Recommend a Macro Lens for a Nikon D80

[raskal311]

Remember your talking to a guy that has only owned a point and shoot.

 

[VultureCP]

raskal: get the Sigma 105mm and a tripod and you will be producing amazing pictures. Just make sure to set the white balance and the fstop between 10 - 20. You will be making stunning photos. If you want to get closer you can buy a teleconverter which usually come in various magnifications between 1.2 and 2.0. This will basically turn your 105mm into a 210mm.

I won't get into great detail but your D80 will actually magnify the 105mm to 168mm. So you are getting quite the zoom.

 

[raskal311]

Well the guy with the D80 decided he wanted to keep the camera so I went with the D70 with the Macro lens.

Here is the best picture I was able to get last night. Full picture no cropping on raw mode. I adjusted to show 20k lighting from there.


Thanks everyone for your help, I'm sure I'll have many other questions in the future.

 

[africangrey]

Raskal, that is a beautiful picture for the first try, you definitely don't need any help from us. Personlly I would like see more depth by stopping down. How did you adjust the white balance to compensate the 20K, Photoshop software or hardware on the D70?

 

[raskal311]

It looks like it’s through the camera itself. The camera is saving the picture twice, one as JPG and the other as a raw file. When I click to open the raw file it opens a program that I don’t have on my pc so I’m assuming it’s through the camera. There is an option to adjust with balance where I just typed in 20,000 which is the K bulb I’m using on this particular system.

 

[Kinetic]

hah, the 105mm sigma is sooo light compared to a ton of lenses out there =) You'll get used to it.

TIME TO HIT THE GYM!!!

 

[krzysieks]

How about close up kit?
Anybody used it to photograph corals?
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/22754-REG/Hoya_002310_52mm_Close_up_Kit_HMC_.html