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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 301802" data-attributes="member: 12496">Here is a much more useful guide to specific macro lenses for Nikon<a href="http://www.jeffree.co.uk/pages/macro-lens-calcs.html" target="_blank">Macro lens calculations</a>It could be sorted better, and is a bit techie perhaps, you will have to pay attention, but it shows working distance of each of many lenses.Working Distance (WD)&nbsp; at the R reproduction ratio (typically 1:1) is the distance from the front of the lens to the subject.&nbsp;&nbsp; This distance is of great interest to macro photography.The lens spec only shows Minimum Focus Distance, which is measured to the rear of the camera (specifically to the focal plane mark near rear of top LCD).For example, the 40mm Nikon Macro WD is 52.5mm, or about two inches.&nbsp; Saying, the bug is 2 inches in front of the lens.&nbsp;&nbsp; This means that very close distance may scare the bug, and the lens may block the light.&nbsp; A lens hood is out of the question.The 105mm VR Nikon WD is 238 mm, or about 9 inches.&nbsp; Much better working distance in many cases, at least for 1:1 work.However, for example in table top scenes, not 1:1, but instead the field of view is 12 or 18 inches wide, the 105 is telephoto and will have to stand back 7 or 8 feet, and not all rooms have that much space.&nbsp; The 40mm would be much better then.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 301802, member: 12496"] Here is a much more useful guide to specific macro lenses for Nikon [url=http://www.jeffree.co.uk/pages/macro-lens-calcs.html]Macro lens calculations[/url] It could be sorted better, and is a bit techie perhaps, you will have to pay attention, but it shows working distance of each of many lenses. Working Distance (WD) at the R reproduction ratio (typically 1:1) is the [B]distance from the front of the lens to the subject[/B]. This distance is of great interest to macro photography. The lens spec only shows Minimum Focus Distance, which is measured to the rear of the camera (specifically to the focal plane mark near rear of top LCD). For example, the 40mm Nikon Macro WD is 52.5mm, or about two inches. Saying, the bug is 2 inches in front of the lens. This means that very close distance may scare the bug, and the lens may block the light. A lens hood is out of the question. The 105mm VR Nikon WD is 238 mm, or about 9 inches. Much better working distance in many cases, at least for 1:1 work. However, for example in table top scenes, not 1:1, but instead the field of view is 12 or 18 inches wide, the 105 is telephoto and will have to stand back 7 or 8 feet, and not all rooms have that much space. The 40mm would be much better then. [/QUOTE]

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