The 35-80 is extremely good in macro - and it does the macro range at 80mm. So much so that this lens was the only one I needed for 10 years with the OM2s - eventually I bought a Zuiko 85mm f/2 to shoot daughter's musicals.
I really didn't
need a 52bb, and maybe should have the 90 in auto focus. Yes, it probably is a smidge better at its speciality.
I haven't used the 35-80 with the 2x, or at least I don't recall having done so. I also have the dedicated extension tube... which can be shoehorned on other adaptall lenses, but with the problem that the max aperture slot is fixed at f/2.5.
Last edited by Nesster; 05-22-2009 at 08:11 AM.