mark45831 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Any word when this might hit the shelves? Interested in a Macro on my Z7, should be pretty good so long as its not too $$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_hoffman Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Haven't heard when, but I want one too if I can afford it. My guess is it will be incredibly good and probably beyond my price range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_halliwell Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I'm hoping the Sigma 105mm DN will be available in a Z mount version. Looks awesome. Sony E Mount and L-Mount only so far. £700 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Based on the roadmap Nikon released on 10th October 2019, two Z-mount macro lenses will be available by the end of 2021, a 105mm S and a 60mm non-S, which was later on changed to 50mm. However, that was before Covid-19 hit. Given that we are in the latter part of March, but Nikon has yet to announce any new lens in 2021 (or December 2020), there are obvious production and distribution delays. There is little doubt that there will be plenty of delays to fulfill Nikon's Z-lens roadmap. This 2019 roadmap is a large, 2362x3203 JPEG file. Please expand it to see the details. Edited March 20, 2021 by ShunCheung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_halliwell Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Either there was a lot of sample variation OR I hope Nikon manage to make a good 105mm macro. It seems the previous version was optically better. Mine was awful. Chromatic woes...:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Mine was awful. Chromatic woes...:( Mine too (105mm AF micro-Nikkor). And very soft at non-macro distances wide open. Resoundingly beaten by a Tamron SP 90mm macro of similar vintage. Unfortunately also a bit 'fringey' on a modern high-res digital sensor. But my older 55mm F/3.5 AI micro-Nikkor still beats all-comers at all distances. Go figure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_halliwell Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Sigma A 105 mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro review - Image resolution - LensTip.com Can you fit Sony E Mount and L-Mount lenses onto Z bodies? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_bouknight1 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 There is a Techart Sony E lens to Nik Z that retains AF and AE. Interesting that it has about the same number of 5 star and 1 star reviews. The 1 star reviews seem mostly fitment issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_smith3 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Irix has a 150mm macro lens in a Z mount. I believe it is manual focus. They also have other focal lengths available too. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1602113-REG/irix_il_c150_z_i_150mm_t3_0_cine_lens.html/qa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_hoffman Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 My whole reason for wanting a Nikkor is automated focus stacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_halliwell Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 My whole reason for wanting a Nikkor is automated focus stacking. Not meant to be an either/or but do you want to shoot via the move the camera method or the rotate the lens method? If it's the former, Stackshot can help you. The latter is more tricky automatically! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_hoffman Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Obviously moving the camera rig is a whole different thing. I've done both methods manually and am not sure which is better. So far I think refocusing the lens has worked best for the things I do. My hope is a Micro Nikkor with AF would make the process easier. Right now I use a 55 mm f/2.8 Micro Nikkor and it works well, so I'd want a similar focal length. Surprised to hear the complaints about the 105. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Sigma A 105 mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro review - Image resolution - LensTip.com Can you fit Sony E Mount and L-Mount lenses onto Z bodies? That Sigma sounds almost perfect. It might get added to my shopping list. Does focus stacking get rid of LoCa fringes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_halliwell Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Does focus stacking get rid of LoCa fringes? I guess if the software doesn't 'see' them and/or has a better bit from another image, maybe not! That might depend on the helicoid or the all-move method. They behave in some very unpredictable (to me!) ways. For very 3D things like a bunch of flowers, I find the helicoid method works best because there are fewer parallax/perspective changes to sort out. Where-as thinner or more 'solid' things work either way. There is a table on the Zerene site that correlated the best method by type, stacker:docs:troubleshooting:ringversusrail [Zerene Stacker] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 That Sigma sounds almost perfect. It might get added to my shopping list. From what I've seen and read, sharper than the highly-regarded Sony FE 90/2.8 macro lens but a bit lacking in AF performance especially in low-light situations. Substantially cheaper though, but without OSS (leaving just the in-camera sensor stabilization). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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