A couple years back I was at Edward Gardens taking a few
shots when I saw a girl with a (then) new Olympus EP-1 with an adapted Nikkor
50mm f1.8 trying to take shots of a caterpillar. Unfortunately the lens minimal focal distance
didn't let her get anywhere close enough, so I decided to let her try out my
Micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8 that I happened to be using.
The results on her camera were outstanding. The bright light levels let her keep the ISO
(and noise) down and still retain a fast shutter speed, while the 2 stops of
extra depth of field created by the small sensor allowed her to get excellent
sharpness across the whole of the caterpillar, even at f4.
I tried to take a photo of the same caterpillar a few
minutes later, and could not get a shot anywhere near as good. The thin depth of field made this very
tricky, and stopping down meant I had shutter speed issues to content with.
I suspect running this lens, or another full frame Nikon
mount macro of some sort with the Nikon V1 or J1 with a F mount adapter would
yield truly excellent macro results, as long as there was enough light around.
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| Nikon D90 and Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro |
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