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Some more ramblings about the Nikkor 200mm macro (Micro) lens:
I went out today to do some hand held macro photography. Had the 200mm Micro mounted. Already a bit of a love / hate relationship with that lens.
It is VERY sharp. When you hit the focus...you nail it. (That is to say, when autofocus works just right...!)
The lens is heavy, long, and a bit awkward. It has a tedious minimum focusing distance...like 1.9 FEET. That's the next county in macro terms.
I got some really excellent macro shots...and I missed a bunch of others. The lens does not have image stabilization, so that is all on the photographer. And, when working at 1:1 true macro distance, the critical focus depth of field is microscopic...Hence very stopped down, hence high ISO for reasonable movement freezing shutter speed.
One day Nikon will update this lens for the 21st century, with full VR (stabilization) technology. And will also add in an A/M focus setting, so that when the lens won't grab focus in AF, you can rotate the manual focus ring, get to the right point and then auto focus takes over. For now, it is either full AF or full manual focus.
Not thinking about returning the lens, though. When this photographer is up to the task, the lens is magnificent.
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Some more ramblings about the Nikkor 200mm macro (Micro) lens:
I went out today to do some hand held macro photography. Had the 200mm Micro mounted. Already a bit of a love / hate relationship with that lens.
It is VERY sharp. When you hit the focus...you nail it. (That is to say, when autofocus works just right...!)
The lens is heavy, long, and a bit awkward. It has a tedious minimum focusing distance...like 1.9 FEET. That's the next county in macro terms.
I got some really excellent macro shots...and I missed a bunch of others. The lens does not have image stabilization, so that is all on the photographer. And, when working at 1:1 true macro distance, the critical focus depth of field is microscopic...Hence very stopped down, hence high ISO for reasonable movement freezing shutter speed.
One day Nikon will update this lens for the 21st century, with full VR (stabilization) technology. And will also add in an A/M focus setting, so that when the lens won't grab focus in AF, you can rotate the manual focus ring, get to the right point and then auto focus takes over. For now, it is either full AF or full manual focus.
Not thinking about returning the lens, though. When this photographer is up to the task, the lens is magnificent.