Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 11 reviews of Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S. The average rating for this product is 4.6/5, compared to an average rating of 4.4/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Comments about the price and design are on the whole positive, whereas comments about the size and usability are mixed.

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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

The sharpest lens in the Nikon line. Good for closups. Also great on the bellows. Compact. Very decent flare control with a lens shade added.

I wish the F2.8 was an F2. Then it would be fantastic as a normal lens. As it is, it is too slow for indoors available light.

F2.8 is slow to me on this focal length but ok on a zoom or a telephoto.

Jan, 2005

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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

Went to town to pick a Sigma 105 Macro or 60/105mm micro, depending on the price I could get. Peeking in a stores window I saw the the (used, mint condition) 55 AF one knowing that the AI-S version was a very good one. For the price payed I skipped on...

picture quality (what else counts on a micro?) the low weight and small size makes it easy to pick it as 2nd or 3rd for a walkaround.

maybe the plastic build, but it's already 15 years old and still very good.

Nov, 2004

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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

This is a review of AF Micro Nikkor 55/2.8. I want to give a review of this lens because it's really a good lens and I have to put the review here because I couldn't find dedicated place for this lens. It has the same construction as the manual...

Optical quality 1:1 magnification

Plastic construction Small focusing ring Useless distance scale

Dec, 2003

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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

One of Nikon's best.

Really sharp and contrasty, close and far, wide open, centre to corner. Metal finish, 52mm thread, low flare, low distortion. Overall quite excellent.

Only goes to 1:2 and it sucks in a lot of dust as you focus from one extreme to another.

Nov, 2002

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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

This is truly a gem of a lens. As a macro lens 1:2 it is great but donæt let that stop you from using it as a normal lens for both indoor and outdoor photography. I enjoy natural light photography and this has proven to be a very practical lens for...

1:2 macro + high quality normal lens in a very compact package. No need for a lens hood (glass is well recessed so flare is not an issue).

None I can think of.

Sep, 2001

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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

If you attached it to an extension tube you can make mosquitoes portraits. It has even save me with portraits when not javing time to change lens. One of my best fellows.

Very light and well built ; Incredible sharp images ; Has done miracles for me doing products for catalogs

None

Aug, 2001

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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

Great 'normal' lens. I am using this lens more and more. I would prefer a 1:1, but I am looking for a good used 105mm MICRO AF, but I will not part with this gem. Regards, John www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Meadows/8847

Excellent build quality, and optical quality. Very sharp images corner to corner - definitely one of my sharpest performers ; This lens is built like a tank

1:2 mag. ratio ; I would love it to have 1:1 - but again nothing is perfect

Jul, 2001

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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

If I want to take three lens with me, I would choose 180 F/2.8, 55 F/2.8 and 20 F/2.8. If I take two, I would pick 180 and 20. If I can only take one, it must be the 55. It's a general lens which is so general that I use it for 90% of my photos. I...

Light, sharp, great for travel. With macro function and 'standard' focal length, it's excellent for travelling light.

Not the sharpest. I always have the strange feeling that micro lens is better than normal one in terms of definition. It's of course better, but not 'much' better.

May, 2001

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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

I would have been happier with this lens if I did not once own an earlier 3.5 version. I actually have since sold the lens and recently bought a mint 55 f 3.5 Micro Nikkor P and find it to produce images that appear better to me than the "new and...

Compact, fast for a macro, good optics

I found the earlier 55mm f3.5 Micro Nikkor P to be sharper and give better overall image quality.

Apr, 2001

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Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro AI-S

When Nikon announced their auto focus line up, I was deep into the system with every lens from 20mm-300mm. I sold off many of these to buy the latest technology. Sadly autofocus lenses let me down too many times, mechanically and optically. I bit the...

Mechanically first rate, (compared to the often loose feel of some of the current offerings). Sharp at all distances due to Close Range Correction (CRC), making it usable as a general lens as well as a macro range lens. Deeply recessed front element...

Not truly a weakness, but a fact of the vintage, this lens only goes to one half life size without the PK-13 extension tube. This might make the transition a bit less smooth than the current 60mm, which goes to full life size, but one benefit is that...

Feb, 2001

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