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| Posted: Thu Feb 13th, 2020 11:49 |
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jk
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Well done. Hope that it works well for you.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14th, 2020 11:52 |
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Robert
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I'm sorry I haven't responded sooner but I am suffering with some grit in my eye, one of the penalties of living so close to the shore, the air is full of sand and salt, driven by the strong winds directly off the estuary, my eyes are bleary with watering, I can scarecly read the text on the screen. While AF lenses *can* be used as MF, it's not a delightful or enjoyable experience, the focus rings on AF lenses tend to be an afterthought, are frequently stiff or seixed and feel awful, whereas the purpose designed MF lenses are usually a delight to focus wit nice feel and a good grip, like the older 'hill and dale' lenses, a joy to use by comparison and lack the undesirable zoom factor of the modern micro lenses. I hope you like the 105mm Micro Nikkor f/2.8 which is a really good lens, perfect for flutterbyes, dragonflies and other skittish creatures, I believe the bokeh is every bit as good as the f/4.0 which I have. The Nikkor 105mm f2.5 is a wonderful lens one of the first I acquired when I started to expand my collection beyond the basic, mine is also modified from pre Ai by a bit of filing, its's a prefect portrait lens, really sharp yet lovely bokeh and a responsive depth of focus deep enough yet with a gradual fall off, unlike the superb and very expensive 85mm f/1.4 which I believe is a very difficult lens to use occasionally.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14th, 2020 13:05 |
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chrisbet
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Well I have also acquired a lens hood for it and a set of two extension rings, a 21mm & a 31mm which will give me 52mm , much the same as the PN11 and at 20% of the cost!
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14th, 2020 13:32 |
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jk
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I think you should be well set up. Circadas in Italy photos?
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14th, 2020 13:38 |
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Robert
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The PN11's main claim to fame, or most useful feature, is that it has a tripod mount base. The micro Nikkor 105mm f2.8 should take you to 1:2 that is the image on the sensor should be ½ the size of the actual object you have focused on. Without checking, I think using the 52mm extension tubes should take you to 1:1, that is the sensor image and the subject should be the same size. 1:1 and greater (higher magnification) qualify as macro. Close up is not macro, it's only macro when 1:1 or higher magnification is employed, contrary to what many manufacturers may claim. That is why Nikon use the term 'micro', not macro for their dedicated close up lenses. True macro is served by Nikon's Multiphot range which can produce up to 20:1 magnification, which is almost getting into the realms of low magnification microscope imaging.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14th, 2020 14:29 |
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Graham Whistler
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All my stacking pixs were taken with Nikon 105mm f2.8 AF-S VR ED it is very sharp but as stated above I tend to do close-up with it on M but auto focus works very well at normal distances ie 3 feet to Inf. DOF is very narow when shooting close and more so when shooting 1:1.(max possible with this lens without ext tubes) Stacking is only a part advantage as camera must be on a firm tripod locked down and subject must also not move so OK indoors but wind is major problem outside. Higher than 1:1 as Robert states you are then in the field of micro photography (not my field) Camera then need special very short focal length lenses and bellows or ext tubes.
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