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We ran our last Brisbane Wildlife workshop for 2007 today and I managed to get in a few shots with the new Nikkor 200mm F/4 Micro

Yep, I am liking this lens.

Sugar Glider


Magnificent Tree Frog


Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko

the frog shot is great. 1/15s ?? i'm assuming you're using a mono or tripod ?

The tree frog is excellent Slider but from what you have posted I still feel that the acuity of the Sigma knocks the Nikon sideways - just my thoughts

Kermit never looked so good.

That tree frog is a cracker. Not sure that you weren't achieving just as good a result from the sigma though... I'll be interested to see more !!!

Considering the merits of getting a macro myself and so far I think I'm leaning toward the sigma 150... not sure whether the extra working space of the 180 is worth the added expense. Plenty of discussion on macros in here, but I've never really managed to work out if there is a clear winner between these two siggies.

Michael.

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I have used the Nikkor 200mm Micro and agree...it's a stunning lens!

Love the green tree frog, lovely exposure, great colours..

Thanks for the comments folks

Mj wrote:That tree frog is a cracker. Not sure that you weren't achieving just as good a result from the sigma though... I'll be interested to see more !!!

Considering the merits of getting a macro myself and so far I think I'm leaning toward the sigma 150... not sure whether the extra working space of the 180 is worth the added expense. Plenty of discussion on macros in here, but I've never really managed to work out if there is a clear winner between these two siggies.

Michael.

I had the opportunity to use Mitedo's Nilkkor 200mm f/4 Micro a couple of years back and immediately fell for the longer focal length. After much research and because I could find an affordable Nikkor at the time I chose teh Sigma 180 as the next best thing and was not disappointed. I have always known though, that as good as the Sigma 180 is, it was not quite up there with the Nikkor. So I have been trolling eBay ever since.

Regarding the 150 v 180 I don't know that there is that much difference in price these days so I think it comes down to either slightly faster 150 or slightly longer albeit slower 180. In my opinion, for insects or anything that could be spooked the longer lens wins.

The frog looks fantastic!