D7000 - Recommendations for a Macro lens

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Bigolac

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Hello - I'm about to receive my Christmas present tomorrow in the mail - it's a D7000. Pretty stoked! This will be my first Nikon body - so I'm on the hunt for some glass..... on a budget.....

I'd like to see what's available for a macro lens - at the moment, I'd accept anything - old, new, can be manual focus for sure.

Is there some 'old but good' glass that can be had reasonably that does macro? By reasonably, I'm talking in the $50-100 range.

Maybe some extension tubes would be in order?

TIA and Merry Christmas!

- Adam
 
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mikew_RIP

Senior Member
Welcome to the forum,you dont say if you are getting a lens with your camera,if so within your budget and depending which lens tubes or the raynox close up (perhaps just over your budget) could be your best bet,
 
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Ironwood

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My first macro lens was a Nikon Af55D f2.8. I paid just over a hundred dollars for it 2nd hand, it is a very sharp lens and takes great photos. You can do without AF for macro, I never used AF on the 55, I have upgraded to the 105 VR Nikon now and still don't use AF.
 
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Bill16

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The older AI macro lenses can take great shots, but they aren't 1:1 like the newer macro lenses. My AI 105mm micro cost me about $200 and it's all manual. If your not use to full manual lenses, I'd recommend saving for a bit, and buying a newer macro. My macro requires me to put my Nikon in manual mode, and you'll have to do the iso,shutter speed,and aperture settings manually. Also to get 1:1 ratio using AI macro lenses you'll need the right length extension tube to go with the macro you choose, to compensate, and that makes focusing harder.
So a newer macro lens may be worth waiting for, while saving up some money. :)
 
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Bigolac

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Ok - So I got a little lucky today... I'm in the habit of going to antique stores/thrift shops, and happened upon an old Nikon film body. I didn't have the 7000 with me, so I wasn't sure if it would fit or not, but it turns out it does. The body is pretty wasted, but there is a 50mm 2.0 lens - all manual. I'll have to do some digging on what it's called, but there is a metal bracket of some sort on the aperture ring - must be for some type of automatic metering?!? Just tried it out tonight, and here's as close as I can get:

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I'm certainly not afraid of manual lenses - I grew up on a SRT101 and a K1000 back in the day.... It's fun fiddling around I always thought...

This is not as close as I would like to get, of course, but maybe some cheap extension tubes would work fine.

- Adam
 
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Bill16

Senior Member
Cool I'm glad you found a cool older lens! I like older lenses myself as you can see from my signature under my post! :D
You can find some great quality older AI lenses used on eBay too! I stick to Nikkor brand mostly, and like you I have a blast with them! Lol :D
 
Scott Murray

Scott Murray

Senior Member
Bigolac said:
Ok - So I got a little lucky today... I'm in the habit of going to antique stores/thrift shops, and happened upon an old Nikon film body. I didn't have the 7000 with me, so I wasn't sure if it would fit or not, but it turns out it does. The body is pretty wasted, but there is a 50mm 2.0 lens - all manual. I'll have to do some digging on what it's called, but there is a metal bracket of some sort on the aperture ring - must be for some type of automatic metering?!? Just tried it out tonight, and here's as close as I can get:

4ZHwOfS.jpg


I'm certainly not afraid of manual lenses - I grew up on a SRT101 and a K1000 back in the day.... It's fun fiddling around I always thought...

This is not as close as I would like to get, of course, but maybe some cheap extension tubes would work fine.

- Adam
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Whats the filter size? As a Raynox DCR-250 for $80 may be a good option :)
 
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