how are the close up shots with this lens?
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This lens takes beautiful photos. Keep in mind, it goes on the end of another lens (in my case 55 mm).
360248
Jade this is a wonderful lens. Perfect for close ups and portrait shots. It's a tack sharp lens. Just remember when shooting up close at 1.4 have their face(s) parallel to you or you may get some slight blurring. If you have them tilted focus on the eye closest to you. My friend is a professional wedding photographer and loves this lens. I shoot with the Sigma 85mm 1.4 and love it. Good luck with your wedding.
130813
Really quite Good. This is an excellent lens. I still have mine. Maybe the photos I took with it are still on http://amazon.com. Check out Kurtmunger for excellent review of this lens.
1037594
Hey bob, The camera has a dynamic focus that I am pretty sure can take close shots, but not that close. This particular lense will take average distances from say 3-5" (do not have the specifics) to scenery. The only issue that I do not like about this camera is that the flash has a slight design flaw, sometimes when you use the flash the lens will shadow the lower portion of your picture. The camera in general is awesome, slight that small detail. You can check a little more expert opinion in dpreview (google it). They can give you more specs of the camera. Good luck!
1253410
Depending on the lens you get, it takes wonderful close ups. My wife uses the 55mm lens that is standard with the camera, but she says that the 10 to 55mm would be better!
739145
Well, I think it's great. For a lot of my macro/close-up shots, I use this camera instead of my mirrorless cameras. It'll let you get in darned close. Bill
990936
It hasn't been an issue -- I've cropped pictures -- but I am not a pro. I love the lens. It's great for low light shots.
2061373
It's a nice kit lens and it is IIr which I got it with EP3, with OMD EM5 I got 12-50mm!,it is very sharp and has a macro too!
435062
Image stabilization is a nice plus not a necessity. I use this lens a lot with great results. If the price is right go for it.
1773175
I think this is the best option without going nuts on budget, not cheap not so expensive. Distortion for Architectural is acceptable, obviously the more closer you are you will notice some, its not the 24mm or the zoom but believe me is sharp as hell, even more at f2.5 and f8 ... careful with a lil shift focus at night mostly at f4, other than that im super happy with this lens and i take it to travel a lot
2120236
This is one of the first lenses I used on my E-M5. I shoot a lot of close-ups and it works great. Highly recommend it.
876784
It's actually controlled well. At it's widest aperture you'll see it. This is a known issue, like on the Zeiss. But it's something that can be fixed in Adobe. The lens is a good deal and worth it.
1451144
I would say no it is not good at doing super close up shots. You would need a camera with a macro lens to do that kind of photos.
2173991
I got this lens for my brother, and I really like it, we used a lot. Take a look of some pictures at www.mediawork.ws
1671727
I have several L lenses, and my sense is that this lens is not inferior to those lenses. I think it captures excellent images; but, I am not a professional photographer. And I am not rough on lenses; I take great care not to expose any lens to situations that might damage them. In other words, the build quality may or may not be L level, but I will never know. It's great for walking around and getting shots that might otherwise be inaccessible. If you want a lens that is small in size but big in reach, this is it.
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i have taken some great close ups of my kids with the ef 50mm f/1.8 lens. although it's inexpensive and this shows in the build quality the lens is SHARP!!! how can you go wrong for under 100 bucks.... buy one just to see if you like the 50mm prime range... you won't regret it...
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If you're asking about photographing the stars, then (in my opinion) it doesn't have enough magnification. It's a "normal" lens, not a telephoto which is typically used for that. If you're asking if it's good in low light, then the answer is yes, sort of. For the price it's great. It's sharp wide open (at f2.4). Some faster lenses that go down to f1.4 aren't sharp at that aperture, so they end up being usable only at f2.4 to f2.8. Dollar for dollar this is a very good lens.