"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message news:3xfZh.476$YW4.295@trndny06...
C J Campbell wrote:

As far as I know you are the only person I have ever heard of that has
said that the 60mm f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor does not perform well.

Thank you. I truely appreciate this clarification.

I readily admit that I don't own this lens. However I have been looking for a macro lens for myself recently and the review at
http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showp...duct/98/cat/12 for the lens isn't all that great.
quote
At the end of the day, I'd have to say that this is only a mediocre lens, not really worth its relatively high selling price.
/quote

Maybe the review is wrong, maybe they tested a lemon, maybe the reviewer just had a bad day. I don't know. But if you are saying
it's a decent lens after all, then maybe I put it back on my list of candidates, too.

See my comments on the Nikkor 60mm f2.8 on my Nikkor comparison
list, at www.donferrario.com/ruether/slemn.html (keeping in mind that
all of the ratings and comments are based on full-frame film coverage).
For the smaller digital sensor area, the reservations I had about the
60mm near infinity focus with FF do not apply, and it is otherwise a
superb lens. Since the 50-100mm range of lens FLs is especially easy
to design for excellent performance, most of these lenses by all
manufacturers tend to be at least very good.
--
David Ruether

http://www.donferrario.com/ruether