What are your thoughts on buying, 100 to 400 instead of 72 300 I want to build a set up where I have 70 to 300 annd 180 600 but not sure about extra 100 mm bring for the price

Excellent review 👍

Please give a guess. Can the lens be used for astrophotography? It’s not to heavy and in combination with the Z7II it fits on the ioptron mount.

Thanks for the reviiew. Especially the perspective as a macro photographer i found very useful.

Good information! Thank you.

I have been pleasantly surprised at the manual focus ring of the new 105mm. Still, focus by wire is generally inferior to mechanical focus, and that is true with this lens too. I would still love it if this lens had a mechanically coupled focus ring, or a focus clutch, and maybe it would be worth paying more for the lens to get this. Marketing over engineering I guess. I certainly have never regretted buying this thing, but I agree, it should be a 2:1 macro. Nikon missed an opportunity here.

very well done.

Good Video & Photos taken !!! Do you feel the Nikon Z50 resolution of 21 Megapixels is sufficient for such a beautiful view ?

Thank you, wonderful video and great images !

Great video and beautiful shots. Got mine yesterday, went outside to try it out, but got sidetracked with birds and my telephoto instead. 😅 I previously had the Laowa 65mm for X-Mount, but since I barely ever do these super close-ups, I think this lens is perfect for me. Especially since it's also a great lens for other stuff, having autofocus and being really sharp wide open. But yeah, TC compatibility, or like canon, something like a 1.4:1 magnification would've been nice.

thanks for the video, i love macro, great bug pictures

Oh that sounds rather noisy!!

Nice [email protected] what is the part called which is attached to your camera ?

great

Don’t be afraid to shoot at higher ISO settings. This will let you get to f/11-16 to get more DOF or keep your shutter speed up to keep motion blur out of your new.

Is this lens only meant for mirrorless cameras? Or can I use this on a full frame or aps-c nikon camera with F mount (with some adapters to fit z mount). Please help me understand this. Thanks in advance

Hi Diana. I really enjoyed this video. Could you please tell me the name of the monitor screen on top of your camera. 👍😀

As I am a beginner to the macro photography, your explanations make sense a lot... Thank you for this video...

very well made and honest

Thank u so much. Just started photograpy after a long break. For past two years I have been using my huwaei p30 Pro and found that my interest is in Macro. I got Nikon zfc and this macro lens. Still struggling with the settings. But after watching this video i got some ideas❤ and started taking using manual settings🙂

Thanks so much for this very detailled review as I own a Nikon Z7 and a Nikon Z50 as well as the lenses you used for this review (16-50 DX, 50-250 DX, 24-70 FX) and the Meike extension tubes. Very helpful !! Nice photos BTW !!

Congratulations for the video is the sympathy! I wanted to ask you where is the location where you took the photos!! Thank you!

Great view, thank you for all the information sir. I've heard this lens has terrible focus breathing, making photo stacking a nightmare. Is this just inherent in this type of lens or just something specific with the 105mm S Nikon lens?

Beautiful pics 🙂 Can’t wait to get the 105 z lens

8:45 - 10:22 : 120 fps in 4k was very interesting; You unfolded many details of this green woodpecker, thanks for sharing.

A surprise to discover your channel; thanks for taking the effort and combining the theme of the video with some nice relaxing music. The music transforms the storytelling in the direction of art and/or adventure that is pleasing for the soul.

I just did a video on field recording. Going to do more videos on cameras and photography also! Have subscribed to your channel.

Love the Photo of the Waterfall....😀😀😀🎞📸

I could only suspect that Nikon and the other lens makers do not manufacture macro lens with 2X magnification probably because the results, mostly insect subjects, no longer hold the photographic intent of the lens, that is, 2X magnification and beyond already border entomology, a study of insects. As photography purists almost always emphasize a story line on each photo one takes, 2X and beyond do not show a story line. Of all the mainstream camera and lens manufacturers, only Canon as far as I know made the old max 2X-5X MP-E65 but no longer makes any other. This is one area that Venus Optics (Laowa) and other Chinese makers took advantage of by producing affordable 2X manual macro lenses to entice people to venture into 2X macro shooting.

Truly beautiful video footage.

Informative review!

The challenge of photographing what seems unexciting around my suburban neighborhood has been good practice. I really like your photos.

I enjoyed your video very much. Thank you.

Thank you for the very informative, creative and top-notch presentation! Looking forward for more :)

The most probable reason that extension tubes don't work with this lens is that Nikon's Z lenses are refined optically using rear elements that are as close as possible to the sensor. An extension tube ruins this relationship and is therefore responsible for the fuzzy performance towards the edges of the frame. It has little to do with software correction issues, though this may be a small contributing factor. There are also reports that the slightly concave front element also causes less than stellar results with close-up lenses like the Raynox DC250. The latter is best used with, say, one of the zoom lenses which typically have convex front elements. Close-up lenses of up to +3 dioptres give OK results apparently, but not a huge improvement in magnification. None of this detracts from the outstanding performance of this lens at 1:1 Macro or as a portrait lens of course, as long as you are aware of its limitations if you want to go beyond 1:1 magnification. In any case the resolution of this lens does allow cropping on a full frame camera quite successfully to give apparent higher magnifications within reason, especially with the Z7 or Z9 cameras. Finally we shouldn't discount the inbuilt VR of this lens which allows handheld macro shots and the ability to limit the focus limits for macro which cuts down on focus hunting, especially relevant for video use.

hallo..i like you video..tq,,from malaysia

I am about to buy a Nikon Z7ii so this video was very helpful and is one of the few lens reviews that properly reviews and illustrates the macro functions. Many thanks. This video makes it obvious that for dead insects I should keep using my Olympus due to the much higher spatial resolution of the in-camera sensor shifting mode (200MP per full frame). I agree that at 1:1 this lens is not as useful as it could be. Clearly the designers have the wider market for a 105mm lens in mind. What a pity that extension tubes or teleconverters are unusable. After seeing this video I will hold off buying this lens until the Olympus Pro lens comes out next year.

Great video. Did you try it with a magnifying filter on the front?

Love the sunset photos and it was great to see how you used infrared to tackle the the harsh midday sun!

The outcome pictures are amazing !!!

Thanks, nice video! Please write the name of your tripod.

Nice! Some of the features you showed makes want to step up from the D810. Like the bloopers also.

Thank you!

Lovely intro to macro, my husband literally just got me that lens, so I will be out this weekend having fun 🤩

Excellent work, well done.

Very nice and well made video about an everlasting discussion. The Z7 is an incredible camera and without surprise … in the hands of a good photographer it outperforms any smartphone. 👍

This is a really nice and easy going channel. Not the ego and annoying parts of the bigger channels. Thanks.

I have the same macro lens. I wouldn't say that it's easy, though. Close up, you need to avoid apertures beyond f/10, as diffraction starts to affect the resolution. Best results come from focus stacking, with the lens open. At f/40, you can even get what looks like a dirty sensor, but is actually the dust on the front of the lens! Very small apertures also result in the background being in focus, which detracts from the subject isolation.

Nice photos. I just started using my flash for macro & still life in the last year or so. Works great when the wind is kickin up but adds so much more shape & beauty to your subjects. I used the orange defused that comes with the Nikon SB700 & it does a great job making it look like sunlight. But the best thing from the vid is the baby cart for lugging the photo & beach gear with the bike. = Great idea. 8 miles to the Alantic from my home. Happy shooting.

Lovely pictures, nice video thank you