Nikon Nikkor AF Micro 60 mm f/2.8D review - Summary

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Nikon Nikkor AF Micro 60 mm f/2.8D

25 October 2007

Arkadiusz Olech

11. Summary

Pros:

solid build
great picture quality in the middle, as well as at the edges of the frame
zero distortion level
small astigmatism
good autofocus performance
very small vignetting

Cons:

a bit too large coma
chromatic aberration in the maximum aperture area could be a bit smaller

You don’t have to be a Sherlock Holmes to figure out from our test that the Nikkor 2.8/60 is a very good instrument, which is half the price of the new Nikkor 2.8/105 VR and still provides lots of great sharp pictures. Of course, we can’t deny the Nikkor’s 2.8/105 VR advantages: the stabilization, SWM motor and the ability to work with the D40/D40x Nikons since these are all great features. But when we look at the relation between the total picture quality and the prices of the two lenses, the Nikkor’s 2.8/60 predominance is huge. Generally speaking, the lens’s results were really very good and it has a solid place on the all-time all-star 50-90 mm class lens shelf. The competition here is large and the quality battles are very fierce.

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Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 60 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/320 sec, ISO 320 File: JPG, 3872x2592 pix, 4.4 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 60 mm, f/5.0, exp. 1/125 sec, ISO 320 File: JPG, 3872x2592 pix, 4.2 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 60 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/320 sec, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3872x2592 pix, 4.9 MB

Camera:Nikon D200 Parameters: 60 mm, f/3.5, exp. 1/400 sec, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3872x2592 pix, 3.3 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 60 mm, f/2.8, exp. 1/2500 sec, ISO 160 File: JPG, 3872x2592 pix, 3.3 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 60 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/60 sec, ISO 250 File: JPG, 3872x2592 pix, 3.3 MB

Camera:Nikon D200 Parameters: 60 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/750 sec, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3872x2592 pix, 4.9 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 60 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/60 sec, ISO 250 File: JPG, 3872x2592 pix, 4.3 MB	Camera: Nikon D200 Parameters: 60 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/125 sec, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3872x2592 pix, 3.8 MB