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Nikon AF-S 60mm f/2.8 G ED Micro : Specifications and Opinions



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sent on 11 Gennaio 2018

Pros: Really Sharp, Solid Construction, Price

Cons: None.....maybe AF Speed

Opinion: Just a good Macrolens. The Sharpness is awesome,and de AF is ok as well. For me, the 105er is a bit to long and calls almost a Stativ, so im really happy with that 60er Glass. Very well constructed, dreamful Blurreffect....and the Haptic feels good. On my Nikons 750 & 810 that Lens makes a great Job. Distortion are very less, and Colors are usefull.

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avatarsupporter
sent on 23 Luglio 2024

Pros: Light, obviously sharp all over the field, excellent blur

Cons: Leaks slightly on the edges at "infinity", collects fine dust

Opinion: I had three, as often happens to me with the lenses I try... I buy them, I sell them and then I regret them and buy them again. Let's say that it is a very good lens on all aspects, among all three specimens this is the one that has no internal dust, it is a defect that I found probably due to the internal motor that attracts it, it is however irrelevant because it is very fine and you can see it under a microscope or almost, I am very mythical. The lens deserves a grade of 9 because it is sharp, handy, silent and with a precise autofocus. Suitable for macros of flowers and insects that are not particularly lively and fearful given the minimum distance of maf. but above all my use is in still life where distortion is absent.

avatarjunior
sent on 18 Febbraio 2024

Pros: Definition both at short distances and at infinity. High microcontrast.

Cons: Noticeable chromatic aberration and vignetting.

Opinion: For about 10 years now, I've been using this lens as an all-rounder on full-frame nikon. Macro (flowers), landscape, portrait set. Really excellent. I had the opportunity to use both the first version made in Japan and the second version made in Thailand: no construction differences, same merits (many) and same defects (few). I use this lens for more than 80% of the shots. It outclasses previous micro nikkors of the same focal length (60/2.8 AF and 55/2.8 ais) both at close range and at infinity. I consider the 60 mm focal length more suitable for portraits than the 50 mm, which in the past I have used as a standard lens (it is certainly no coincidence that Nikon has produced a 58/1.4 for portrait and not a 50 mm). Vignetting evident at TA, but still a little visible at f4: no problem in macro and landscape photography, where narrow apertures are used; Some problems in portraiture, but not for those who, like myself, do not disdain the vintage effect of vignetting in half-length portraits. The only problem is the chromatic aberration, especially (but not only) at TA, which I found a bit annoying. But you can't have everything at a low price. To build apochromatic optics, it is necessary to expect a much higher cost. For me, the lack of image stabilizer is not a problem, which I find useless on a lens designed for macro photography. When I use it for portrait in low light I increase the ISO sensitivity (on d700 and d4 you don't notice much difference if you shoot at ISO 200 or ISO 1200). On rides that require attention to the overall weight of the equipment, I combine it with the 28/2.8 ais and the 85/1.8 AFS: three excellent lenses in one kilogram. Rating:9/10. Highly recommended.

avatarjunior
sent on 08 Dicembre 2018

Pros: Sharpness, value for money, colors, weight, construction.

Cons: Absent VR, focal length

Opinion: I purchased the 60ino several months ago from an authorized dealer. I was in doubt between the 60mm, the 85 mm and of course the 105 mm with the VR, but for economic reasons it goes without saying that the choice fell on the first, from which however I expected much coming from a bridge Nikon that also allowed me to make macro enough pushes. After I took him home I mounted it on a D5500, which then stretches the focal, and I started to do the tests. Before understanding the operation of the MAF, cause inexperience, it's been a long time, but in the end I managed to master the lens quite well and, after the first shots of the Lego characters, I turned to the garden at home. As a result of countless focus tests, I managed to immortate a grasshopper that had rested on a flower, and the biggest surprise were the colors, then the surgical focus, and finally the sharpness that it is difficult to lose even by cropping (if the F OTO is well made). The hood is not a splendid invoice, but I rarely use it and sometimes I pay the consequences, since the lens gets thicker; So, beyond the quality of the material, I highly recommend the use. On the contrary the real lens gives the feel a feeling of absolute reliability and the weight, I dare say, is ridiculous. The AF goes to days. For certain outputs decides to take the holidays and can not hang anything, while other times, even with moving subjects, is able to react well to situations and, taking many shots, brings home the result. Manual focus is always recommended, especially when shooting at stationary subjects. Sometimes the focal length is a great limit, especially for bees or vespas or dragonflies, very difficult to approach because very fast. The butterflies just take them from behind and don't get noticed. If they had put the VR, I think rightly the price would be leavened a lot. Without the reduction of vibrations is very difficult to shoot in more or less adverse conditions of light, you have to lean on the ground or knees to keep it steady as much as possible, but often the move is not able to avoid. The tripod, yes, is useful for making nocturnal landscapes with long times or flowers or plants, but in my opinion is to say the least cumbersome to follow with the tripod a well-vispo insect, which has very fast reaction times. It doesn't mean that it is impossible to photograph an ant or a dragonfly well, because it only takes time and luck. In short, I recommend, rated 9, MAF spectacular, excellent sharpness, colors, price. But also give an eye to your intentions, because the VR could be a nice obstacle.

avatarjunior
sent on 22 Settembre 2018

Pros: Sharpness, low weight, ergonomics, hellish focus.

Cons: The lens hood doesn't make me crazy...

Opinion: It is a lens born and conceived for macro, but the focus is quite fast and I also use it for my studio portraits, the modern portraits need more detail than in the past and the macro lenses like this are great for this purpose. The bokeh is really nice and not having pretty much a minimum focus in a portrait I can even get close to it maybe to take a detail of an eye or during a trick. In short, one of my favorite lenses for quality and versatility, I never leave it at home..

avatarsenior
sent on 25 Febbraio 2018

Pros: Definition, color rendering, lightness and practicality of use

Cons: For certain uses macro is obviously a bit 'too "short and forces to get very close to the subject

Opinion: The great Nikon tradition of the 55 and 60 mm macro finds in this objective the most worthy heir. rnIt is a lens that can be kept as standard, but that occasionally shows off a grit in the macro that leaves really amazed, giving its best in the rendering of detail and colors.rnChi loves the macro lenses can not have this lens in its set, as ductile in its use as it is the personal characteristics of use: it is a lens that does not impose itself in use, but that adapts well to the characteristics of those who use it. rnSa reserve great satisfaction even with small subjects, provided you can approach them without disturbing them.rnI have collected some shots made with this goal: rnrnhttps: //www.flickr.com/photos/henry62/albums/72157663955699087

avatarjunior
sent on 09 Gennaio 2018

Pros: Robustness, PRO optics, sharpness

Cons: Nobody

Opinion: I use this lens on Nikon D7000 and I use it mainly for portraits because I do not still run macro photography. Although used for other purposes other than macro, this optics adapts very well and can be considered a real all do, the only foresight is to lower the clarity to-30 when used in portraits in order to reduce a little ' the extreme Sharpness of the optics. I have promised myself to study the macro photography a little and then I will have the opportunity to test it in its specific field. Highly recommended in every point of view

avatarjunior
sent on 29 Maggio 2017

Pros: Great sharpness, beautiful color rendering, blurry very pleasant. Plasticous but robust and well done, very practical in field manual use: lens that does not stretch and with a good focus ring

Cons: Nothing in particular

Opinion: I share the positive comments I read, and I add a point of view: this Nikon is fine with the Panasonic GH4 and the GH5 with which I mainly make videos in UltraHD. It then becomes a 120 mm thanks not only to the remarkable definition but also to the rendering of the colors, to a delightful blur and to a good separation of the planes is able to agree (without batters but agree yes) with the optics "APO" Which I am fortunate to use (Leica 100mm ApoTelyt-macro 2.8 and Zeiss 135 ApoSonnar f.2). It's not all of them: the brightest optics (such as the bulky and expensive Sigma 180 2.8 I've just tried) generally go fine, but often do not stand up to the "three-dimensional" yield of Leica and Zeiss. The Nikon 60G, on the other hand, defends itself: it is perhaps a bit underrated and with a very interesting price / quality ratio, especially if it is used

avatarjunior
sent on 31 Gennaio 2017

Pros: Excellent definition, construction of optical PRO

Cons: If we want to be picky the AF in certain situations he difficulties but for the quality of the lenses are willing to turn a blind eye ..... and shoot.

Opinion: I bought this lens used at a very affordable price and I have to say I was pleased from the first shot, lighter lens but built with materials that give me a sense of strength, also tried to portraits has given very good results quindo I gave up look for alternatives. The focus I find it very pleasant, engraving and contrast to TOP for what you can ask an objective of these levels. I had in the past a 105 micro but this 60ntino me and stronger emotions, I always keep in my bag because without it seems not to be in good company. I highly recommend it especially if you find it in used because it is worth all the money spent and never disappoints.

avatarsenior
sent on 23 Dicembre 2016

Pros: Excellent sharpness always, MAF minimum very short, blurry excellent, excellent resistance to flare and reflections, also very crisp with infinity focus, AF good and reliable, made of plastic but is made good, solid

Cons: Nothing

Opinion: I always had the micro in the kit, I love the sharpness, and this lives up to expectations and is excellent for both macro optical use that for general use, we do everything, including ritratti.E 'one of the few Nikon lenses still made in Japan, and you see, it is built very well. It 'very clear throughout the frame already wide open, and stopping down improves a bit and becomes crystal clear, has good anti-glare treatment, the AF is not instantaneous, it never is on micro, but it is very reliable, and MAF minimum is very short. Not extrudes focusing closely, it is internal focus, and I consider it an advantage. rnAd today, I did not find any weaknesses. Excellent price / performance.

avatarsenior
sent on 12 Ottobre 2016

Pros: Accuracy, color fidelity, blurred delicious, risolvenza and sharpness worthy of a good macro. Weight and size. Privacy No Minimum distance of MAF (less than 20cm). IF (value / down).

Cons: AF Motor not lightning. IF: the diaphragm often closes by 1 / 3-2 / 3stop automatically and autonomously, if set to TA.

Opinion: What about ... a lens as it should be: flexible (from the macro, to portraits, to landscapes, to reportage ...), light, well protected by aberrations and reflections of light, with a true color rendering, a blurred very well digradato and relaxing, a fantastic risolvenza throughout the frame, a quality / price ratio eccellente.rnUna lens azzeccata.rnL'AF is not extra-lightning, and sometimes hesitates a little bit (especially at room temperature and low light), but it's definitely accurate, then fault anything in particular. On APSC does not excite me as the full-size ... rnUna lens in her perfect whole.

avatarjunior
sent on 22 Maggio 2016

Pros: Good construction, overwhelming sharpness, versatility

Cons: Anything

Opinion: If some buontempone insists that they prefer the 60 micro AFD, it's because they have not tried this. Absolutely superior in everything: optical, mechanical, af, bokeh. It's a great look with excellent versatility, from a macro to a fashion or close-up shot and never disappoints, absolute security. For light outputs, along with the 20mm f 1.8G and 85mm f 1.8G cousins, a lightweight, low-bulky, inexpensive (about the nikon ...) optical optics and optically amazing optics. In its scope an indispensable lens, vote 10 with praise! NOTICE: The writer is not an influencer or a guru, nor does one who downloads other images from the network to impute themselves to unlikely improvisations. For almost forty years, a passionate nikonist of photography and photographic material has been, and my opinion is not a gospel, but only the result of empirical experience. The objects I write really buy them, I play a few months and if I do not like them, but always and in any case of matterat the moment in my possession. I do not make the copy paste of reviews taken here and there on the net, if I'm talking about an item it's just and because I had in the house the time it took (at least months) to try to figure it out. I often go against current, but this does not take my sleep, as far as possible I try to help young aspiring photographers who give a weight to their savings. But, I repeat, I do not bring the verb ...

avatarjunior
sent on 29 Dicembre 2015

Pros: Precision, weight, usability and versatility than the previous model

Cons: To use that I do, zero

Opinion: I bought this lens having sold the 60mm Micro previous series and the choice did not disappoint my expectations: not demanding very high performance at the micro level, I did not find significant differences compared to the old goal but only qualities: rn- immediacy in step Manual Focusing - Autofocus, taking into account that often use the lens in non-macro and autofocus suits me and with the old goal that transition was anything but silent immediatorn-, another aspect quite useful in certain situazionirn- The goal does not change size during use, perhaps a less interesting but avoids problems mode macro.rnrnMi happen very often to photograph landscapes stiching mode: thanks to the sharpness of the lens get shots with the possibility of crop truly remarkable and a final rendering that allows you to see carefully the mountain in the background as well as the stone first piano.rnrnUtilizzo said as the target even so generalist and over tattutto in this that the new model off than the old ... the sense of usability final is really sensitive to speed focusing, silenziosità.rnrnDavvero recommended.

avatarjunior
sent on 18 Giugno 2015

Pros: construction, flare content, clarity, easy handling

Cons: nothing

Opinion: Use this lens to be about 2 years of D7000. I must say that I am fully satisfied, a real knife, sharpness impressive and very fast autofocus (for the few times you use in af). Resistant to flare! The optical construction is impressive and gives details truly unique! Perhaps slightly soft wide open but if it does perdonare.Consigliatissimo

avatarsenior
sent on 09 Novembre 2014

Pros: Construction robustaNitidezzaSfuocatoResistenza in backlight

Cons: It lacks the aperture ring

Opinion: One of the best goals that possiedo.rnE 'built really well, made in Japan, and has a light output notevole.rnLo really use full-field together with the 105mm / 2.8 VR.rnRispetto the 55mm / 2.8, which I had First, it is more pleasant in general shooting, thanks to an excellent focus and contrast less duro.rnSecondo me is also suitable for portraiture, I use it often alternating with the 50mm / 1.4 G and 85mm / 1.8 G.rn

avatarsenior
sent on 03 Settembre 2014

Pros: optical quality (at the height of his fame)

Cons: nothing to say, except for the usual lack of aperture ring, characteristic of the series G

Opinion: This is the worthy heir of the nikkor macro that have gradually gone before us. Of course it is a view designed for a specific use and is not the best for the portrait, but also lends itself well to the landscape, because of its indisputably high sharpness. Commendable as a correction of various aberrations, has a high contrast and excellent resistance to the backlight, although it is always advisable to use the long lens hood which is fitted. It has an excellent price-quality ratio.








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