Personally, for now, I can live with a poor seeming build more than
I am willing to pay a high price right for a nikon macro lens. I
am still starting out and already purchased a high priced zoom and
wide angle lens. The Vivitar 100's reputation for good pix and
high value covers what I need in a macro lens for my D100 right
now. I’m not saying the Vivitar will live in my kit for a long
time, it may be replaced by the infamous Nikon 60mm macro lens,
although I am not necessarly sure at this point if that will equate
to better quality pictures.
My pesonal experience this past week with this lens are as follows:
- It focuses pretty slowly in comparison to Nikon lenses
- Makes a slight clunking sound at the extreme point of focus
- Image quality to me is very good
- At least the mount is metal
- Without the 1:1 adapter, focuses from
10" to infinity
- With the adapater, focuses from
4" to much less than infinity
- To me photo's are sharp and are more than enough for me at my
point in learning
Here are a couple out of box pictures taken with my crappy point
and shoot digi:
adapter on left:
no adapter:
adapter:
If I had to do it all over again I would buy this lens again. . . .
So, after playing around with this lens, what did you think? It
seems like a bargin at $140, especially compared to the Nikon 60mm
Macro at $330 (which is high on my list of upcoming purchases). I
guess I worry about the 'you get what you pay for' thing -
especially when it comes to lenses.
Thanks,
Steve
