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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 667881" data-attributes="member: 13196">Walt, I have the Nikon 105mm f/2.8 VR. It's a great lens, and yes it's expensive. The longer the focal length of the lens, the further away you can be from your subject when shooting macro. Typically portrait lenses tend to be in the 85mm to 135mm range although many people use longer focal lengths. And if you are shooting with a DX body, a longer focal length may be too long to allow your entire subject to fill the frame. DX users quite often go with 50mm. Jake [USER=9240]@BackdoorHippie[/USER] has the Sigma 105mm f/2.8 OS. I'm not sure, but I *think* he had to send his back to Sigma for a firmware update to be compatible with his D750. The Sigma lens he has didn't work with a dock (at least I don't think it did). Not sure if Sigma came out with a newer version of the 105mm macro that works with a dock. Nikon seems to be preventing these other companies from allowing lenses to be compatible with newer Nikon bodies. Sigma lenses that use a dock are easy enough to get firmware updates. But the lenses that don't use a dock have to be sent back to their manufacturers. Not sure if the Tamron or Tokina you mentioned have experienced the compatibility issue.Just a few things to keep in mind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 667881, member: 13196"] Walt, I have the Nikon 105mm f/2.8 VR. It's a great lens, and yes it's expensive. The longer the focal length of the lens, the further away you can be from your subject when shooting macro. Typically portrait lenses tend to be in the 85mm to 135mm range although many people use longer focal lengths. And if you are shooting with a DX body, a longer focal length may be too long to allow your entire subject to fill the frame. DX users quite often go with 50mm. Jake [USER=9240]@BackdoorHippie[/USER] has the Sigma 105mm f/2.8 OS. I'm not sure, but I *think* he had to send his back to Sigma for a firmware update to be compatible with his D750. The Sigma lens he has didn't work with a dock (at least I don't think it did). Not sure if Sigma came out with a newer version of the 105mm macro that works with a dock. Nikon seems to be preventing these other companies from allowing lenses to be compatible with newer Nikon bodies. Sigma lenses that use a dock are easy enough to get firmware updates. But the lenses that don't use a dock have to be sent back to their manufacturers. Not sure if the Tamron or Tokina you mentioned have experienced the compatibility issue. Just a few things to keep in mind. [/QUOTE]

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