Macro lens for D2X

brutus57 · May 17, 2005

What would be a good choice for a fixed focal length macro lens in combination with the D2X?

I was told the micro Nikor 60mm 2.8 does not perform very well with the digital camera's.
A better choice would be the new Sigma 105mm macro.
Anyone advice?

Charles Bandes · May 17, 2005

I couldn't be happier with my 60/2.8 micro-nikkor.

I'm not sure what your friends were talking about when they said it performed poorly. For me, it is ideal and a very strong performer on my D2x as well as my other dslrs.

I work with a ringflash for macro work, and the closer working distance helps . I wouldn't be able to work how I want to with a longer lens like the 105.

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MArcos Blois · May 17, 2005

I also have this lens, and it is really very good.

vernix · May 17, 2005

The 60mm is arguably the sharpest Nikkor made, according to many/most.
Do you have any idea who or why such a peculiar thing was alleged.

brutus57 said:
I was told the micro Nikor 60mm 2.8 does not perform very well with
the digital camera's.

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vernix · May 17, 2005

mt...min. text
That would indeed explain such an odd statement.
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still...
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gho · May 17, 2005

The 60mm f2,8 is one of the sharpest macro lenses I know of on digital.

Taken with the 60/2,8 on a D2h:

Gregory

brutus57 · May 17, 2005

The story was told by a salesman in the shop where I use to buy my equipment.

He mentioned that the Micro Nikor 60/2.8 was an older type of lens not optimized for use with a digital SLR.
I raised the question here because I was not sure what to believe.

vernix · May 17, 2005

He knows not of photographic things.

brutus57 said:
He mentioned that the Micro Nikor 60/2.8 was an older type of lens
not optimized for use with a digital SLR.
I raised the question here because I was not sure what to believe.

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still...
...when I look at all those stars I am struck by how insignificant they are.

Charles Bandes · May 17, 2005

Ok, he's right - it isn't a "digital lens" - but who cares? It is one of the finest macro lenses that has ever been made.

This guy was working on commission and had a vested interest in selling you something else. Go to a different shop and pick up the 60/2.8, you'll love it!

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Paul.R.Lindqvist · May 17, 2005

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tomoo1000 · May 17, 2005

Hi the 60mm nikkor isn't a bad lens, but I do not use mine that much and I definitely wouldn't choose it over my sigma 105 macro, personally I find the 180 sigma macro one of the best macro lenses I've ever had and I have had quite a few.

Phillip.

drinker-moth-caterpillar D2x sigma 105

garden-tigercaterpillar D2x sigma 105

fjp · May 17, 2005

vernix said:
Every advance in our knowledge of the cosmos has revealed that we
live on a cosmic speck of dust orbiting a mediocre sort of star in
the far suburbs in a common sort of galaxy, among a hundred billion
galaxies in the observable universe...

In other words, the universe was designed to produce the maximum number of habitable planets possible. Sounds like the Creator wants to see as much life as possible spring forth and that the likes of us is the purpose of the universe.

vernix said:
still...
...when I look at all those stars I am struck by how insignificant
they are.

That lacks a cosmic perspective.

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DPFranz · May 17, 2005

fjp said:
fjp said:

still...
...when I look at all those stars I am struck by how insignificant
they are.

Click to expand...

That lacks a cosmic perspective.

Only if you've swallowed "the opiate of the masses" and feel a need for a creation mythology. Order does not imply design, for me. I have a Darwin fish on my car.

Pray for me..I'm sure the flames (of both sorts) are coming.

Vernix, as I said before, yours is my favorite signature quote.

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Ed · May 17, 2005

I have the Nikon 105 and the 60.

Both work quite well with the D2X. The 60 is absolutely the sharpest lens I have ever used - close up.

Robin Casady · May 17, 2005

Of the lenses I have, the Micro 60mm 2.8 seems to be the sharpest. My other lenses are:
17-35 2.8
12-24 4
35-70 2.8
80-200 2.8 (old one ring model)

Here are some closeups of crazy lace agate with the 60 Micro. The first image is at 100% resolution and covers an area about 9mm wide. If it were printed at this res, it would make a print that is about 40 x 60".

The grain you see is actually in the stone.

This is a reduced version of the full frame:

The Micro 60mm is also good at distance. Here is a test shot.

Reduced to show full frame:

Cropped to show full resolution. This is without any processing:

Robin
http://www.robincasady.com

tynman · May 17, 2005

Someone mentioned it isn't a digital lens. Does anyone know what this meant? Obviously, all lenses are inherently analog. On the surface, it would seem that all of the qualities one looks for in a lens design would be equally significant for both film and digital sensors.
...Ben

gho · May 17, 2005

You have very pretty eyelashes!

Gregory

LarryK · May 17, 2005

brutus57 said:
The story was told by a salesman in the shop where I use to buy my equipment.

Well then,

the question is, what was he trying to sell you? There are no dedicated Macros specifically designed for digital that I know of.

Despite that, Micro Nikkors and other Macro lenses typically rank among the sharpest on digital slrs.

You'll rarely catch a good salesman in a lie, or substituting an unsubstantiated opinion for fact.

Larry

Paul.R.Lindqvist · May 17, 2005

Probebly just that it isnt a Dx lens, wich means its better buildt and will work with ff Nikon bodies in the future

Kindest
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Paul.R.Lindqvist · May 17, 2005

Okay now you made me blush

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