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<blockquote data-quote="yogirajj" data-source="post: 366729" data-attributes="member: 23044">Don't mean to give you the &quot;run around,&quot; but that's kind of a difficult question (for me anyway). Because each situation will be different, lighting would be different, and sometimes it depends on the subject. In your case Flipperzoom, if micro photography is your &quot;calling,&quot; then you will really need to purchase a professional micro lens, if you want to take photos of insects, and certain other animals (wild animals in particular). The reason being, you will not be able to get too close before you scare them off. The best Lens I&quot;ve been drooling for is the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-105mm-2-8G-ED-IF-Micro-Nikkor/dp/B000EOSHGQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1413245990&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=micro+lens+105" target="_blank">Nikon 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor</a>, however, I am not getting A FX format any time soon. So the next best thing would be <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002SQKVE4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;colid=1JD8K6SQRPVLT&amp;coliid=I1W3LNL6KTBD7" target="_blank">Nikon 85mm f/3.5G AF-S DX ED VR Micro Nikkor </a>which is half the price of the 105mm because it is a DX format essentially, and a smaller aperture. Another benefit of these lenses, is that you can focus till infinity. You can't do that with the cheap micro close ups.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yogirajj, post: 366729, member: 23044"] Don't mean to give you the "run around," but that's kind of a difficult question (for me anyway). Because each situation will be different, lighting would be different, and sometimes it depends on the subject. In your case Flipperzoom, if micro photography is your "calling," then you will really need to purchase a professional micro lens, if you want to take photos of insects, and certain other animals (wild animals in particular). The reason being, you will not be able to get too close before you scare them off. The best Lens I"ve been drooling for is the [B][URL="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-105mm-2-8G-ED-IF-Micro-Nikkor/dp/B000EOSHGQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413245990&sr=8-1&keywords=micro+lens+105"]Nikon 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor[/URL][/B], however, I am not getting A FX format any time soon. So the next best thing would be [B][URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002SQKVE4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1JD8K6SQRPVLT&coliid=I1W3LNL6KTBD7"]Nikon 85mm f/3.5G AF-S DX ED VR Micro Nikkor [/URL][/B]which is half the price of the 105mm because it is a DX format essentially, and a smaller aperture. Another benefit of these lenses, is that you can focus till infinity. You can't do that with the cheap micro close ups. [/QUOTE]

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