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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 310642" data-attributes="member: 16090">A few comments.1. Is this pre-Ai or AIS2. Check the date of manufacture, these lenses have been made for quite a long period, and the older lenses may be worn out.3. Unless you are doing table top macro work, 55mm is a bit short with quite a close lense to object distance. This means that you will not be able to illuminate the object properly. Further if you intent to shoot bugs, being so close will spook them fast. The 105mm AIS is more suited for bugs.4. The non CPU manual focus lenses will not meter with the D3xxx bodies, so you will have to set the exposure in &quot;Manual&quot; mode, which means that unless and until you gues it right, there will be quite a few trials to nail the exposure.You can check these reviews to get an idea of how good/bad this lense is.<a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/55f35ai.htm" target="_blank">Nikon 55mm f/3.5 Review</a><a href="http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/6070nikkor/micro/" target="_blank">55mm f3.5 Micro-Nikkor-P Auto</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 310642, member: 16090"] A few comments. 1. Is this pre-Ai or AIS 2. Check the date of manufacture, these lenses have been made for quite a long period, and the older lenses may be worn out. 3. Unless you are doing table top macro work, 55mm is a bit short with quite a close lense to object distance. This means that you will not be able to illuminate the object properly. Further if you intent to shoot bugs, being so close will spook them fast. The 105mm AIS is more suited for bugs. 4. The non CPU manual focus lenses will not meter with the D3xxx bodies, so you will have to set the exposure in "Manual" mode, which means that unless and until you gues it right, there will be quite a few trials to nail the exposure. You can check these reviews to get an idea of how good/bad this lense is. [url=http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/55f35ai.htm]Nikon 55mm f/3.5 Review[/url] [url=http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/6070nikkor/micro/]55mm f3.5 Micro-Nikkor-P Auto[/url] [/QUOTE]

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