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This site is non-commercial and maintained by an amateur photographer interested in macro photography on Nikon cameras. All efforts are made to produce reliable data that other photographers can use as a guide to getting the best performance out of their lenses but no guarantees can be made. There is known to be a certain amount of variance from lens to lens but good manufacturing insures that this is minimal. The data on this site is based on one lens sample only. The other issue is measurement error which I attempt to minimize. 

Below is a set of quick links to all the macro reviews on this site.

There is a link below to the start page for each lens and a quick link for the individual reviews

Comparison of FX vs DX sensors for macro photography is covered here

Capture format choices here

Technical aspects of the measurement data and analysis on this site  here

Non-macro performance of the lenses reviewed (except for the Nikon 200mm Micro-Nikkor) here 

Lenses Reviewed

For Quick Navigation : Click on link for the individual lens page

or straight to individual reviews using the underlined x magnification

Recommended Magnifications in Green

Note: This site uses magnification instead of reproduction ratio

Magnification (x 1) is used to signify 1:1 reproduction of the image on the sensor.  The magnification of a specific imaging target varies between a FX and DX sensor.  

Nikon Z Autofocus Lenses

NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S link.      

Z6II  x 0.41    x 1

Z8    x 0.41    x 1

Nikon F Mount Autofocus Lenses

AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D link

D500 x 0.27  x 0.5  x 1 

D800 x 0.41  x 1

D850 x 0.41  x 1

AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8 ED  link      

D500 x 0.27  x 0.5   x 1 

D800 x 0.41  x 1

D850 x 0.41  x 1

AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF link 

D300 x 0.27  x 0.5   x 1 

D500 x 0.27  x 0.5   x 1 

D800 x 0.41  x 1

D850 x 0.41  x 1

AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4 IF link 

D500 x 0.27  x 0.5  x 1 

D800 x 0.41  x 1

D850 x 0.41  x 1

Manual Focus Lenses

PC-E Micro NIKKOR  85mm f/2.8D link          

D500 x 0.27  x 0.5                               

D800 x 0.41

D850 x 0.41

Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 (Ai) link 

D500 x 0.27  x 0.5    x 1 

D800 x 0.41  x 1 

D850 x 0.41

Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO link   

D500 x 0.27  x 0.5   x 1  x 2 

D800 x 0.41  x 1  x 2 

D850 x 0.41  x 1  x 2

Zeiss Milvus 2/100M link

D500 x 0.27  x 0.5                               

D800 x 0.41

D850 x 0.41