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Macro Lens Suggestions for Flowers


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I apologize for not being around much lately by as some of you know I an not going well and and on chemo therapy. The first round of Chemo went back wards and now my chemo is of a different mixture. My family are all in Arizona and will be visiting some of the flowe4 Gardens. I told even one it would be nice to have a macro for doing flowers. My oldest son said he would like to buy me one for Father’s Day I just need to pick it out. We can air freight it.


I found this review but for Nikon the reviews were not the the best. I am open to other brands to fit my NikinD7200

https://www.outdoorp...ro-lens-guide/#


Or this one is a bit better review.

https://wiki.ezvid.c...ASAAEgI0vPD_BwE


Does anyone here have any recommendations or help me spend my sons miney.

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The newer Tamron 90 with VR is very good, so is the Tokina 100 and the Sigma 105. The current MicroNikkor 105 is one of the few Nikkors I have had and sold as both the 105/2.8 Ai and the 105/4 of any version suit my needs better. I tend to use the 105/4 Ai'd the most for botanicals.

 

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I had the Sigma and it was very good optically, but found it clumsy. The Tokina is one of the gold standards, but Tamron has been hitting it out of the park lately (I have a couple of lenses in their new lineup and have been thrilled with them).

 

So I would go with the Tamron (VC, internal focusing, TAP console, weather sealed, full time manual focus override, 6 year warranty and 3 day service)... great optically with all the bells and whistles!



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Well I may have bought out of Haste. I ordered yesterday within two hours of my original post. Price I didn’t look at. Overall it sounds like Tamron was pretty good but there was no reviews on it or very slim and a friend is a Totina fan so I actually ordered the Totina yesterday. Got it this morning from B & H. I am very happy with it.


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Both taken in hi sunlight. The white flower was between buildings and the sun was poking through. I have lots to lean but fun goes with learning in this case.

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Question,

 

How close should I be able to get to the flower or subject.    It seems I can no longer get very close for I just get a blurry picture.   Even at 5 feet away.  When I first got the lens two feet away I still have a crisp picture



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Have you, by any chance, managed to activate the focus limiter that sits on the side of the lens? When in the full focus range, the minimum focus distance should be 11.8". The MFD is the distance from the subject to the focal plane in the body.



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Have you, by any chance, managed to activate the focus limiter that sits on the side of the lens? When in the full focus range, the minimum focus distance should be 11.8". The MFD is the distance from the subject to the focal plane in the body.


Yes I did. Discussed with B & H this morning. WoW talk about service. It is five days beyound my 30 day no questions asked policy. After a couple questions from B & H I had a return slip. They are sending me out a new lens. Pretty good service if you ask me.