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The 105mm is a lovely lens and optically, sharp as a tack.....and it may do exactly what you want.
It was just that Nikon themselves said VR wasn't as 'surefooted' the closer you get to the subject. In fairness I didn't test its performance that close. I just felt a bit duped by Nikon... as if they only added VR because of the lens weight. And it may well be a perfectly acceptable addition when feet away from the subject.
The lens was chunkier than I expected and having paid extra for VR, when my non VR 60mm worked perfectly without it ( being compact and lightweight), I ended up returning it. Hopefully it will work for you.
So far, I am more than impressed. I'm still waiting for my -2.0 correction lens for the viewfinder, so I will wait until I have tried that until I comment further. I have also downloaded the Nikon handbook for the lens, and edited out the non-Engish bits which makes it alot smaller
I don't know if you have tried the Tamron 90mm SP with all the buzzers and bells. The IS is supposed to work through the whole range. I mentioned to Park Cameras that I might want to swap the Nikkor for the Tamron, but I may buy the Tamron and do a back to back "evaluation" and return whichever lens fails the Tests.Last edited on Fri Aug 8th, 2025 16:48 by