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 It's all about the glass... July 8, 2010
Bernie (MN United States)
With all of the emphasis on megapixels these day, it is easy to forget that to get good image quality you need good glass. The 105 Micro-Nikkor is about as good as it gets. Like many other photographers, I use this lens for portrait work. A razor sharp lens, the focal length is not too great so that it compresses features, but long enough to let you reach out for a good portrait and easily blur the background. Recommended.
The Lens You Want June 20, 2010
Jason Gray (St. Louis, MO USA)
Every photographer has at least one lens that they just know to go to for certain types of photos; a lens that reaches this level of confidence for the photographer because it has characteristics that go unmatched anywhere else in his/her arsenal. For me, the Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G lens is my obvious choice for macro work, product photography, and portraiture. Granted, some photogs don't like to use the 105 for portraits because of its extreme sharpness, but I disagree (after all, you can always adjust for or edit out sharpness, but seldom edit it in). When I am shooting weddings, I generally have this lens on at least one of my camera bodies at all times, and this is because it gives me flexibility in low-light, a nice working distance for candids, and wonderful bokeh (the best of all my lenses).
If you have been considering purchasing this lens, it definitely gets my endorsement. In terms of weaknesses, I can only speak of its tendency to "search" for focus in low-light (has to do a bit with its macro capability). However, this can be gotten around by manually correcting the focus, or by focusing close to accurate and letting the AF finish. And in all fairness, it is usually a non-issue, anyway. Nonetheless, this lens has a nice hefty weight that balances out most camera bodies, is solidly constructed, features excellent optical performance, and focuses completely internally.
 Macro 105mm f2.8 May 27, 2010
Chum Tran (Fremont, CA USA)
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
I just bought this lens from J&R through Amazon last week. I was supprised that this expensive lens made in China!
I was so disappointed. I took a test drive any way. The result as I expected.
I could not get apeture open up to 2.8. It has a ranking noise when it tried to open it. Second issue is focusing. The auto focusing sensor seems like it not working properly. It went back and forth many times in order for the AF sensor to detect.
Image quality is great but the workmanship is terrible. Made In China!!! what can I say? I have owned two lens made from ThaiLand but it won't last me 3 years. My others made in Japan and I bought it in 1995 and still working great. This lens is on the way back to J&R.
I recomand to look for the lens that made in Japan.
105 f2.8 April 19, 2010
tcd (Atlanta, GA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is my first macro lens and I'm pretty happy with it. I use it on a DX body. Very sharp lens. For those who say it focuses slow, try playing around with the focus switch. Close up, it does tend to hunt a little but I generally just switch it to manual in this case. You'll be able to achieve a smaller minimum focusing distance in manual focus anyway. Also keep in mind that even though it's f2.8, the aperture does vary....you're not going to get f2.8 all the way through. This is the same as on the 60mm micro. For anyone that cares, this lens is now made in China and not Japan, although this is not an issue for me. Anyway, highly recommended and I'm very happy with it. If you're unsure about this, the 60mm, or the 85mm DX just play around with each (maybe rent first). I wanted VR and am going to upgrade to FX in the near future so that's why I went with this one over the others.
Its all in the Glass April 15, 2010
RV-Junkie (New Jersey)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
WOW...What a lens! I was using the 60mm Micro, but this is now my favorite. The 60mm is just as good, but the extra zoom allows some cool images.
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