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Message: <blockquote data-quote="J-see" data-source="post: 370802" data-attributes="member: 31330">The shots taken with all those lenses will basically be the same. Any true macro is 1:1 and although there's a quality difference between all lenses, it's not the lens that takes a great shot. A good lens might help but it doesn't do more than that so it will be hard to value a lens upon a shot taken. Unless of course identical shots are taken with different lenses, then the differences might show.At the level of sharpness, the 105mm is about the best in the Nikon macro range. The Sigma equals it, if not better. Sharpness is something that's pretty important in macro; f/2.8 or more is of less importance unless you also use it as a portrait lens. Then the wider it opens, the better.In the end you'll have to compare the technical part vs what you want to pay. Shots taken with them won't help you much in making a choice.</blockquote>