I own Nikon 35mm cameras from long ago. They had a circle with
a line on the top indicating the focus plane. It might be
best to set up the distance and not trust the eyes.

More light increases depth of field which in turn makes more
of a 3-D object come into focus.

When I was a AFRS photographer we always focused at the point that
is 1/3 of the distance to the object (from the object) and the focus
would be up to 2/3 past that point.

e.g. an object is at 12" from the camera. Focus at 8" and the
object would be in focus from 8 through 12 unto 20".

Naturally when working at 4" the dimensions become much smaller.

Digital cameras never planned on Micro/Macro (Nikon/Minolta) lens
distances. My Sony digital has optional lenses for micro.
It is a tube with a lens attached. It is a bit ugly, but functions.
I have the tele for it as well. It was an early 5Mb camera.

The Nikkor has a 55mm lens for Micro photography. (or did).
They might have one for the digital camera.

In my opinion, Nikon chose poorly making the 35mm lenses obsolete.
In recent years a digital model came out that accepted the older
lenses. There was a lot of smoke talk about purity and clarity of
glass, but the 35mm lenses resolved to a higher resolution. The
object was to replace our cameras with new ones. That didn't happen.

Martin



Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>> Can anyone suggest a good internet shop for photographic equipment in
>> the US?
>> Is Amazon reliable with such items?
>> This is shell related! I am looking for a macro lens for my DSLR
>> camera for
>> taking pictures of shells!
>> Please reply privately to [log in to unmask]
>
> Make sure you get the right macro! I can't afford a macro, and the
> standard Nikkor 18-135 zoom is a poor substitute.
>
> I just bought a Nikon D80 DSLR in the hope of crisp images.In fact it
> does no better than my Konica Minolta DiMage A2 point-&-shoot...
> definitely not crisp; at 100% magnification tha imegas are fuzzy.
> It's not camera-shake... may be faulty autofocus (both cameras?), and
> the viewscreens in the KM were too low-resolution to focus manually;
> the TTL viewfinder of the Nikon is good enough, but doesn' make up
> for my short-sightedness and the national agent can't be bothered to
> tell me if the single optional viewfinder lens will do the trick...
> so I'm stuck with TWO shit cameras.
>
> Watch what you buy!!
> --
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