AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED

This wonderful lens is a necessity for anyone who likes flower, or macro work. It zips into focus instantly and delivers sharp, bright, vibrant photos with a real snap. I use a fiber optic ring light to give me great depth of field when I need it and the lens certainly delivers. For the critical, serious photographer, this lens is a must.

Great images and nice 105mm distance. The first lens I bought for my new D700.

This lens is dead on. Excellent color, crisp clear shots. It has replaced the 85mm 1.4 as my walk around lens. I recently shot a sunlit subject from the opposite end of a 200´ shadow filled alley. Once cropped it was as sharp as a closeup head shot.

I bought this lens for detail work at weddings but now I use it all of the time. It has become my ´´go to´´ portrait lens on my D3 in the studio because of its sharpness, beautiful bokeh, excellent color and the ability to get in close. A fantastic lens for children and babies. I still use it for a lot of macro work but it is much, much more than a macro lens.

I am an Internet coin dealer. One of the hardest problems I have had in the past was getting close up pictures of tiny coins. A few years ago I purchased the Nikon D60 SLR and was happy but not fully satisfied. Last year I added the AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED to my camera and was I surprised. The auto focus is superb. The close-ups are amazing and the detail is just beautiful. I consider myself an amateur photographer. This lens makes my coins look like they were photographed by a professional.

It´s tack sharp until f16 and then it´s still very good. One lens... this should be it for FX. I use it everyday for fashion, table-top, nature, portrait, etc. The only real drawback is that f2.8 sometimes isn´t shallow enough for full-length portraits... if you can call that a portrait.

This is my favorite lens in my bag. It´s fast, its not that heavy and my pictures explode with color and vibrancy. I shoot mostly portraits: events and family shots; when you lock on your subject´s eyes, you have them. For 1:1 Macro photography it´s very special - hand held or on a tripod.

A few years ago, I traded my 30-yr-old camera and macro lens for new Nikon equipment. A year after purchasing the Nikon D50 kit, I added the Nikkor 105mm macro f/2.8G to my collection to capture close-up photos of wild and garden flowers, and insects. I have been impressed by the ease of handling of this lens. I especially like being able to work farther away from my subjects, yet achieve clear, detailed closeups. Although the Auto-focus feature is excellent, I get superb results using this lens in manual mode. To achieve my preferred depth of field, I work within a range from f4.5-f6.7, which always yields the right balance of focused and unfocused detail, along with a beautiful bokeh.

This lens has opened up a new world of macro photography for me. I often use it with the R1 Speedlight system to get amazingly sharp pictures of bugs. I want pictures that have that ´´pop´´. This lens helps make it happen!