I know that I am a Newbie, but I can't help but notice that there seems to be an attitude amongst some that AP and WDC has a slant against Oly products. To make my position clear I only own a E-500 with the 14-45 lens + 70-300 Oly plus various accessories (IR Remote + Filters etc).I am committed to 4/3rds for better or worse. I am conviced that when Oly committed to 4/3rds they knew what they were doing, so do you, or you wouldn't be reading this thread. Having read AP 28/6/08 and specifcally Geoffrey Crawley's analysis of 4 Macro Lenses including the 50mm F:2 from Oly, the Nikkor 60mm came out on top with 93% and the Canon 60mm, Sigma 70mm and Oly 50mm at 91%. However, Geoffrey was to comment that "Image sharpness surely aided by Olympus's declred in camera processing, was exceptional...". I don't care whether my images are "exceptional" because of in camera processing or not, just that they are. The reason that the Nikkor won in the % stakes is entirely reasonable, the Nikkor goes to 1:1 whereas the Oly is only 1:2, in an Macro comparison,this is is definitive. What this shows is that Oly kit can hold it's head in the highest of levels, and that as users we should say that in the Macro test,as in any other, did the Oly product come joint second or joint last?