Review on 📷 Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 Lens for Nikon - Detailed Review, Specifications, and Pricing by Joy Bell

At half the price of the 105mm Nikon Macro I recommend this lens. Autofocus is noisy compared to newer Nikon lenses, and switching from autofocus to manual focus seems to stutter a bit and then click loudly - so the lens isn't as perfect as it could be, but the overall quality is still high and similar to a pro lens than a whale lens. If you can't afford Nikon macro photography then this is a good choice. The optical performance seems to be excellent. I've taken a lot of great photos of flowers, but it took some practice as the depth of field isn't great (as probably all macros are). I find it does great portraits, but because I have a crop sensor I have to get far from the subject (140mm effective focal length with crop sensor). Zooming out to f2.8 I captured a nice creamy background on top of human subjects. I had to shoot flowers at f11 or f16 to get enough depth of field in the shadows to get most colors (in the shadows) in focus even at 2ft. So my camera increased the ISO higher than I wanted. Find a tripod with image stabilization. There's an Image Stabilized (VC) version of this lens, but I couldn't find a deal good enough to justify the jump in price, and if you can I'd recommend it.