Just bought new Nikon 60 AFS 2.8 Micro Nano Lens

I just bought the new 60 micro lens. I could've bought the 105 with VR, but I want more depth of field and a smaller size.

I bought it at http://www.berger-bros.com -- I really love this store and the people are fantastic. Also, the prices are among the best.
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Nikon D3, Nikon D300, Nikon Lenses 10.5, 14-24, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 VR, 60 2.8 AF-S Micro, 85 1.4 Other brands: Zeiss 50 1.4, Nikon TC-17E II 1.7x,Three SB800's, Canon G-9 & Underwater housing, Two Quantum 5d-r's, & More.

So nuke us with some samples than!!!

From what I've seen so far, an awesome lens.

But, DOF will be nearly the same, concerning the main subject you focus on, when using the same reproduction scale. Remember: With an wider angle, DOF increases as long as you don't change your position. But if you want e.g. a flower to fill the whole frame as it did before when you used a longer focal lenght, with the wider lens you have to get nearer the subject. This decreases DOF again. That's why all macro shooters often say, that a longer lens just increases working distance. Also, that's why in sport events, the main subject is still completely sharp although taken with a very long tele lens.

What changes, is the perspective. You can include more background when using a wider macro lens even when the main subject in the foreground fills the whole frame again by changing position. This is due to the broader viewing angle. The background then seems sharper because of less tele compression effect, or to say: because the blur circles aren't that much magnified in relation to the frame size (due to angle of view, again).

A bit complicated, but I hope I could clear up some things. Taken precisely, the physical formulas aren't really linear. But if you don't get into the extreme wide angles, the generalizations are a very good rule of thumb.

Greetz
Chris

Hi,

I have just a tech question for you over which I have been wondering for a while.

If I take a compact camera set to a let's say 100mm "35mm equivalent" so to an effective 20mm, and I compare it to a 100mm "35mm equivalent" over a DSLR (effective 66mm), will I get the same tele compression effect of a 66mm or a 20mm lens?

Thanks

Hi,

It's best explained here:

http://www.dofmaster.com/dof_dslr.html

The effect will just be stronger when comparing Digital DSLR to compact instead of 35mm to Digital DSLR.

Greetz
Chris

Maybe I didn't express things clearly. If you have a subject like a flower in a field, and you want to see the other flowers in the background, then the other flowers will be more recognizable at a given aperture with same subject magnification with the 60mm than with the 105mm. I tested this in the store. Of course if you want to isolate your subject more then go 105.

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Nikon D3, Nikon D300, Nikon Lenses 10.5, 14-24, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 VR, 60 2.8 AF-S Micro, 85 1.4 Other brands: Zeiss 50 1.4, Nikon TC-17E II 1.7x,Three SB800's, Canon G-9 & Underwater housing, Two Quantum 5d-r's, & More.

if using it as portrait lens, is the bokeh good?

I was more refferring to the lens sompression rather than the DOF.

I was wondering if a compact camera at 100mm has the same lens compression of a DSRL at 100mm.

Dan Wagner said:

I just bought the new 60 micro lens. I could've bought the 105 with
VR, but I want more depth of field and a smaller size.

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Can understand the latter, but on the former, you're out of luck. You're not going to get what you want (same composition with both lenses assumed).

BG

S A M P L E S please?

mine just got shipped.. should get it in 3 days