These are the best Olympus macro lenses, chosen for how they deliver true 1:1 (and beyond), flat-field sharpness, excellent color correction, reliable autofocus (or long, damped manual throws), and working distances that play nicely with diffusers, flags, and wet surfaces—perfect for insects, jewelry, food, product, and scientific detail on OM SYSTEM/Olympus Micro Four Thirds bodies. Anchor your kit with the M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO: weather-sealed, Sync IS for rock-steady handheld, crisp from wide open, and a native 2:1 reproduction (4:1 full-frame equivalence) that goes even further with MC-14/MC-20 teleconverters—superb for skittish insects, gemstones, and medical/documentary close-ups where working distance matters. Complement it with the M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro, a lightweight classic with sharp, flat-field rendering, a handy focus-limiter scale, and excellent value—ideal for everyday macro, product, and field work; for tabletop and tight spaces, the tiny M.Zuiko Digital ED 30mm f/3.5 Macro focuses absurdly close for larger-than-life frames, copywork, and crafts (mind the shorter working distance around lights). Panasonic’s Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 OIS adds optical stabilization that stacks nicely with Olympus IBIS and renders with gentle bokeh and neutral color—great for handheld detail and hybrid video—while the Lumix G Macro 30mm f/2.8 offers a budget-friendly, razor-clean normal-macro that excels on small sets. For beyond 1:1 with APO discipline, third-party standouts shine: Laowa 50mm f/2.8 2× Ultra Macro APO delivers 2:1 with excellent longitudinal CA control and a long, silky manual throw perfect for focus stacking; the Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5–5× Ultra Macro brings microscope-like magnification with a slim barrel that fits inside diffusion cones for prongs, watch calibers, and PCB traces; creative “wide macro” belongs to the Laowa 15mm 1:1 Wide Angle Macro, which keeps lines straight and shows environment plus subject for habitat and product hero shots. Image priorities that make these the “best” on MFT are consistent: flat-field rendering so labels and edges stay honest, apochromatic or near-APO behavior to keep metals and speculars neutral, coatings that resist veiling flare under close softboxes and sun, snappy but quiet AF (or long manual throws) for micro-adjustments, sensible front threads for CPL/ND/diffusion and cross-polarization, and stabilization (IBIS + lens IS) that buys precious stops for ambient light or stacking alignment. Technique multiplies results—work around f/4–f/8 for peak acuity (stack rather than choking past ~f/11), use a focusing rail for parallax-safe stacks, cross-polarize (CPL on lens + polarizing gels on lights) to tame glare on gloss and enamel, feather large diffusers for broad gradients and add black flags for edge definition, and manage subject sway with wind blocks or short-duration flash; for insects, shoot early or shaded with gentle diffusion, and for video set a 1/50–1/125 shutter, favor lenses with quiet AF and modest breathing (the 90 PRO is excellent), and add a small slider for parallax. Practical kit recipes are simple: premium sealed spine—M.Zuiko 90/3.5 IS PRO for field + M.Zuiko 60/2.8 for everyday + Laowa 25mm 2.5–5× for extreme detail; compact/value—M.Zuiko 60/2.8 + Lumix 45/2.8 OIS for handhelds + M.Zuiko 30/3.5 for tabletop; wide-macro creativity—Laowa 15mm 1:1 with a dome/diffusion cone and the 60/2.8 as a clean tele-macro; jewelry/product—M.Zuiko 90/3.5 (or Laowa 50/2× APO) with cross-pol and a rail, backed by the 15mm 1:1 for context heroes. Whether you’re photographing butterflies at dawn, crafting glossy e-commerce sets, filming tactile food and beauty reels, or documenting clinical detail, the best Olympus macro lenses deliver magnification discipline, color fidelity, and ergonomic control that make tiny worlds look immaculate, dimensional, and intentionally lit straight out of camera.