Nikon 105mm 2.8G Lens is HERE

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WhiteLight

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Finally....

I just reached home with the baby.
One day's hard work, 2 weeks of stress is finally done with...

First impressions - awesomely built, feels great in the hand
The D7000 feels smallish behind the lens.
VERY very difficult to focus, at least the first time you see it..
and true ultra-thin paper thick DOF..
i saw quite a bit of purple fringing.. which was taken off in a singole click in LR

Ok.. 'nuff said
Some pics...


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Not the greatest of pics... tired & weary from a long day..
promise better ones very soon
 

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Mike150

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WhiteLight said:
Finally....

I just reached home with the baby.
One day's hard work, 2 weeks of stress is finally done with...

First impressions - awesomely built, feels great in the hand
The D7000 feels smallish behind the lens.
VERY very difficult to focus, at least the first time you see it..
and true ultra-thin paper thick DOF..
i saw quite a bit of purple fringing.. which was taken off in a singole click in LR

Ok.. 'nuff said
Some pics...

Not the greatest of pics... tired & weary from a long day..
promise better ones very soon
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Glad you finally got it.
I too had a lot of difficulty with DOF and focus when I first got mine. After all this time, I still consider myself a total rookie. The more I used it, the easier things got. I find that if I want to get in close, I pick my distance and then back up a little bit for the best results.
You think it makes the D7000 feel small? Try snapping it onto a D60.
 
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WhiteLight

Senior Member
Mike150 said:
Glad you finally got it.
I too had a lot of difficulty with DOF and focus when I first got mine. After all this time, I still consider myself a total rookie. The more I used it, the easier things got. I find that if I want to get in close, I pick my distance and then back up a little bit for the best results.
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Thanks Mike..
Have to do quite a bit of shooting to get used to focusing on this one..

Mike150 said:
You think it makes the D7000 feel small? Try snapping it onto a D60.
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Lol... i thought my D5100 would get a bit embarrassed :)
 
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WhiteLight

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Rick M said:
It is a beautiful Beast! For real close work a tripod is a must, slightest motion in the body will throw it off!
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Makes me wonder how difficult it would be to use a lens in reverse when this seems steep!
Have you gotten yourself any extra accessories for true macro work?

And about the fringing i mentioned, is that common?
 
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Rick M

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I have not noticed the fringing, but I have not used it a lot under conditions which might produce it. I'd like to get a light ring sometime, but other "stuff" always seams to be more important.
 
Mycenius

Mycenius

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WhiteLight said:
VERY very difficult to focus, at least the first time you see it..
and true ultra-thin paper thick DOF...

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Mike150 said:
I too had a lot of difficulty with DOF and focus when I first got mine. After all this time, I still consider myself a total rookie.
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Congratulations! A fine purchase!

FWIW I've had mine virtually since it first came out - and still have that DOF issue occasionally. It takes some getting use to... Remember it's actually a ~167mm (not 105mm) lens on your (& my) DX bodies - so you can't get too close for focus purposes... Officially it's about 0.5m (although supposedly you can focus at 0.3m - I haven't had any success so suspect this is with a FX body) but maybe it's a tad further on a DX? (I'm no expert on focal length & impact on minimum focus distance, so might have it all wrong).

And the VR isn't much use most of the time (i.e. when you get in close) - you need to use a tripod :) I think Thom Hogan commented on this in detail...

Many people use this as a prime lens for general shooting as you can get some fantastic bokeh from it! Also a lens where the sweet-spot is probably around the f/6.7, f/8, f/9.5 depending on closeness to the subject, and not wide open at f/2.8 or closed right up...? :D

I love this lens, but don't use mine anywhere enough these days...!
 
BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

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Have you tried shooting without to filter to see if it impacts the "fringing"? Could be the extra glass.

Looks a bit smaller than the Sigma, though not by much.
 
BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

Senior Member
With a good filter you shouldn't, but if he's noticing it with the filter and not without then perhaps he should return the filter? That's my reason for asking.
 
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Mycenius

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BackdoorHippie said:
With a good filter you shouldn't, but if he's noticing it with the filter and not without then perhaps he should return the filter? That's my reason for asking.
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Yeah, definitely Jake. I wasn't questioning your logic or anything, it was perfectly logical suggestion. :) I was just commenting that in my case having a filter on in itself hasn't appeared to cause me any issues. But as you say it may be the filter is actually faulty or causing some flaring or something... :)
 
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WhiteLight

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Mycenius said:
FWIW I have always shot mine with a filter on - a slimline Marumi DHG Lens Protect/UV one. I can't say I've ever overly noticed the fringing...
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BackdoorHippie said:
With a good filter you shouldn't, but if he's noticing it with the filter and not without then perhaps he should return the filter? That's my reason for asking.
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I have the same Hoya uv filter.. With all the coatings and whatever bells whistles :)

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WhiteLight

Senior Member
People talk about paper-thin DOF on this lens..
This just blew me off

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I know that's a dirty pic :p
As you can see here, the arrow is the point of focus & the numbers are already falling into the 'bokeh area'
The regulator is probably less than half an inch wide.
Again no corrections to the image
 
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