Advice Sought on Macro Lens to Purchase for Nikon D90.

Ask Michael Thornton. He helped me with the same question, different camera! He will know!!

Hi Judi,

Please post what you find out as I take many close up photos but I am pushing my poor Kodak camera to its limits. I get lucky sometimes but need a camera with better lenses. I am buying a new camera this weekend and I am probably buying the bundle deal at Costco for the Cannon EOS Rebel T2i.

Judi, I am sure that with all the camera knowledge here in the Rain you will be guided in the right direction.

I have a Nikon D3000 and just happened to order a close up lens today from Abes of Maine.  This Nikkor lens is on sale at $149 and gets very good reviews.  You may want to take a look.

Sue of Robin and Sue

I own a D90 and have used if for close up photography as well as landscapes, ocean photo, and wildlife.  I personally wouldn't take a new lens out of the box without buying a very high quality UV or Skylight filter.  It's the cheapest protection for a multi-hundred or thousand dollar investment.  AA good quality filter WILL NOT degrade a photograph.  A cheap filter might as well be wax paper in front of your lens.  Before I bought a bunch of additional lenses I would learn to use all the features of the camera and I'd certainly invest in a couple (one for each lens) of goood circular polarizing filters.  The improvement in your outdoor photographs will be remarkable.  If you have not done so, I would consider Nikon Capture NX2  or other high quality photo editing program.  If you use the NEF format and shoot in RAW or RAW plus JPEG, the software will allow you to look at the pictures and analyze what you did right, or what you did wrong.  Shooting in RAW with the NEF format will allow you to make any modification you could make with adjustments to the camera.  Once you've mastered the camera, including all the features in the P, M, A, and S modes and the software I'd consider other lenses.  I have and SB600 and wouldn't recommend going any lower for a remote flash.  The on camera flash is okay for shooting snapshots with the AUTO mode if you're feeling lazy, but beyond that I'd want a flash further away from the lense or even remote, which the camerqa is built to take. 

Judi - I also have a D90.  I have a Hoya 52mm MC Closeup + 3 Pro 1 Filter.  I'm not the best person to talk to about it though.  I've only used it once:-)

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