Macro lens for D2X

[Danamc]

I recently switched from the Nikkor 105 to the 60mm only because of working distance issues when I starting using the D70 at work.

I work with a ringflash and find a greater depth of field with the 60mm at f/32 than that of the 105. Overall both are wonderful lenses whether you're shooring 35mm or 1.5X. So go young man, and pick either one up.

As far as the sharpest of the Nikkors, IMHO it has to be my 85 F1.4.

Dana

 

[LarryK]

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

Last time I checked, the visible spectrum was analog despite the latest marketing hype. Sounds a bit like "Digital" Speakers to me.

Larry

 

[gho]

Someone mentioned it isn't a digital lens. Does anyone know what
this meant?

DX, "digital," lenses is Nikon's crock way of saying they don't use as much glass to make it because of the smaller 1.5x crop circle - i.e., you won't be able to use the "digital" lense on a full framed camera, digital or not.

For more info check out this link under "DX Lenses" at the bottom of the page:
http://www.ximinasphotography.com/lessons/lesson02/equipment_3.html

Roll your mouse over the image on that page to compare a DX frame to a full frame.

Gregory

 

[sobenikonlover]

I have the 60mm and the 200mm. I'm no lens expert, but I can tell you that the 200 is one of the sharpest lenses Nikon makes. The 60mm is tack sharp up to 8ft, but get's a little soft after that. The 200 is sharp all the way through. Ron Resnick's site is the one that convinced me to get the 200 as apposed to the 105:

http://www.digital-images.net/Lenses/lenses.html

Hope that helps!

Steve
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[Paul.R.Lindqvist]

He probebly refers to the dg series of Sigma.

http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3252&navigator=5

Personally i dont need a macro lens to be light, i rather have it heavy and a better build quality. (since i will use a tripod most of the time anyway)

Kindest
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Paul L.

 

[lexkleren]

I don't have the 60mm macro, neither the D2X, but the 105 micro nikkor is one of my favourite lenses, also for portraits, even for sports

Lex

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?

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[LarryK]

He probebly refers to the dg series of Sigma.

Personally i dont need a macro lens to be light, i rather have it heavy and a better build quality. (since i > will use a tripod most of the time anyway)
Kindest
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Regards
Paul L.

Hey Paul,

I forgot about those pesky third party guys, but smaller and lighter are not qualities I embrace in a macro lens, either.

I doubt the sigma 50 and 105 DG series will cast any shadow on their respective Nikon competition.

Larry

 

[Seawolf]

hi
the 60 micro is a very sharp lens it will be good also whit a wonderfull 2dx
look at this very small spider the pic was made whit a d70
regards

Giorgio

http://www.nital.it/forum/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=16484

 

[Paul.R.Lindqvist]

Yea from what iv gathered the 60mm will outperform the sigma 50mm macro (not saying the 50mm macro aint a good lens)

I had the 150/2,8 ex and the 180/3,5 ex sigma , but returned them cause they bf on both my d70 and my d2x (Nikon dont adjust sigma lenses) so i bought the 60mm/2,8 micro with a mc-30. must say im really impressed by the sharpness. Will probebly get a tele macro later on, the 70-180/ micro looks like a useful lens.

Kindest
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Paul L.

 

[NikonJapan777]

it also makes a good protrait lens!!

 

[jb_va2001]

Find a new salesman. nt

 

[Ed]

Exactly what I was about to reply. That is ALL they mean by "digital."

If anything lenses designed for FF are probably that much better for digital because we are using the center of the image. So far as I know, lenses tend to be sharper, etc. in the center, with problems more likely at the edges.

Someone mentioned it isn't a digital lens. Does anyone know what
this meant?

DX, "digital," lenses is Nikon's crock way of saying they don't use
as much glass to make it because of the smaller 1.5x crop circle -
i.e., you won't be able to use the "digital" lense on a full framed
camera, digital or not.

For more info check out this link under "DX Lenses" at the bottom
of the page:
http://www.ximinasphotography.com/lessons/lesson02/equipment_3.html

Roll your mouse over the image on that page to compare a DX frame
to a full frame.

Gregory

 

[Ed]

I wouldn't mind having the 200. So you say it is sharp all the way to infinity? If that is the case I may be doomed.

I have the 60mm and the 200mm. I'm no lens expert, but I can tell
you that the 200 is one of the sharpest lenses Nikon makes. The
60mm is tack sharp up to 8ft, but get's a little soft after that.
The 200 is sharp all the way through. Ron Resnick's site is the
one that convinced me to get the 200 as apposed to the 105:

http://www.digital-images.net/Lenses/lenses.html

Hope that helps!

Steve
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http://www.DigitalTerrain.info
DPR supporter
I'm an 'also ran', so be nice! )

 

[LarryK]

had the 150/2,8 ex and the 180/3,5 ex sigma , but returned them cause they bf on both my d70 and my d2x (Nikon dont adjust sigma lenses) so i bought the 60mm/2,8 micro with a mc-30. must say im really impressed by the sharpness. Will probebly get a tele macro later on, the 70-180/ micro looks like a useful lens.

Usually the sharpness is good, although not always out to the edges, but I rarely see color and contrast as good on the third party stuff.

The 70-180 is really useful if you have to shoot a lot of small things quickly, I love mine, gotta take it in sometime, the zooming is a little stiff, and it's not loosening with age.

Hope you can find one, they've been discontinued for a while now.

Larry

 

[AdamAufdencamp]

Click on the "original" for a full size jpg.



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[AdamAufdencamp]

http://www.pbase.com/adamaufdencamp/image/43526416/original

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[sobenikonlover]

That's my experience, but it's gotten limited use from me at longer distances, I have however, seen some AMAZING pics in this forum from a person or two using it as a "normal" lens. However, for every lens I've bought that Ron Resnick has reviewed, I have found his reviews to be very accurate and honest.

Steve
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[fjp]

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

That lacks a cosmic perspective.

Only if you've swallowed "the opiate of the masses"

Not true at all.

and feel a need
for a creation mythology. Order does not imply design, for me. I
have a Darwin fish on my car.

I had a Darwin fish on my car until some fundamentalist ripped it off and my paint with it. Real Christ-like. I promptly put another one on. The god of monotheism doesn't even make sense. On that we probably agree. I didn't say what the "Creator" was. I left it undefined. If there is design, it is far more subtle than creationists and the ID (Intelligent Design) people can possibly imagine.

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

Sorry, I don't do that, and certainly don't believe flames await anyone.

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

I just found it rather naive. No offense. I find all religious positions naive, even anti-religious ones.

--
FJP, Software Engineer

 

[Albert C. Lee]

One of the sharpest lenses in my arsenal (in good company with the 50 1.8 and 85 1.4).

http://photos.leesoft.com/photos.cgi?cache=yes&album=misc/omega&res=1024&image=Omega3520.50.jpg

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[NikonJapan777]

me tooooo with a similar shot

http://www.deviantart.com/view/16450753/