Dorr 60mm F2.8 2:1 Super Macro Lens for Sony E

The Dorr 60mm F2.8 Super Macro is a manual focus macro lens for Sony E cameras that focuses close enough to show your subject at twice life size. It is a simple, well built way into real macro photography, whether that is insects in the garden, the texture of a leaf, or small product shots on the kitchen table.

Twice life size at 18cm

Most macro lenses stop at 1:1. This one goes to 2:1, so a 10mm beetle fills 20mm of the sensor, enough to show the hairs on a bee’s leg or the scales on a butterfly wing. Closest focus is 18cm, measured from the sensor, which leaves only a few centimetres between the front of the lens and your subject at full magnification. Soft, even light helps a lot at this distance.

Manual focus made for close work

At 2:1 the depth of field is very thin, and autofocus often hunts. The Dorr uses a large, smooth focus ring instead. Many macro photographers set the focus ring and then rock gently forwards and backwards until the detail they want snaps into focus. Sony’s focus peaking and magnified view make this much easier.

On a Sony E camera

On APS-C bodies such as the a6400, a6700 and ZV-E10 the lens gives a 90mm equivalent view, a comfortable focal length for portraits as well as close-ups. The lens has no electronic contacts, so set Release without Lens to Enable in the camera menu before you start, and set the aperture on the lens.

Metal build and 62mm filters

The optics are 9 elements in 7 groups with multicoating to control flare. The barrel is metal, the lens weighs 440g and it takes 62mm filters, so a polariser screws straight on. A drawstring pouch is included.

Other mounts

The same lens is made for Fujifilm X, Micro Four Thirds, Nikon F and Canon EF. You can see all five together in our Dorr 60mm macro lens range.