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Advice on Macro Lens for my D7000
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<blockquote data-quote="texaslimo" data-source="post: 173712" data-attributes="member: 9638"><p>I like shooting macro shots of plants and insects when i can get close enough. I enjoy the different perspective that you can get from being so focused on a single object. I would like to stay away from DX lenses if possible as my long term fantasy is to have a full frame camera. I am most concerned with acquiring the right tools. If the right one is more expensive, then i will have to save a bit longer. I am not a snob, i just want it to work the way it is supposed to when i need it to. A Cadillac is nice to have but a Dodge works just as well. I have heard some good things about Sigma and Tamron. How do they compare to Nikon lenses? Old Salt, what does that mouthful of alphabet soup translate into?</p><p></p><p>Wow! almost everyone says that the 105 is a good way to go. That may well end up being my final choice, but i would like to hear what yall think of the one that Oldsalt reccommended (<strong><a href="http://rd.bizrate.com/rd?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buydig.com%2Fshop%2Fproduct.aspx%3Fsku%3DSG50150F28EXNA%26ref%3Dbizrate%26omid%3D105%26CAWELAID%3D1486674669&mid=24992&cat_id=9027&prod_id=4463319525&pos=0&rf=af1&b_id=17&bamt=042c9e3fbe009859&ppr=115d94a4bf165e1f&oid=4463319525&country_code=US&atom=9029&bid_type=0&af_assettype_id=12&af_creative_id=8&af_id=6784" target="_blank">Sigma 150mm f2.8 APO</a> EX DG OS Macro HSM</strong>) and also of this honking cylinder of glass that i pulled off of the Nikon website:<img src="http://nikonites.com/en_INC/IMG/Assets/Camera-Lenses/2010/1989-AF-Micro-NIKKOR-200mm-f-4D-IF-ED/Views/1989_AF-Micro-NIKKOR-200mm-f-4D-IF-ED_front.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>[h=5]AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4D IF-ED[/h]</p><p>Jwstl, I believe this is the one you were talking about? It costs not quite twice what the 105 does, but it does give me twice the available distance from target if i am reading it right? Is there enough difference in the lenses to make it worth the cost? I do like the idea of not having to get so close to the object as i have frequently scared off my intended subject.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texaslimo, post: 173712, member: 9638"] I like shooting macro shots of plants and insects when i can get close enough. I enjoy the different perspective that you can get from being so focused on a single object. I would like to stay away from DX lenses if possible as my long term fantasy is to have a full frame camera. I am most concerned with acquiring the right tools. If the right one is more expensive, then i will have to save a bit longer. I am not a snob, i just want it to work the way it is supposed to when i need it to. A Cadillac is nice to have but a Dodge works just as well. I have heard some good things about Sigma and Tamron. How do they compare to Nikon lenses? Old Salt, what does that mouthful of alphabet soup translate into? Wow! almost everyone says that the 105 is a good way to go. That may well end up being my final choice, but i would like to hear what yall think of the one that Oldsalt reccommended ([B][URL="http://rd.bizrate.com/rd?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buydig.com%2Fshop%2Fproduct.aspx%3Fsku%3DSG50150F28EXNA%26ref%3Dbizrate%26omid%3D105%26CAWELAID%3D1486674669&mid=24992&cat_id=9027&prod_id=4463319525&pos=0&rf=af1&b_id=17&bamt=042c9e3fbe009859&ppr=115d94a4bf165e1f&oid=4463319525&country_code=US&atom=9029&bid_type=0&af_assettype_id=12&af_creative_id=8&af_id=6784"]Sigma 150mm f2.8 APO[/URL] EX DG OS Macro HSM[/B]) and also of this honking cylinder of glass that i pulled off of the Nikon website:[IMG]http://nikonites.com/en_INC/IMG/Assets/Camera-Lenses/2010/1989-AF-Micro-NIKKOR-200mm-f-4D-IF-ED/Views/1989_AF-Micro-NIKKOR-200mm-f-4D-IF-ED_front.png[/IMG] [h=5]AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4D IF-ED[/h] Jwstl, I believe this is the one you were talking about? It costs not quite twice what the 105 does, but it does give me twice the available distance from target if i am reading it right? Is there enough difference in the lenses to make it worth the cost? I do like the idea of not having to get so close to the object as i have frequently scared off my intended subject. [/QUOTE]
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