What's the minimum focus distance on this lens? Could it serve for casual macro work?
1883182
24cm; I 'd not use it for macros if you want 1:1 reproduction; the kit lens combined with macro adapter may be the better route; or a real macro like the 60mm
1917375
No. This is a general purpose walk about lens. No lens manufacture can make a true macro-zoo. Most "macro" zooms are a marketing ploy. At best they can get down to 1 to 7. A true macro should be able to get down to 1 to 1. While the macros made by Sony are worthy enough, they are poor deal. You can pick up a Tamron or Sigma macro which perform just as well and save some serious coin.
1249479
I have the Canon 50mm 1.4. The Bokeh is not very good. not a good choice for macro. I'm now looking for a macro lens.
136116
Look up a micro 4/3 macro extension tube. It mounts between the lens and body, and you can use different length tubes for different distances. It's cheap too. The only catch is it doesn't allow for auto focus.
833870
Hello, there is an Auto Focus on this lens. Click the switch by AF - M to use Auto Focus (AF) however when shooting Macro, it's usually better and easier to manually focus. I hope this helped.
2120764
Its a macro lens. Try getting as close as posible , you almost have to be touching the object with the lens for it to focus
1359668
I figured it out. The lens can not be zoomed in to have full control over the manual focus. When zoomed out to a normal range, the manual focus will fully function, as well as macro, it seems.
1199564
According to the information with the lens, the minimum focusing distance is 0.39 m or 15.4".
1875333
This is strictly for macro. Focusing on anything that isn't at the closest focal point is impossible. It is also recommended that you use a lens with a shorter zoom level. This is basically incompatible with my 250mm. I can only imagine how much worse it is with a 400mm.
1915107
Yes! You screw it off completely! It shows up blurry if you're trying to take normal pictures, but when you angle the camera close to something, its supposed to focus and look zoomed in! Keep trying, or look up info about macro lenses!
1356282
It doesn't get super close, but it's really damn sharp. If you want to get closer, I'd suggest Sigma's 28mm f1.8 macro (they also have a 24, a 50, etc.)The macros are reviewed well enough, may not be as optimal in the corners, but for center-frame macro shots, everything else will be bokeh-d out anyway. This is more of a perfect travel lens- sharp as anything corner to corner for the landscape shots, and wide f1.8 for the people shots, while still being practical and relatively distortion-free.
933398
This lens does not have macro, or what Nikon labels "micro" focusing capability. I will say, though, that the 24-70/2.8 takes such beautiful images that it stays on my camera about 80-90% of the time. Check out the 105/2.8 "micro-Nikkor" lens for macro as well as good portrait alternative.
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Not really... It has a minimum focal length of 13 inches zoomed out and about 8 feet when zoomed all the way in. As far as a true macro lens goes, I would I use the Tamron 90 mm macro. In addition if you use the +1, +2, +4, +10 close-up lenses, you can get really really close.
264234
It's a 50 mm fixed lens. I am able to get fairly close to subject and focus, but not macro
386985
I get that same problem (I also have a D7000). However, on mine that is only for close-up macro-type images (when I snap the photo, the focus seems to be farther than where I focused - I lost out on some neat bug photos because of it, and did a lot of testing compared to other lenses). It does OK at distance. My adjustment is less than that (I don't remember it), but I don't use it much for close-ups. I use it mostly for wide shots and landscape work, and also inside museums. In a perfect world, I would buy the 24-70mm f/2.8 Nikon, but this is a third of the price, and for my application is fine. However, if you are shooting people at closer ranges, I can see where it might be an issue. That far off, and it might be worth talking to Sigma about it. They might be able to either fix it or replace it.
1632324
Not sure why it says 4 inches. I can get it to focus at less than one inch. It's a great 30mm lens for macro photography.
1770840
It really depends on how close a macro shot you are looking to take. I tried to use this lens for some really close macro shot and it did not focus well. Have to use manual focus. This is overall a very good lens but if you are looking for specific lens to take exceptionally good close macro shots then it is better to get a true macro lens.