focal length macro lens my mouth began to water. The $229 price tag was an immediate inducement, as were the compactness and lightweight of this glass. What threw me, though, was the focal length.

Excellent Quality 1:1 Macro lens!! Small and light, easy to have in your bag for those insect/flower/Etc opportunities! Cna't go wrong for a dedicated Macro lens!!

Decent specialty lens for shooting close up images of flowers et al. I don't use it alot but I had to have it. Olympus E500 Digital SLR camara

Solid construction; Decent close up images; Focuses well at close ranges; Easy to handle

Professional users could do better; but for occasional usage it does the job nicely

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Lightweight; Quick Focus; Rugged; Sharp Focus; Strong Construction

Small and cheap plastic macro lens with surprising great optics.

- very sharp lens; quite pleasing bokeh; great cooperation with both 1.4x and 2.0x converters

- none for given price

Gary takes a close look at the close up world of Olympus. The 35mm f/3.5 is a low-priced macro lens designed specifically for Four-Thirds digital SLRs. It's not often that a marque macro lens can be had for under ￡200, but that's what we have here.

Compact; lightweight design; Good optical performance; Good build quality; Good flare and ghosting performance; Great value

Indirect electronic manual focus system is an acquired taste; Barrel distortion

This lens performs as described by olympus. Have had very good results.

Mycket bra produkt, väldigt prisvärd.

Klarar äkta 1:1 macro, väldigt bra skärpa och känns väldigt bra i förhållande till priset; Det finns andra macro-objektiv som är lite bättre avseende ljuskänslighet, men inte till det priset.

Inte mycket, möjligen att det "känns" plastigt - men själva optiken är det minsann inget fel på..; Jagar dock fokus i lite väl stort omfång om man inte använder single spot fokusering

Olympus' 35mm macro gives an equivalent angle of view similar to a 70mm lens used on a full-frame camera and it offers 1:1 life sized magnification too.

Compact; lightweight design; Good optical performance; Good build quality; Good flare and ghosting performance; Great value

Indirect electronic manual focus system is an acquired taste; Barrel distortion

Having been an Olympus fan and user since my first E10 then E500, had debated for along time about whether I had a need for a prime lens. Thought that the standard zooms that I had would do the job. Boy, was I wrong. For the price and size, this is a superb lens.

Lightweight; Quick Focus; Sharp Focus