Nikkor macro lens: I just got the Nikon D800. Would you please help me find a good macro lens. I have read good reports on the Nikkor 105 but I also noticed that this lens in made in...

AMD Loc: Houston,TX

I just got the Nikon D800. Would you please help me find a good macro lens. I have read good reports on the Nikkor 105 but I also noticed that this lens in made in China. Can this lens be still reliable ? Thank you.
I have the Nikkor 14-24, 24-70 and 80-200 f 2.8 .

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Ugly HedgeHog has a forum dedicated to strictly macro-photography at
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-102-1.html . One of the threads is all about macro equipment set-ups. Several of us use Nikkor 105-mm macro lenses, which have been considered standards of the industry for decades.

Subscribe to True Macro-Photography Forum here:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/section_list.jsp

Arki Loc: Vancouver, B.C.

Nikon 105mm macro, the one very nice with my d90.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

[quote=AMD]....... I have read good reports on the Nikkor 105 but I also noticed that this lens in made in China. Can this lens be still reliable ?
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Yes.

brianjdavies Loc: Gloucester

I use the Micro Nikkor AF-S 105mm f2.8 lens, and I'm not sure it can be held up as a standard anymore. It's ok, but not tack sharp (I may have a less than perfect example). It doesn't seem as good as my ancient AI 55 mm. The Tamron 90 mm or Sigma 105 may be worth a look.

Red Rose

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

brianjdavies wrote:

I use the Micro Nikkor AF-S 105mm f2.8 lens, and I'm not sure it can be held up as a standard anymore. It's ok, but not tack sharp (I may have a less than perfect example). It doesn't seem as good as my ancient AI 55 mm. The Tamron 90 mm or Sigma 105 may be worth a look.

Your photo of a full rose flower is a close-up, NOT a macro. That soft image can be taken just as poorly with nearly any prime lens on the market.

Your inability to properly use a macro lens is hardly a valid reason to bad-mouth the Nikkor 105-mm.
Posted within the True Macro-Photography Forum, are scores of properly focused, true macro photographs taken with both Nikkor 105D and Nikkor 105G. Many of them are mine.

ohallboyz Loc: Boston, MA

So I can understand better because I love macro photography....what is the difference between a close up shot and a macro shot, if it is shot with a macro lens??

madcapmagishion

AMD wrote:

I also noticed that this lens in made in China. Can this lens be still reliable ? Thank you.

It's still a Nikkor Lens, made by Nikkor and has to meet Nikkor standards.

AMD wrote:

I have the Nikkor 14-24, 24-70 and 80-200 f 2.8 .

Maybe also made in China. :mrgreen:

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Have both the 105 and Nikon's 60mm. Use interchangeably depending upon the FOV I want and how close - 60mm gets closer. 105 lets me work a little farther away from the object than the 60. That all said, to my ameture eye, they are both great lenses

brianjdavies Loc: Gloucester

Nikonian72 wrote:

quote=brianjdavies I use the Micro Nikkor AF-S 10... (show quote)

ebaribeault Loc: Baltimore

I have both the Nikor 105 and 60mm macro lenses both are great lenses. I highly reccommend the 105 macro

AMD Loc: Houston,TX

If you have these lenses you can see the printing on the neck : "Made in Japan".
I presume whatever the origin of the construction, the quality of the lens should have all the qualification required by Nikon. Would you buy a D800 made in China ?

AMD Loc: Houston,TX

Thak you for the recommendation.

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

AMD wrote:

If you have these lenses you can see the printing on the neck : "Made in Japan".
I presume whatever the origin of the construction, the quality of the lens should have all the qualification required by Nikon. Would you buy a D800 made in China ?

No telling how many parts in your D800 are made in china not very many things can be bought now days that do not have a connection with China. Not all things made in China are bad I have Chinese made items that have lasted much longer than the American made equivalent.

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

AMD wrote:

I just got the Nikon D800. Would you please help me find a good macro lens. I have read good reports on the Nikkor 105 but I also noticed that this lens in made in China. Can this lens be still reliable ? Thank you.
I have the Nikkor 14-24, 24-70 and 80-200 f 2.8 .

I have the 105 and the 60 macro lenses. These are great lenses. If you use a tripod when you do your shooting you will get stellar results with either of these lenses. People swear that they can hand hold a camera and do macro photography but this is a huge problem, mount your camera on a tripod and do it right.