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 08/09/2005 10:59:29 PM · #26
Get the canon 100mm 2.8 macro, it's the best... then you have a good reason to upgrade to Canon tooooo...;-P
 08/09/2005 11:04:10 PM · #27
Originally posted by gibun:
Get the canon 100mm 2.8 macro, it's the best... then you have a good reason to upgrade to Canon tooooo...;-P


I gotta disagree with ya there, I think the Canon 60mm Macro is just as good, if not better.. :-)

Robt.
 08/10/2005 12:54:37 AM · #28
Originally posted by rider64:
I have had a 60mm macro for 5 years and love it. With the d70 it becomes a 120mm


The D70 has a 1.5X conversion, so it becomes a 90mm, not 120mm.
 08/10/2005 01:00:06 AM · #29
I'm still leaning toward the 105mm due to the fact that it is a focal length that I do not currently have, but my kit lens does cover 60mm, even if it isn't at a macro setting. I don't know what it is though, just something personal, but I have a hard time getting away from a Nikon lens for anything else. I've had too many bad experiences with non-manufacturer lenses to want to try another one. And the comment about searching for focus in AF mode is a little disturbing. That is the top reason that I gave up my Coolpix 8700 and went back to an SLR.
 08/10/2005 01:04:46 AM · #30
One more reason for the 105 is there is a rebate currently running on it. See B&H.

Nikon Telephoto AF Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D Autofocus Lens
08/10/2005 07:42:59 AM · #31
Yeah... but it's still what, 200 dollars more than the sigma.

I suppose if money is no object, but from what I've read the optics between the independents and the big two in the 100mm macro territory are fairly well indistinguishable.
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