![]() ![]() Over the next sixty years, this growing company became a manufacturer of optical lenses (including those for the first Canon cameras) and equipment used in cameras, binoculars, microscopes and inspection equipment. ![]() Nikon Corporation was established on 25 July 1917 when three leading optical manufacturers merged to form a comprehensive, fully integrated optical company known as Nippon Kōgaku Tōkyō K.K. Nikon is a member of the Mitsubishi group of companies ( keiretsu). Nikon's main competitors in camera and lens manufacturing include Canon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Pentax, and Olympus.įounded on Jas Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha ( 日本光学工業株式会社 " Japan Optical Industries Co., Ltd."), the company was renamed to Nikon Corporation, after its cameras, in 1988. Īmong Nikon's many notable product lines are Nikkor imaging lenses (for F-mount cameras, large format photography, photographic enlargers, and other applications), the Nikon F-series of 35 mm film SLR cameras, the Nikon D-series of digital SLR cameras, the Nikon Z-series of digital mirrorless cameras, the Coolpix series of compact digital cameras, and the Nikonos series of underwater film cameras. Also, it has diversified into new areas like 3D printing and regenerative medicine to compensate for the shrinking digital camera market. The company is the eighth-largest chip equipment maker as reported in 2017. Nikon's products include cameras, camera lenses, binoculars, microscopes, ophthalmic lenses, measurement instruments, rifle scopes, spotting scopes, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which it is the world's second largest manufacturer. You would need a Canon DSLR body to attach it to, pretty much any one would do, and you would need a macro flash set up.West Building of Nikon in Nishi-Ōi, Tokyo It does up to 5:1 magnification with no attachments needed but it is not cheap. If you are really serious about macro, the best macro lens available is the Canon MP-E 65mm. This is OK for large bugs like butterflies or dragonflies, but will not give you really close stuff like your jumper shot on your flickr. It is marketing hype, it will only do 1:2 close up. The Sigma 70-300 is not a macro lens, despite the name. Your Raynox, if it fits, can be used with these lenses to give more magnification, or extension tubes or both. ![]() Some 1:1 macro lenses similar to, but cheaper than, the Nikon 105mm are the Sigma 105mm, Tamron 90mm, Tokina 100mm. A good 1:1 prime macro lens on any DSLR body will give you similar results to what you are getting with your Panny/Raynox combo, but you will not see a huge improvement. Thanks in advance!!Īs you say, the lens is the factor in macro and the body is not such a big factor. I have added a link to one of my macro images to give an idea of what I would like to achieve with the D5000 and hope that I would get better IQ. If anyone can give me any advice on the D5000 then that would be great I have had a look at reviews but would like to hear from members of this forum and if any have macros they could post then that would be great. I also have a Raynox dcr 250 which I use with my current camera which is a panasonic FZ28, and I have been getting good results, but I think its time to upgrade and want to make sure the D5000 would be a good choice. I do understand that its down to lens selection and although I would love to get the 105mm atm its out of my budget (if I go with the D5000!) and would look at the sigma 70-300mm macro, mate of mine got it for his d3000 and it looks impressive. ![]() Hi all I am seriously looking into purchasing a Nikon D5000 seems the price is right atm, one of my main interests is macro and would like to know what the D5000 is capable of. ![]()
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