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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 AF Micro : Specifications and Opinions

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The Nikon 55mm f/2.8 AF Micro is a macro lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 1987 to 1989 (discontinued). The focus is done by In-camera AF motor, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is €;

7 users have given it an average vote of 10.0 out of 10.

Specifications
Focal lenght	55 mm
Angle of view	43°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/2.8
Aperture blades	7
Lenses/Groups	6 elements in 5 groups
Min. focus distance	0.22 meters
Reproduction ratio	1.00x
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	In-camera AF motor
Internal Focus	No
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	62 mm
Lens hood	Built-in
Weather sealing	No
Weight	420 g
Dimensions	74 x 74 mm
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Junglialoh

sent on November 26, 2017

Pros: Once of the sharpest lens ever tested

Cons: Short macro focal length

Opinion: It is even better than Zeiss Milvus 50mm and Planar 50mm, and equal to Sigma 50mArt.It is remarkably detail and sharp even corner.I used many 50mm such as Leica-R 50mm Summicron, Contax Planar 50mm, Nikon 50mm G, Canon 50mm STM, but this is Top of all these lenses. I used Fuji 35mm and Panasonic Leica 25mm, and Pentax sharpest 35mm AL. But none of them come close except Sigma Art 50mm.

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Sandro Ancisa

sent on March 12, 2024

Pros: Quality, easy handling, frightening sharpness, can also be used as normal optics.

Cons: Slowness in focusing, but almost insignificant in macro.

Opinion: I've had several analog macro lenses, Canon, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, and all of them had excellent qualities even on a professional level, used for playback on stands, for dialogy duplication, for scientific research, for personal pleasure, going around. With digital you increase versatility, for this reason, the Micro Nikkor rises to remarkable heights, with its quality. Tested on an APS-C it does not give the impression of excessive drops in quality, but on full frame it flies very high, explains its fantastic resolution and literally 'splits hairs'. Compared to the Micro Nikkor F 3.5 it seems a little less 'raw', but perhaps it is an impression given by the handling of the prints of the past. The sharpness is fantastic, in comparison, to the Sigma Macro 105mm. it's best used for daily macros, but when you're serious in the studio, the Nikkor flexes its muscles. If you want to be amazed by a butterfly...

Giuliano75

sent on December 30, 2020

Pros: Lightness, optical yield, versatility, contrast and center-angle uniformity

Cons: Fragile plastic frame, AF sometimes critical

Opinion: Bought on impulse a couple of years ago based on the excellent results obtained with the manual version of the seventies. The design is curious and a little out of the Nikon tradition, evidently it must have convinced little of its creators since it remained in production for a couple of years between 1987 and 1989. The specimen in my possession has a crack in the ring that allows the transition from MF to AF, fortunately this does not affect functionality. Just like his manual "uncle" of 1977, the 55 is an optics that can be used both to go around doing some reportage as to do macros and shoot close subjects. Sometimes it has uncertainties of focus when the distance is very small, a defect that is attenuated by switching from the D600 to the D3x (the latter has the advantage of being able to open and close the diaphragm to control the depth of field in Live View, but it is another story and still a nice advantage ...). In essence, a multi-purpose lens in the best Nikon tradition.

Nessunego

sent on February 04, 2020

Pros: Sharp even at full opening and homogeneous up to the edges of f4, wonderful mechanical construction, sublime overall optical rendering with excellent blur and gradual tonal passages, af precise, construction that shields the front lens as there was a light lampshade, light, Compact.

Cons: Af a little slow (for static macros and portrait goes BENISSIMO). They haven't done it (since 1987)... Sigh.

Opinion: What a beautiful lens! Too bad they haven't done it since 1987. I was lucky enough to find a virtually perfect specimen, without oil on the diaphragm, without dust, mold, scratches, well centered and with perfect maf without having to micro-adjust. In my opinion as a focal is more versatile than the 60mm af-d macro. I recommend it unreservedly if you find a copy in good condition.

Photos taken with Nikon 55mm f/2.8 AF Micro

Pair of ribbon moray eels Rhinomurenae quaesita

by Ceresi Claudio
51 comments, 4779 views [editors pick]

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by Ceresi Claudio
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Smile you are on candid camera Murena Leopardo

by Ceresi Claudio
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HI RES 6.3 MP

Porcelain, porcelain crab sp.

by Ceresi Claudio
30 comments, 2969 views [editors pick]

HI RES 3.9 MP

Mandarin fish

by Ceresi Claudio
31 comments, 604 views

HI RES 6.0 MP

Porcelain crab

by Ceresi Claudio
33 comments, 1714 views

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Mandarin fish

by Ceresi Claudio
24 comments, 854 views

HI RES 11.6 MP

Nemo

by Ceresi Claudio
10 comments, 936 views

HI RES 4.6 MP

Porcelain crab and clownfish

by Ceresi Claudio
23 comments, 838 views

HI RES 4.0 MP

Clownfish in white anemone Philippines , Moalboal

by Ceresi Claudio
22 comments, 912 views

HI RES 3.8 MP

Porcelain crab over anemone carpet

by Ceresi Claudio
19 comments, 789 views

HI RES 3.8 MP

Clown fish in anemone

by Ceresi Claudio
16 comments, 515 views

HI RES 4.7 MP

Sinu road 2

by Dell'oglio Armando
51 comments, 1932 views

HI RES 7.3 MP

Stenopus hispidus

by Ceresi Claudio
8 comments, 761 views

HI RES 3.8 MP

The last caress of the sun

by Marco Riccardi
57 comments, 1439 views

HI RES 12.1 MP

Anemone

by Marco Riccardi
59 comments, 1354 views

HI RES 12.1 MP

Clownfish and white anemone Philippines Moalboal

by Ceresi Claudio
12 comments, 414 views

HI RES 6.0 MP

Here I am

by Fabrizio Pocci
19 comments, 1383 views

HI RES 10.5 MP

Full light

by Maurizioartax
16 comments, 969 views

HI RES 15.3 MP

Oriental very Very nice

by Maurizioartax
19 comments, 1360 views

HI RES 8.3 MP

Mazzancolla - Wikipedia

by Ceresi Claudio
2 comments, 683 views

HI RES 3.8 MP

Dancer shrimp

by Ceresi Claudio
3 comments, 471 views

HI RES 3.8 MP

Untitled Photo

by Ringhjos
5 comments, 1278 views

HI RES 16.7 MP

Untitled Photo

by Ultraviolet
23 comments, 1630 views

HI RES 12.1 MP

Any day

by Maurizioartax
11 comments, 1246 views

HI RES 13.9 MP

Anemone pulsatilla alpina

by Ciro Garrone
7 comments, 266 views

HI RES 6.0 MP

Petals ... in flight

by Fabrizio Pocci
22 comments, 1658 views

HI RES 10.0 MP

A tender hug

by Ultraviolet
35 comments, 1421 views

Platelminto (Platyhelminthes)

by Ceresi Claudio
4 comments, 1147 views

Desafinado Municipality

by Maurizioartax
12 comments, 846 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Sinuous road

by Dell'oglio Armando
11 comments, 893 views

HI RES 8.8 MP

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Moray eel and shrimp cleaner

by Ceresi Claudio
2 comments, 365 views

HI RES 7.0 MP

The Tailor

by Ringhjos
5 comments, 1007 views

HI RES 13.9 MP

Sensual floral

by Fabrizio Pocci
34 comments, 1460 views

HI RES 12.2 MP

Pine washes

by Giuliano75
7 comments, 2202 views

HI RES 17.0 MP

Coral polyps

by Ceresi Claudio
7 comments, 251 views

HI RES 7.2 MP

Shyness

by Fabrizio Pocci
12 comments, 975 views

HI RES 12.2 MP

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