The Canon ones (although quite good) are the only ones availaible in 77mm and 72mm. In the case of the diopters, there's no lemons. I find the Nikon DG-2 eyepiece magnifier, for example, to be a little lump of crud and a waste of $50. Anyone (Canon, Nikon, Leica, etc) can have a lemon or two in their lineup. but it's nikon and I feel pretty safe with them. Magnification than the 500D? Then why is it half the price? If it He said they ranĪround $40-50? Someone else told me that the 500D went for about Mentioned the Nikon diopters, the 5T and 6T. I live for the small things in life, they keep my camera nice.Any thoughts?įlorida highschool student, aspiring photographer I understand teh 6T has more magnification than the 500D? Then why is it half the price? If it was another companies product. He said they ran around $40-50? Someone else told me that the 500D went for about $115? Why such a differnce. someone mentioned the Nikon diopters, the 5T and 6T. From the pictures I've seen from you guys with the 70-300, etc, it looks like a winning combination. I really don't have the money for a new lens right now and probably wont for a few monthes. Now that I know the diopters are avaliable (never even knew there were such things) I can almost switch my mind to those instead of a macro lens. The Nikkor 28-105 is a great little lens and will focus ultra close (macro switch) for only $300-350 new A good alternative to buying a dedicated macro lens. (Nikon does not make something similar in large enough thread sizes.)Īnd you can see some shots with it in my recent thread:Īnd Duncan also posted examples taken with this in the last few days. Ping, have you seen (several) threads recently about the Canon (yes) 500D close-up filter? It works very well and you could get one to use on your 70-300, so you'd have your zoom and it only costs about $115. Maybe are there any older nikon macro lenses that are known to be Lens for at least a few monthes so I have awhile to think about it. Are the 60mmĢ.8 and 105's also on the high side? I probably wont be getting a The 70-180 but i'm guessing that's kinda expensive. Of a fixed macro/micro lens think about it? Doesn't the not havingĪ zoom annoy you? I did see one zoom micro lens on nikons site. Get closer to them but wouldn't it be a hassle? What do the owners I know this is a little different with macros, since you can It shortens the spectrum of pictures you can The fixed 180 2.8 and iv'e tried it a couple times. Having a fixed lens doesn't settle too well with me. I want to stay within nikon and the micro lenses i've seen are Not to mention, since you would be buying ot for Macro, anything else is gravyĪs for cheap, the Tamron was ~$400 U.S. It forces you to find new ways to frame subjects, so you get some great pictures you never would have thought of. Using the lens for portraits is not so bad either. At Macro distances, moving closer and further from the subject is a lot easier than a zoom. I own a D50 and an older version of this lens and use them often.I have the Tamron 90mm 2.8 (Fixed), and for Macro, I really don't see any reason you would need a zoom. The camera takes great pictures today and always will.) (By outdated, I mean that there will be better cameras available. It costs more than the D40, but so what? With camera technology advancing so fast these days, the camera will be outdated before the lens. It will auto-focus with your camera and at 105mm provides reasonable working distance. But since the question was what is the best macro lens, my vote is for the 105mm AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor. The kit lens that comes with the D40 is really a pretty good lens. My first inclination is to suggest that you work within the capabilities of the lens you have. Most of the time you'll be shooting a much larger image.Īnd while full macro may require manual focus - otherwise the lens may hunt for proper focus - auto-focus is going to be useful when you make that lens do double duty for other shooting situations. Keep in mind too that macro lenses can pull double duty as they make excellent portrait lenses as well.īut how often are you going to go for a full macro shot in your tank? At 1:1 the long dimension on the sensor is less than an inch. Well, in all honestly most likely with a macro you are going to use it in MF anyways.Ī macro or micro as Nikon likes to call it, is a lens that allows 1:1 magnification, meaning the image on the sensor is the same size as the object being photographed.
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