This is one of my favorite manual focus lenses. The lens is very sharp and the focal length is just right for getting closeup shots of even the smallest things (flowers, insects, anything). The lens is great for macro and non-macro shots and thus becomes the only lens I need for mid-telephoto applications. The build quality is second to none.
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These lenses are some of Nikon's best and you can't beat the price. I've shot Nikon since 2005 and these are by far the sharpest and most color-accurate lenses they make. Only down side is manual focus but if you're shooting in the studio it doesn't matter. Full metal construction and more durable and well built than most of Nikon's lenses. Can't recommend these enough.
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This lens is the best value with excellent quality build and image quality in my opinion if you can find one in excellent or better condition for under $200.00 with extension tube. You will need to get the 52.5mm extension tube to get 1 to 1 life size images with this lens.
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This lens is sharper than a 12 meg sensor can capture, and it is easy to focus well. There are plenty of detailed reviews available for this lens online, but I will share a couple of observations after using it on an older D700 for a while. Using this lens on a modern camera means that you have to use manually-set aperture settings (which are done, conveniently, on the lens itself in the old way), but if you are serious enough about photography to consider buying a lens like this one, that should be no big deal (you should be picking specific apertures anyway, and the aperture ring makes it easy to do that). You can let the camera pick the exposure or use the camera's manual controls for that. (And on most cameras these days, you can let the camera pick an appropriate ISO, so you can still focus-then-point-and-shoot with fixed A-S settings if that's your bag.) Something that might annoy some people is the fact that the manual lens settings controls in (most? all?) Nikon DSLRs don't include the lens name or model (or focus, perhaps obviously), and it annoyed me for about a minute, but I wrote an AppleScript that uses exiftool command lines to fill most of that in later and am happy with the results. I have attached some of the test shots I took took right after receiving the lens.Read full review
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Nikkor AIS lenses are made in Japan. 105 f2.8 micro especially good I prefer the older manual focus ..seem to be built more solid
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On a crop sensor, you can get close to a true macro with this lens. This lens is manual focus, but for macro you'll likely need to manual focus anyways. Works great as a telephoto as well.
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Surely one of the best manual focus Nikkors ever made. If you can find one in excellent condition with its supplied HS-8 lens hood and accessory PN-11 extension tube, grab it quickly. It will not disappoint. With VR and AF being rather redundant in the macro field, carrying the extra bulk this adds to the AF-S 105mm f/2.8 VR is a bit pointless when this much less bulky lens is more than up to the task of taking photographs every bit as good in image quality as the newer AF lens. As with all older AI-s lenses, check that the focus is not stiff and that the aperture snaps instantly. If all that's needed is a relube of the focus gears, it's well worth the moderate service charge that this will incur in order to become the owner of one of these fine lenses.
An all mechanical lens straight from the 80s, you focus and set the aperture yourself. Take your time, adjust everything right, the shallow depth of field is not forgiving, but once you nail it, wow!! The results are stunning from macro work to fine portraits.Worthy addition to a set.
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Lens does every thing well and it makes you slow down and think more about composition. Lens also feels solid and not cheap or plastic feeling. Going to enjoy my new journey into the "macro" world. Good purchase for the money spent.
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