Olympus 45mm f1.8 or 60mmf2.8 Macro

This question has been a hot topic for many m4/3 users. Can the new Olympus 60mm f2.8 macro replace the 45mm f1.8?

My answer is yes if you are mainly using it for outdoors(street photography or portraits) and love macro.

A big no if you are shooting in low light and hates to use high iso setting.

I recently used it the 60mm and the 45mm for my church Baptism service. When open wide, both lenses are very sharp. The 45mm gave a better bokeh and great working distance. The real winner is the f1.8. For the same lighting, I can use ISO1000 or ISO1250 without flash and speed can reached up to1/125s , great for action shots. For the 60mmf2.8, the same speed required ISO2000 and above.

However as OM-D has a better ISO performance, doing a ISO 2000 in low light is still acceptable.
But my conclusion is that 60mm and 45mm are gems on it's own. Replacing each other is tough.
For this event with low light, I prefer the 45mm much more. The choice is yours.

1) 45 mm f1.8 (with it's fast AF, this split second moment was capture.

 2) 60mm f2.8 (great for distanced shot)

 3) 45mm f1.8 ISO1250 1/125s ..capturing the action

 4) 45mm f1.8. lovely bokeh.

 5) 60mmf2.8 (very sharp lens, bokeh, I prefer the 45mm. See below)

 6) 45mm- brillant low lens gathering lens

7) 60mm f2.8, nice tight shot

8) 45mmf1.8, the combination of sharpness and bokeh.