ROBIN WONG : Testing NiSi 49mm Close Up Lens On Olympus 45mm F1.8

NiSi contacted me and asked if I were interested in testing their Close Up Lens and I immediately said yes. It is not an every day opportunity to collaborate with a company doing insect macro photography, something I am quite passionate about. I did tell them that if I don't like the product, I will continue with the review, but it turned out that I was quite impressed by what the Close Up Lens can do. Basically, the NiSi Close Up Lens is a simple attachment that you mount onto another lens to reduce the minimum focusing distance, bringing the lens closer to the subject, increasing magnification. This can turn a non-macro lens, like the Olympus 45mm F1.8 into a macro-like lens. Based on my simple calculation (you can check in video) I estimated the maximum magnification of Olympus 45mm F1.8 was boosted from 0.11x to 0.56x with the NiSi Close Up Lens attached. I have talked about my experience using it in my latest video, you can check it out here, but in this blog entry I am sharing all images taken with OM System OM-1 with Olympus 45mm F1.8 + NiSi Close Up Lens 49mm. Teaser - I will share images taken with the Olympus 60mm F2.8 macro + NiSi Close Up Lens in the following blog entry, with insane magnification going super close to the bugs!