It’s a good buy at the price and delivers great image quality but it’s better for general shooting than for macro photography.
The DX format 40mm Micro is wonderfully compact and lightweight. The focal length is a little on the long side for ‘standard prime’, equating to 60mm in full-frame terms, whereas the aperture rating is comparatively pedestrian.
As with the Z-mount micro lens on test, macro shooting can be tricky as the inner barrel extends at shorter focus distances, giving a working distance between the front of the lens and the subject of just 3.5cm in full macro mode.