60mm f2.8 D Macro Nikkor

[anuragagnihotri]

<p>You can also look at Tamron 60mm F2 macro lens. I haven't used the lens, but it's said to be sharp.</p>

[sem_svizec]

<p>Tamron 60mm F2 is nice but it is not good for the OP's D700</p>

[mervyn_wilmington]

<p>My lens arrived this morning. It looks as new. It is cold, wet and miserable outside. However, one or two 'silly' shots taken indoors more than suggest the quality that members have expressed. As soon as it is dry outside, I shall be taking pics of the spring flowers, etc. </p>

 

[Matt Laur]

Excellent! You're really going to like that lens. Get a umbrella out and shoot in the rain. A new lens waits for no weather!

[mervyn_wilmington]

<p>Matt, your sentiments are well expressed and accepted! I bought my first 'proper' camera in 1958. In those days I would be out and about with a camera despite floods and fire. Nowadays, my health is such that I have to be a little more conservative. However, in an hour or so I shall be out there. I will deport myself in a way that, if I do collapse, the camera will fall on me, and not me on the camera...</p>

[peter_maxwell1]

<p>I have read that this lens works perfectly well at infinity but that the older 55mm f2.8 AF micro Nikkor is slightly sharper at infinity. I have the latter and can say it is extremely good although I find the contrast is slightly lower than expected (not a bad thing with digital). It also has the advantage of focussing 1:1. I would have no qualms about using the 60mm in this way.</p>