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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 608553" data-attributes="member: 12827">It has been ages since I posted here, work has kept me so busy it is has not left much room for photography. I got a mint condition 105mm f/2.8 AIS Nikkor for about $200. It is a steal, it looks and feels brand new.&nbsp; Like all older AIS Micro Nikkors, it requires extension tubes to get to 1:1 but I have plenty of Nikon PK's to fit the bill if necessary. I put it on the D300 so I had an effective 157mm f/2.8 Micro lens. I shot this amazingly gorgeos 3/4&quot; little arachnid just outside my front door with a tripod, macro focusing rail, D300, lens and my 40 year old Vivitar ring flash. The background was white so the web does not really show up very well, nothing I could do about that. I am already in love with this lens! It gives me double the subject to focal plane distance over 55mm f/2.8 Micro which is a definite advantage when shooting shy little critters!<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/Spider%20Gainesville%201500.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/Spider%20Gainesville%201500.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 608553, member: 12827"] It has been ages since I posted here, work has kept me so busy it is has not left much room for photography. I got a mint condition 105mm f/2.8 AIS Nikkor for about $200. It is a steal, it looks and feels brand new. Like all older AIS Micro Nikkors, it requires extension tubes to get to 1:1 but I have plenty of Nikon PK's to fit the bill if necessary. I put it on the D300 so I had an effective 157mm f/2.8 Micro lens. I shot this [I]amazingly gorgeos [/I]3/4" little arachnid just outside my front door with a tripod, macro focusing rail, D300, lens and my 40 year old Vivitar ring flash. The background was white so the web does not really show up very well, nothing I could do about that. I am already in love with this lens! It gives me double the subject to focal plane distance over 55mm f/2.8 Micro which is a definite advantage when shooting shy little critters! [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/Spider%20Gainesville%201500.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/Spider%20Gainesville%201500.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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