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Nikkor 105mm Micro f 2.8D AF

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Nikkor 105mm Micro f 2.8D AF
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This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 17 @ 15:46UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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This is Nikon's original 105mm AF Micro and it's a great lens. I bought this one used in 1999. It focuses right up to 1:1 life size with no fooling around. If focuses quickly in both AF and manual modes.



"Micro" is Nikon's word for macro. This is a macro lens.



This version has at least two separately cammed groups of internal elements that move separately from one another as the focus is changed. This keeps the optics optimized at all distances. For this reason you will probably hear klunking if you shake your lens. This is normal. In fact, mine sounds like a loose hardware store!!!



Nikon's premium CRC (automatic close-range correction) lenses have at least two separate sets of elements moving in relation to each other as one focuses. This is done so that the lens retains optimum performance as the distance changes. These tend to rattle more because there is more stuff moving around. The ultra-wides and fast wides were first ones to have this feature starting in 1969. All the micro/macro lenses since 1977 have had this. Nikon uses extra sets of helicoids to control the different groups of elements.



The 105 AF is more amazing still. Not only does it have CRC, but now the internal elements are all moving around on cams as you focus! Some elements move non-linearly while focusing from one end to the other. Cams allow Nikon continuous control of element position, and not simply linear control as a helicoid does.



From the collection of Don Dondero.

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