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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 830852" data-attributes="member: 53455">Orange (2018)The “cheap”, supposedly second-tier Micro-Nikkor 60mm ƒ/2.8 D macro lens is the best glass deal I ever got in my life. Back then in the days of the F mount, my macro lens of choice was, of course, the 105/2.8 G VR, and I regarded its smaller, non-VR brother as an inferior performer. Then, the ES–2 film and slide reproduction thingy came out and I thought it would be great to finally get to digitize some of those old Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides that had been sleeping for so many years in their grey Leica Pradovit trays from the 1980s and 90s... The problem was, the ES–2 did not work with the 105mm lens and required the 60mm... So, I bought a secondhand copy, and the irony is, I ended up never using that slide reproduction kit (I will get to it some day), but began instead to use the 60mm for tabletop and macro work, as it had proved to be such a remarkable performer as soon as I began to put it through its paces...This was a good lesson in lens snobism! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure    :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" /> Even today, I retain the 60mm while the F-mount 105mm is long gone, if only to use it one day to digitize slides...  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />Nikon D850, Micro-Nikkor 60mm, ƒ/2.8 D macro lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Multi-flash lighting. Single exposure.[ATTACH=full]417126[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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