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 enlarge | Brand: Nikon
Category: Photography
List Price: $1,050.00
Buy New: $739.95
You Save: $310.05 (30%)
New (14) from $739.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Maximum Focal Length: 105
Minimum Focal Length: 105
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 4 x 6 x 9
MPN: 2160
Model: 2160
UPC: 018208021604
EAN: 0018208021604
ASIN: B000EOSHGQ
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
Great Lens Gets Even Better May 10, 2008
This is a great lens for Macro photography. It is really sharp and fast. This, the latest version, features Nikon's VR (Vibration Reduction) technology which, in the right hands, allows you to shoot sharp images without a tripod.
It works wonders! May 7, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a prime micro nikon lens with VR....very nice and very capable piece of glass. It is heavy as expected of prime lenses other than that it's perfect and beautiful!
Instant improvement April 28, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been shooting flowers, bugs and other things close up since I was a child (don't ask how long ago that was), but I had never produced a single photograph that I wanted to print.
With this lens, I was immediately taking pictures that were good enough to print and take pride in. With a few weeks of practice -- mostly to improve my choices for depth of field and point of focus -- I should be taking excellent shots. This is a great lens.
 Nice Features, Fast lens April 17, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very Sharp. Fast> I would have given it a five, but at close range the autofocus searchs alot. This is not that big of a problem because at Macro range I always manual focus. Nice lens for portrait and handheld close-ups with VR.
Fantastic macro lens. April 11, 2008
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I wanted a macro lens. After doing a bit of research, there was no mistaking that this was one of the best that Nikon has to offer in terms of macro photography. There are a few things you need to be aware of this lens though.
1. Variable aperture. This was a shock to me. All my fast lenses (read: fixed aperture lenses) stay fast regardless of zoom or focus distance. So when I open my 80-200 f2.8 wide to it's max aperture of 2.8, it remains 2.8 unless I explicity change it. Not so with this baby. The max aperture is determined by "focus distance", so the closer you focus, the harder it is to achieve the stated f2.8 aperture. It's really a sort of a variable aperture lens.
2. Very painstaking to focus. This is a AF-S (silent wave motor) lens. All my previous experiences with AF-S lenses is that they focus silently and very very fast. This is not true for macro lenses. Because it's focusing range is so great, I found that the lens was hunting like crazy (very silently, of course). There is a focus-limit selector that you can set if you know the focus range is more than 0.5 meters (this limits the focusing from 0.5 meters to infinity but prevents macro focusing). The focus-limit switch speeds up the focusing a bit; but don't expect to whip up this lens and take the "candid moment" shot.
3. Shallow DOF. My Sigma 30mm f1.4 has a very shallow depth-of-field but then again, it's not a macro lens and cannot focus very close. This little baby has such a shallow DOF that even a tiny change in distance from camera to subject will throw the focus off.
Of course, none of these are limitations. They are basically features attributed to macro lenses. You just have to get adjusted to it.
And this is the best of the bunch. If you want to dabble in macro photography and are thinking of buying a macro lens, just go ahead and pick up one. Money well spent.
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