Macro lens suggestions, please
Mar 14, 2019 21:57:52 #
Bobspez wrote:
Macro lenses tend to make flowers look unreal. A small bud winds up looking like a giant orchid. Also, the very shallow depth of field will only capture a portion of the flower, leaving everything else blurry. Macro lenses are best suited for objects less than 1/2 inch across and with a relatively flat focal plane like coins or jewelry or small insects.
That’s what focus stacking is for.
Mar 14, 2019 22:02:33 #
Be sure whatever you get is a true macro, with 1:1 magnification ( 1.0x Reproduction Ratio). I like the Nikon AFS 105mm VR f/2.8 G IF-ED Micro lens....a Full Frame Internal Focusing telephoto macro lens which can serve as both a great macro image maker, and a great portrait shooter.
Mar 14, 2019 22:03:32 #
When the dust clears research the Tokina 100mm. Also an excellent portrait lens.
Mar 14, 2019 22:06:16 #
Plan on using a tripod, and ring flash, with whatever lens you choose....especially if it is a shorter focal length such as the 40mm, or 60mm Nikons.
Mar 14, 2019 22:08:10 #
Bobspez wrote:
Also, the very shallow depth of field will only capture a portion of the flower, leaving everything else blurry.
This is where ARTISTRY comes in .....
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Mar 14, 2019 22:33:48 #
I just got the Nikon 105 f 2.8. Great lens. I also have the Nikon 40mm. It works good with coins and such but I like the extra working distance that I get with the 105. And the 105 has VR- the Nikon version of vibration reduction. And you can use it as a carry around short telephoto. I like it a lot.
Mar 14, 2019 23:41:06 #
kpmac wrote:
When the dust clears research the Tokina 100mm. Also an excellent portrait lens.
The OP has a Nikon D5500. I believe that, to autofocus, that camera needs lenses with built-in autofocus motors. I here good things about the Tokina 100mm but I don't think it has a motor.
Not having autofocus may not be a problem for macro but it would be nice to have it for other types of shooting.
Mar 15, 2019 01:39:18 #
Mar 15, 2019 04:26:42 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
ELNikkor wrote:
The Nikon 40mm DX is made for that camera, is not that expensive, is very sharp. It also does not have such a shallow depth of focus as the 90mm.
Depth of focus, or depth of field? At the same reproduction ratio and aperture, depth of field with a 40mm lens will be the same as with a 90mm lens, or any other focal length.
Mar 15, 2019 04:42:03 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
Bobspez wrote:
Macro lenses tend to make flowers look unreal. A small bud winds up looking like a giant orchid.
At the same magnification a macro lens lens won’t make a small bud look any different than a non-macro lens.
Mar 15, 2019 04:48:54 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
Deanie1113 wrote:
I would like to start taking close up pictures of flowers. I mean super-close up. I have a Nikon D5500 and would like suggestions on what lens to purchase. I think I need VR and do not want to use a tripod. Manual focusing is fine. I'm thinking of purchasing the Nikon 100mm or the 90 mm Tamron with VC. Anyone have any good recommendations? Thank you!
If you opt for VR, be sure to check its effective distance range.
Mar 15, 2019 06:28:56 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Deanie1113 wrote:
I would like to start taking close up pictures of flowers. I mean super-close up. I have a Nikon D5500 and would like suggestions on what lens to purchase. I think I need VR and do not want to use a tripod. Manual focusing is fine. I'm thinking of purchasing the Nikon 100mm or the 90 mm Tamron with VC. Anyone have any good recommendations? Thank you!
There is no better macro lens IMHO than the Nikon 105 macro. The following shot of a ORB Weaver is not the best but what the heck, there it is. Macro is has never been my strong suit.
Mar 15, 2019 06:38:26 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Nikon 105 Micro Nikkor or 200MM Micro Nikkor depending upon your budget
Mar 15, 2019 06:45:25 #
Deanie1113 wrote:
I would like to start taking close up pictures of flowers. I mean super-close up. I have a Nikon D5500 and would like suggestions on what lens to purchase. I think I need VR and do not want to use a tripod. Manual focusing is fine. I'm thinking of purchasing the Nikon 100mm or the 90 mm Tamron with VC. Anyone have any good recommendations? Thank you!
I have had the 90mm Tamron for about a year now. The pictures from it are some of my best sellers, and at this point in my life, selling my Photographic Art is all I do. Here is a small collection of some of my most popular macro sellers, raindrops on flowers and cactus thorns and flowers—popular with the folks in all the various plant societies (Cactus & Succulent, Begonia, Horticultural, Fern, Caudiciforms, etc., etc., etc.).
These all are hand-held pictures. I'm been in photography since 1966, and I just don't like tripods and monopods, so a fairly fast lens that is easy to focus is important to me.
Mar 15, 2019 06:46:25 #
Deanie1113 wrote:
I would like to start taking close up pictures of flowers. I mean super-close up. I have a Nikon D5500 and would like suggestions on what lens to purchase. I think I need VR and do not want to use a tripod. Manual focusing is fine. I'm thinking of purchasing the Nikon 100mm or the 90 mm Tamron with VC. Anyone have any good recommendations? Thank you!
The Tokina 100mm f/2.8 is pretty good.
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