105 macro came in today

[greybeard]

Ordered it Sunday and it came today from Amazon. I could get spoiled really fast with this lens. Built like a tank and razor sharp so far. Other than the R1, what is a good Macro flash?

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Congrats!

 

[Parker219]

Great, now find some interesting subjects and show us what that baby can do!

 

[greybeard]

I wish I had had it for the past month. I've been using a 55-200 with a Raynox 150 and it wasn't bad but I can tell just from the few shots I've done so far that this lens is a whole different level of resolution and contrast. I'm probably gonna use the Tokina 12-24, the Nikon 35mm 1.8 and the 105 macro as my walk around trio. I might sell the 18-105....the 55-200 is really quite descent

 

[480sparky]

 

[coastalconn]

No cat picture to prove how sharp it is?
Congrats!

 

[cgipson1]

Great lens.. you will love it! Any flash will do... if diffused. I use an SB-900 a lot with one of the small on-flash 6x8 mini softboxes for a lot of my macro work. It helps to have a decent macro flash bracket that will allow you get the flash over the subject. I also like to use a Lastolite 9x9" softbox. If you remember some of the butterfly shots I posted last year, that was when Robin took this shot of me with the lastolite. I use the Kirk Enterprises Macro flash bracket in case you are interested.

 

[greybeard]

1st descent shot I gotten with it...........this bloom is about the size of your little finger, finger nail.

Little flower behind school.small by Greybeard16, on Flickr

Dew on some plants in front of the school..........shot this one just so I would know what it was.

due on leaves-1.small by Greybeard16, on Flickr

Then I cropped out a little piece of it to see just how sharp the lens really is.

dew on leaves -2.crop.big by Greybeard16, on Flickr

All in all, I'm satisfied

 

[greybeard]

Great lens.. you will love it! Any flash will do... if diffused. I use an SB-900 a lot with one of the small on-flash 6x8 mini softboxes for a lot of my macro work. It helps to have a decent macro flash bracket that will allow you get the flash over the subject. I also like to use a Lastolite 9x9" softbox. If you remember some of the butterfly shots I posted last year, that was when Robin took this shot of me with the lastolite. I use the Kirk Enterprises Macro flash bracket in case you are interested.

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Thanks, I'll look into a softbox for my sb700