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When shooting film, using filters is critical, and you should select lenses which share the same size filters so you only have to bring one set of them.

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I prefer bringing just my 28-300mm VR, but if you need f/2.8 and don't mind bringing more lenses along, the 24-70mm f/2.8 E VR is a flawless state-of-the-art lens, a favorite of professionals.

Now that you have a basic understanding of the three most common types of microscope objectives, you still may be confused as so manufactures have their own terms for these "grades" for example Leica uses the term "Hi Plan" instead of Semi-Plan.

It excels because it's so tiny and inexpensive, and has better performance than many more exotic older lenses. Nikon has learned a lot, and puts all their tricks in this collapsible lens.

For low-light and/or low weight, personally I and many prefer the 50mm f/1.4G AF-S. It's small, light, super sharp even wide-open and reasonably priced.

In daylight, I just carry a 80-200mm f/4 AI-s (62mm) or 80-200mm f/4.5n AI (52mm filters), again depending on which you have and your preference in filter size. Don't carry one of these zooms at the same time as any of the fixed teles.

This lens is special because its sharp, even in the corners, even wide-open at f/1.4. It is worlds better than today's 35mm f/1.4 (which is a manual focus lens made since 1969) or the manual focus 28mm f/2.

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Unless you're photographing stamps, which makes you silly because you'll get better images sticking them in a scanner, shooting macro is a real pain having to move in and out all the time to frame products and chasing moving subjects like poisonous snakes. I know snake guys who pack heat to protect their 70-180mm lenses; these lenses are that good and irreplaceable.

This lens is fantastic because it gives us every imaginable focal length we'd ever need for a DX DSLR in just one lens, and it's sharp. Heck, I sold an image to McDonald's shot on the older version — and they used it on a billboard!

Vivid Yellow Tree by the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, October 2017. Nikon D850, Nikon 28-300mm VR at 36mm at f/8 hand held at 1/20 at Auto ISO 400, Perfectly Clear v3.5. bigger or full-resolution.

These terms help identify the quality of the microscope objective lenses, if of course you are comparing a trusted name brand to another trusted name brand. There is no governing body that tests a manufactures claim of objective quality, many Chinese manufacturers label their objective a certain quality when in fact it does not meet the expectations. The degree of color correction, curvature of field, and aberration correction an objective has determines its quality.

Another lens so great that the market never figured it out, this is the only true zoom Micro (macro) lens ever made by Nikon. It also sells used for more than it sold for when new.

Nikon only made these to special order, and only made a few hundred of them across 20 years. Customers who took factory delivery in Japan were treated to a ceremony where the lens was blessed by a Shinto priest. I've only seen two in my life, both in captivity, and never seen one in the field.

This tiny and inexpensive lens wows me with its fantastic performance and ultra low price. Very few people know How to Use Ultrawide Lenses, but for those who do, this is Nikon's best DX ultrawide yet.

The 13mm is not a fisheye. Straight lines stay straight. In fact, just to show off, the 13mm has less distortion than zooms or most other normal and wide lenses! Drop a ruler on lines in the image, and they're straight.

This manual focus lens outperforms its newer 85mm f/1.4 D autofocus sibling. In fact, its so good that even after the f/1.4 autofocus lens came out, for about the about the same price, Nikon kept making these for 10 more years!

The Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S is the precursor to the 16-35mm VR. I find the 16-35mm a little sharper and much smaller and much more practical, but consider the 14-24mm if you need f/2.8 or 14mm.

All Nikon's 80-200mm f/4.5 zooms are excellent. I found the best is this AI "n" (new) version, which is recognized by the black rectangular plate on its rear mount as shown above.

Nikon's first internal-focusing 300mm /2.8 lens of 1977 quickly became the news and sports photographers standard long lens. It was fast enough to shoot indoor sports, and the internal-focusing design let it focus from near to far with the flick of a finger.

This is a tiny little lens not much bigger than a lens cap. It collapses simply by turning the zoom past 16mm, and it's ultra-sharp, focuses super fast and close, has pretty good sunstars and has no distortion as shot on the Nikon Z50 with which it was introduced.

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It was made back when Nikon was still great enough and crazy enough to make things just because they could. It always cost a significant fraction of what the average American family earns in a year, and used ones today sell for about the same real price as when new: about $5,000 to $20,000.

These are very inexpensive plastic-mount lenses that came out in 2001 and 2003 for sale with Nikon's cheapest film cameras like the N55 and N75. No one paid any attention, because everyone was swapping over to digital cameras faster than Nikon guessed, leaving Nikon stuck with pallets of unsold N75s.

Be sure that this new AF-P lens is compatible with your camera; if not, get the older 10-24mm if you have an older DX DSLR.

The 28-300mm VR is my freedom lens. It lets me get rid of my old fashioned "camera bag" full of lenses that I used to carry.

This 13mm is also unusual in that it has little to no distortion of straight lines. Unlike zooms and most fixed lenses like the current 14mm f/2.8 and 14-24mm AF-S, make a photo of the horizon along the bottom or shoot a brick wall, and everything stays straight and square. Of course even the slightest tilt on your part throws everything into a bizarre angular array of converging and diverging lines, but that's the fun.

Except that the D40, D40x and D60 can't autofocus with it (neither can the F3), there is no reason not to own one of these, unless you opt for the twice as expensive 50mm f/1.4 D.

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For Nikon FX DSLRs. 95mm filters, 81¼ oz./2,300g with collar, 73¾ oz./2,090g without collar, 7.2'/2.2 m close focus. Check price.

If I need speed for low-light, I may carry a trio of 85mm f/2 AI-s (52mm), 135mm f/2.8 AI-s (52mm) and 200mm f/4 (52mm) or 180mm f/2.8 ED. Only carry the 180 or 200, never both.

It has the best optics of any 50mm f/1.4 ever sold by Nikon or Canon. It's a much newer design than Canon's, which dates back to the 1970s!

Buying a microscope can be confusing when looking at the microscope objective types. You will notice terms like Achromatic, Sem-Plan, Plan, Super High Contrast, PlanApo, Apochromatic,  etc. But what do these terms mean?

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While I prefer my 28-300mm because I prefer to carry less, most full time pros would never leave the house without their 70-200mm f/2.8 VR FL, which is the world's best 70-200mm lens.

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It doesn't focus closely (7/2'/2.2m) and it doesn't zoom wider than 200mm, which are how Nikon is able to make this so inexpensively and have it work so well as an ultra tale.

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Each of these lenses isn't quite as sharp as Nikon's best, but pretty darn close. What gets them on my Best list is that they are this good at such a low price, and that they are tiny and weigh nothing for easy carrying.

The optics of most of Nikon's earlier AI-s manual focus lenses have been exceeded in Nikon's newer AF lenses. This isn't the case here.

These two lenses incorporate every trick Nikon has learned over decades and decades of lens design and volume manufacturing. Each uses aspherical elements to improve performance and reduce size and weight.

This Nikkor lens was made with such incredible precision that it didn't need to be pumped full of grease to fill up the internal slop of cheaper lenses of its day. It is so well made that it works with little or any lubrication, so it can work in temperature extremes and needs only a tiny flick to move the settings. Notice how it moves so easily, but that there is no play in any of the movement.

The Z 14-30mm stands out because it's the first-ever Nikon lens wider than 16mm that can take a normal screw-in front filter. Older lenses, like the huge 14-24mm f/2.8, had bulbous front elements that were completely unprotectable.

The 28-200mm G is a miracle. Not only is it pretty sharp in most cases, what gets it on my Best list is that it focuses so closely at every focal length. It focuses down to 17 inches (43cm) at every focal length, much closer than any other Nikon tele, ever. Most teles, like the 135mm DC, often can't focus closely enough for photos of baby heads. This 28-200mm does. The AF isn't that fast since it covers such a wide range, but its fast enough.

The 28-300mm VR replaces all the lenses we used to haul around. The only thing it doesn't do is replace an ultra-wide lens like the 16-35mm VR, or allow us to shoot sports in dim light like the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR FL. If you need anything longer, you'll get better photos by getting closer with the 28-300mm VR than you will by using a longer lens like the 600mm VR from farther away.

Both are sharp, even in the corners. Even the 28-80mm G is sharper than the far more expensive 24-120mm VR, which made my 10-Worst list.

The DC feature always keeps the subject ultra sharp, and allows the photographer to defocus just the background (or foreground) into the softest, smoothest, dreamiest and creamiest pastels ever.

I lusted after the 13mm ever since I was a kid in the 1970s. I saw one on display at Nikon House in Rockefeller Center in New York City in the 1970s, and saw one again in early 2008, from which I'll be penning a review one of these days.

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Nikon made its name with its manual-focus lenses. They made a zillion different types. These below are the specific lenses I carry when I shoot a manual-focus camera like my F, F2, F2S, F2AS, F3, FA, FE, FE2, FM, FM3a & etc. Any of the manual lenses work great; these are just what I prefer to cover everything.

Carry only one of these 50 or 55mm lenses at a time. The MICRO-Nikkors are sharper, even at infinity, than the f/1.4 and f/1.8 lenses.

The 13mm f/5.6 was the world's widest lens when it was introduced, and is still the widest non-distorting professional SLR lens ever made in all of history.

Americans just don't get this lens, because Nikon messed up its name. The 135mm DC, or "Defocus Control," lens, is among Nikon's sharpest lenses ever. Defocus control doesn't mean soft focus, it means "background softness control." The DC feature is really Bokeh optimization.

The 35mm f/1.8 is super-sharp, focuses instantly, it's fast, it's tough (metal mount), and simply works perfectly for a super low price.

As you can see, VR works great, letting me get ultrasharp results hand-held at 1/20 of a second. Not only does this lens let me leave my bag home, I can leave my tripod home, too.

While people who haven't shot it don't trust that it's sharp, it's newer and sharper than all the fixed lenses I used to haul around, and I can get any focal length with a twist of my wrist. Look at my Nikon 28-300mm sample images and see for yourself:

The zoom and focus are supposed to be loose and slippery. This was the sports and action lens of its day. No one was silly enough to shoot zooms on tripods pointed down, so creep wasn't the issue.

The Z 24-70mm f/2.8 is a fast, ultrasharp lens. The Z 24-70mm f/4 that often comes included with a Z6 or Z7 is just as sharp, and much lighter and less expensive. Personally I prefer the Z 24-70mm f/4, while gear hogs prefer this Z 24-70mm f/2.8. Both produce magnificent images.

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Achromatic Objective Lenses- Achromatic objectives are are standard objectives found on microscopes entry level educational microscopes. Achromatic lenses have a 60-70% flat field which means the outer 40-30% of your field of view will be out of focus.

For more reach, consider the 80-400mm VR, and again, I prefer my 28-300mm over all the rest of these because I don't need f/2.8 and I prefer my 28-300mm's all-encompassing zoom range.

As a guy who's owned probably every Nikon lens ever made, even for Nikon's 1940s-1960s rangefinder cameras, I'm astonished at how this one lens replaces every other lens I used to use, with the exception of ultra-ultra wides.

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Sigma makes an inexpensive 12-24mm zoom that may be wider, but it's not a professional lens, its not a Nikon lens, and it distorts slightly. Nikon's 14mm f/2.8 and 14-24mm AF-S are not quite as wide, and have more distortion.

The 28-80mm G focuses more closely than other Nikon lenses, often eliminating the need for a macro lens. It autofocuses faster than any other Nikon AF lens, including the AF-S lenses. Just try one; it's uncanny how instantly and exactly it focuses.

All the earlier 50mm f/1.8 lenses since 1978 are also all excellent, including the 50mm f/1.8 AF (non-D), 50mm f/1.8 Nikkor manual focus, and the 50mm f/1.8 Series E.

Selling today for only about $50 used if you know How to Win at eBay, this unassuming tele zoom just happens to be the sharpest tele zoom I've ever tested. In my 105mm center, 200mm center, 105mm corner and 200mm corner sharpness comparisons, it's the most consistent performer.

If I'm photographing moving people and kids, of course I'll prefer the AF lens, but if I'm hugging a tripod, the King is still the King.

If you want a really fast lens in an even smaller package than either of these, Nikon's 20mm f/1.8G AF-S is a unique ultra-speed ultrawide. None of Sony, Canon, or Fuji make a lens this wide and fast; it's also ideal for photographing the Milky Way. I bring my 20mm f/1.8 when I'm travelling light instead of the 16-35mm VR.

Nikon's least expensive lens is also among its sharpest. It has no distortion, focuses almost instantly, and it's Nikon's smallest and lightest lens.

These lenses also work on full-frame mirrorless (Z6 and Z7), but you're throwing away over half of your full-frame sensor area, and be sure to update to at least version 2.1 firmware in the Z6 or Z7 for VR to work with these lenses:

Nikon spent ten years perfecting this masterpiece, then discontinued it in 2006 from lack of market interest due to its deservedly high price. Collectors finally figured it out, and they now sell used for double what they sold for new.

Like the Z DX 16-50mm above, this lens stands out as an excellent optical performer, as sharp, if not sharper than 2016's (but still current) 70-200/2.8 FLE and sharper than the fully professional 70-200/2.8 VR II, and it's lightweight, collapses for travel, focuses super fast and close, and sells for next to nothing.

The 80-400mm VR is more versatile as a general-purpose tale. The 80-400 focuses much closer and zooms much wider, but it also costs much more. If you get this 200-500mm, you'll still want a regular tele like the 70-200mm f/2.8 FL or even my favorite 28-300mm VR.

This lens is a steal. It's my favorite DX lens, since when I shoot a DX DSLR, I'm traveling basic and light (I bring my Full-Frame DSLR If I'm shooting something serious). I'll grab this one lens and leave everything else at home, and this is also a great lens to add to the 18-300mm for people photography in low-light.

No only does the Z14-30 take filters, it's the sharpest ultra-ultrawide ever from Nikon, and it's also small and collapses when not in use. Bravo!

Don't expect ever to see one of these, since production was so low. Just get the 14-24mm AF-S , which is a lot less expensive, two stops faster and a lot sharper.

If you have the 18-300mm VR DX you don't need this lens, but if you need ultra-fast autofocus or prefer to use the smaller 18-55mm lens or the excellent 16-80mm most of the time and thus need a separate telephoto zoom, , this new 70-300mm has the fastest almost instantaneous focusing of any Nikon DX telephoto.