First shots with Nikon Z 105 Macro lense.

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I don't see many gear oriented threads or discussions which could help members in their search for new cameras or lenses... so will be starting a few.
I just upgraded my Nikon 105 DSLR Lense to its mirrorless counterpart the Nikon Z 105 VR S.
was a bit reluctant to upgrade as the added cost wasn't really justified as I could still use my old Lense on my mirrorless new camera. yet the overall advice was that the new mirrorless 1-5 macro is much better than its older non mirrorless one and the u[grade was advised by many.
its still my first shoot with the new Lense so will take a bit of time to get more used to it and here are my first impressions:
-New lense seems lighter than the older one (usually a plus ) yet it worries you in case construction is more plasticky or glass elements are lower quality, but this isn't the case at all with the new lense.
-Lense does have a small screen that can show you aperture or magnification ratio.... nice to have but not really important. it does also have a button on the side that can be programmed, haven't worked with it but focusing or focus peaking from a button on the lense seems like a good idea especially on a macro Lense.
-lense is a bit slower to focus, could be that I'm still not used to it or that I'm using he wrong focusing method (many new focusing methods on the Nikon Z7ii and I belive all other mirrorless nikon cameras and I'm not yet very familiar with them. yet focusing accuracy is amazing and much better than the older lense . So a bit of slow focusing is not a huge deal in macro photography. again its not that the camera haunts focus to no end but I feel its a bit slower.
-for those into magnification ratios, lense cannot keep 1:1 at all subject distance, believe this is the case of all Nikon lenses but not sure if other manufacturers have the same. no biggy as I'm not after a 1:! ration necessarily all the time and the Z7ii i went for has a load of Mp to crop and get more magnification.
-sharpness: was a real surprise to me. the older version was a very sharp lense yet this model seems sharper.
-Bokeh or the soft background is amazing. a bit early to judge but believe its smoother than the older version.
-colors: the real advantage and what made me so happy i upgraded. the colors are very rich (Nikon seems to be something very right in most of their mirorless lenses series but in the case of the 105 this is extremly clear.

A few shots from my first use of the camera, not perfect as I still have a learning curve with this one.
A few examples from my first shoot with it using a Nikon z7ii body. Feel free to add some examples of yours shot with same lense or other ones and please indicate which lense you used and on which body

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Absolutely stunning!!! Thank you for sharing!
 

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Beautiful pictures and nice write up on the lens.

I agree there haven't been many gear posts. I'm a Canon shooter and I'll be upgrading to the 5R soon. When I do I've been planning to ask if anyone else has switched from the EF to RF mount for the 100 2.8.

I'm excited to try focus stacking with it.

Tom
 
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Beautiful pictures and nice write up on the lens.

I agree there haven't been many gear posts. I'm a Canon shooter and I'll be upgrading to the 5R soon. When I do I've been planning to ask if anyone else has switched from the EF to RF mount for the 100 2.8.

I'm excited to try focus stacking with it.

Tom
Haven't tried focus stacking yet as I personally enjoy the shallo DOF, yet am.sure there are shots that would benefit from stacking. Luckily with the nikon z7 you can set how.many shots you want to do and the shift between them, it'll take all the shots and stack them for u in camera....
 

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Great breakdown and of course photos. I’ll be doing a camera upgrade here soon. Considering switching to Sony from Nikon but you’re making me rethink!
 

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Though the pictures are stunning and thank you for that, I have a question....
WHAT IS THIS? Need to know, love the growth pattern.
Looks like a pectina, but not quite right. Not sure.
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Though the pictures are stunning and thank you for that, I have a question....
WHAT IS THIS? Need to know, love the growth pattern.
Looks like a pectina, but not quite right. Not sure.
Screenshot_20221013_091656_Chrome.jpg
Bonsai and I so want this piece LOL
 

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I recently my the jump to the Nikon mirrorless and am still learning a ton. Was really stoked when the Z 105 VR S lense came out. Here are a couple of images from my tanks
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Hmm...been out of the photography space for a long while. Nikon is going mirrorless? Not a one is better than the other but I've always loved my Olympus mirrorless kits.

Great photos by the way. The more photos you take you will only make you better. Both as a user and learning the new kit. They already look good so obviously your experience is there.
 
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Great breakdown and of course photos. I’ll be doing a camera upgrade here soon. Considering switching to Sony from Nikon but you’re making me rethink!
Switching to Sony would have made sense till when nikon came out with the Z6-7 and the z9 for those into birding and sports. Believe nikon has caught up with the bodies. The nikon Z lenses lineup is now better than competition and the picture quality and color of all the lenses is ahead of all others so don't see the value in switching anymore especially if u have older lenses or flashes u want to use.
 
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Great! did you adjust the WB in camera or in post processing?
You could get it done in camera but believe its too much work as light changes during the shoot with time and location if the coral. Its easier to just do it in post. Having the 14k halides on abd the leds more on the white side makes wb easier even out of camera.
 
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Though the pictures are stunning and thank you for that, I have a question....
WHAT IS THIS? Need to know, love the growth pattern.
Looks like a pectina, but not quite right. Not sure.
Screenshot_20221013_091656_Chrome.jpg
Montipora hirsuta and the growth pattern is indeed amazing. Starts with branches and they fuse into this flat wider shape.
 
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I recently my the jump to the Nikon mirrorless and am still learning a ton. Was really stoked when the Z 105 VR S lense came out. Here are a couple of images from my tanks
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It is a great lense and much better than the F mount version. Nice shots love the zoas.
 
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Hmm...been out of the photography space for a long while. Nikon is going mirrorless? Not a one is better than the other but I've always loved my Olympus mirrorless kits.

Great photos by the way. The more photos you take you will only make you better. Both as a user and learning the new kit. They already look good so obviously your experience is there.
Yes they have 4-5 cameras and a near complete lenses line up already. I'm sure all the vendors cameras and lenses ses are capable of great quality shots.
Thanks been shooting aquarium stuff abd reading for years, still always room for improvement.
 

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