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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 145353" data-attributes="member: 13090">In general you'd want a Macro lens. Most lenses can do a certain degree of macro focusing so it's really a matter of how much macro you need and/or are willing to pay for. One good example is the Nikon <a href="http://www.adorama.com/NK4028U.html" target="_blank">AF-S 40mm f/2.8G</a>. If you don't want to spend that much for a dedicated lens you can get a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Filter-Reverse-Adapter-Cameras/dp/B001G4NBSC/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367715297&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=nikon+reverse+ring" target="_blank">reversing ring</a> (link goes to amazon) for less than $10. This ring allows you to mount your lens backwards and use it for macro photography.The white balance issue is a little trickier but there are a few options. First, I'm assuming you're shooting in JPG, correct? If so, you could change your lighting or stop shooting JPG's and start shooting RAW, which will make the white balance issue much easier to correct. You don't mention what you're using to edit your photo's with but if you have access to Lightroom or Photoshop it would be easy-peasy. I'm not sure how well View NX2 will correct white balance but I think the cheapest, easiest solution would be to shoot in RAW, and do some post processing; either with View NX2 or IRFanview or another free application.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 145353, member: 13090"] In general you'd want a Macro lens. Most lenses can do a certain degree of macro focusing so it's really a matter of how much macro you need and/or are willing to pay for. One good example is the Nikon [URL="http://www.adorama.com/NK4028U.html"]AF-S 40mm f/2.8G[/URL]. If you don't want to spend that much for a dedicated lens you can get a [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Filter-Reverse-Adapter-Cameras/dp/B001G4NBSC/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367715297&sr=8-1&keywords=nikon+reverse+ring"]reversing ring[/URL] (link goes to amazon) for less than $10. This ring allows you to mount your lens backwards and use it for macro photography. The white balance issue is a little trickier but there are a few options. First, I'm assuming you're shooting in JPG, correct? If so, you could change your lighting or stop shooting JPG's and start shooting RAW, which will make the white balance issue much easier to correct. You don't mention what you're using to edit your photo's with but if you have access to Lightroom or Photoshop it would be easy-peasy. I'm not sure how well View NX2 will correct white balance but I think the cheapest, easiest solution would be to shoot in RAW, and do some post processing; either with View NX2 or IRFanview or another free application. [/QUOTE]

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