Nikon 105 micro VR....anyone?

[flipfrog]

anyone have it? played with it? or heard good/bad things about it?

i know both the 60 and 105 (non VR) are great lenses, but now comes this new nikon macro.....

[avkomp]

I have the 105 non VR

I wont be rushing to upgrade,
seems to me that a lot of closeup stuff may well be executed on a tripod rendering vr redundant

If you look on the forums, you will see some wonderfully sharp images executed with the 105 micro as it is.

am I the only one who thinks this is probably unnecessary??

steve

[Mj]

am I the only one who thinks this is probably unnecessary??

Nope... not the only one. Been some discussion on this elsewhere here.

[Paul]

Nope... not the only one. Been some discussion on this elsewhere here.

Maybe here..
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=14637&highlight=105++macro

[jben_net]

KenRockwell reviewed the Nikon 105mm f/2.8GED-IF AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor and wrote:

“I tried three samples at PMA 2006. All of them didn’t autofocus very well on my D200. They would often not get good focus, so the green focus confirmation dot in the lower left of the finder wouldn’t light, so the shutter wouldn’t release in S mode. This is bad. My old 105 mm AF, not even D, focuses much more reliably

Pass on it and get the older 105 mm f/2.8 AF instead. That older lens sells for $700 and this new one sells for $830. I’m hoping the focus issue I saw will go away. I’ll let you know if I try it again.”

[avkomp]

I like my non vr 105 micro. razor sharp although not quite as sharp as the micro 60 (not much in it though.)

Steve

[mentieth]

Well I'm just back from my favourite photogear shop. I'd just about convinced myself the vr was worth the extra $$$'s, plus the build quality, silent fast AF, etc. The shop assistant talked me out of it. Now in HK they'd sell you you're old grannies' finger nail clippings so this took me aback. OK I said, can I try the Tamron 90mm? No chance, they are sold as soon as they arrive and you'll have to wait at least 2 weeks before the next order comes in. He'd ordered 20 and reckons he'll be lucky to get 5. Such is the demand. If anything, Honkies are smart buyers. I'm waiting in line for the Tamron.

[Yi-P]

Have you checked this out before?

http://dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=20164