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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 560713" data-attributes="member: 4923">The Tamron 60mm is a very nice lens that often gets overlooked. I recently got a Sigma 105, but I was very happy with the 60mm. In fact, I can't bring myself to sell it. Lighter lens too if you are sticking with dx. Got it with a good rebate a long time ago. The 105 gets me 'closer' when I'm a couple feet away, but at the very minimum distance, maybe it gets me 1 more inch of distance. The focal lengths don't apply so much at the very closest 1:1  distance. The manufacturers don't make it easy to compare, they usually give you minimum focus distance which is from the front of the lens to the sensor. To get the minimum 'working distance', you need to subtract the physical length of the lens. I've had fun with the cheap macros filters too, they're not bad.</blockquote>