#Best nikon macro lens for insects manual#
#Best nikon macro lens for insects plus#

Nikon AF-S FX Micro-NIKKOR 2177 60mm is another great example of a great Nikon macro lens.

This lens is available with the equivalent focal length of the 45mm in which the 28mm lens is capable of focusing on both the infinity and at the 1.2x magnification. You first need a good 90 mm macro lens (such as a Nikon, Canon or Tamron) with a reproduction ratio of 1:1 or better. Nikon AF-S FX Micro-NIKKOR 2177 60mm f/2.8G ED Standard Macro Lens for Nikon. The only problem you have then is focusing which at these magnifications is best achieved by moving the camera/lens contraption backwards and forwards to achieve focus, auto focus is pretty useless as depth of field is so small. The Canon EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro lens is no doubt an innovative macro lens which is especially designed for the Canon cameras.

#Best nikon macro lens for insects manual#

A manual flash on low power which is enough even with the small apertures you have to use to get any depth of field, has a flash duration around the 1/50, 000th of a second mark which freezes any camera or subject movement.

#Best nikon macro lens for insects plus#

There's a downside, the further you are away from the insect the more you magnify any camera movement, I get around this by using flash. If you are looking for a relatively inexpensive, small, lightweight digital SLR that can take scenery plus macro photos without changing lenses, the Nikon. Altogether a cheap bit of kit which I much prefer to my Macro lens as I can set the magnification, higher than 1:1 if I want. I use an old 135mm manual lens on a set of bellows for my 'bug hunting kit', at 1:1 I'm about 18' away, well out of the insects 'radar' zone, then I can easily get shots like this. One of the more popular macro lenses for Nikon full-frame cameras, the Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro VC produces beautiful life-size images and comes packed. You can try a set of close up filters on any telephoto lens you have, cheap to try, image quality won't match the dedicated macro lens, but it's better than you might think for something so cheap. Using a longer focal length of lens will put you further away, a 100mm macro lens would put you about 5' (13cm) away at 1:1 on your camera, a 60mm lens will be (a lot) closer than that around 5 cm.