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Nikon is right. It's micro not macro

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Aristoc

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Nikon is right. It's micro not macro

Aug 5, 2010

Nikon is right in calling their lenses micro and not macro . Macro means the large picture, like macro economics. On the other hand micro refers to something smaller in scope.

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Nikon is right. It's micro not macro	Aristoc	Aug 5, 2010
Re: Nikon is right. It's micro not macro	Sagittarius	Aug 5, 2010
IMHO, "macro"...	JP Scherrer	Aug 12, 2010
I think the OP is sure...	Erciro	Aug 13, 2010
Straight from the horse's mouth!	JoKing	Aug 5, 2010
Re: Straight from the horse's mouth!	Nick Wong	Aug 12, 2010
Re: Straight from the horse's mouth!	CHollowell	Aug 12, 2010
Re: Straight from the horse's mouth!	BjoernL	Aug 12, 2010
Re: Kodak produce the first "macro" bible in 1977.	Leonard Shepherd	Aug 12, 2010
...errrrr.....	JP Scherrer	Aug 12, 2010
Re: ...errrrr.....	JoKing	Aug 12, 2010
Re: ...errrrr.....	Leonard Shepherd	Aug 12, 2010
Re: ...errrrr.....	JoKing	Aug 12, 2010
Re: ...errrrr.....	Leonard Shepherd	Aug 12, 2010
@ Leonard !	JP Scherrer	Aug 13, 2010
Re: Kodak produce the first "macro" bible in 1977.	degsy_safc	Aug 12, 2010
Re: Straight from the horse's mouth!	Windancer	Aug 12, 2010
Should be photoMACROgraphy instead of MACROphotography n/t	KVirtanen	Aug 13, 2010

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