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Would I get better pics with a Nikkor 105mm Micro lens compared to an 18-55mm kit lens with a close up filter?

Right now my macro photography with a Hoya +4 macro lens is not really as sharp as I'd like. Maybe it's because I am doing something wrong, or could it be the equipment? Any advice or recommendations are welcome!

100% - YES...!

The Nikon 105 macro is a very sharp and flat field lens. Any single mm focal length lens is by far, sharper than any zoom. Prime lenses, them of 1 focal length, do not have to over come many obstacles found in zooms, of any length.

We, as bottom end consumers, never really see the "damage" a zoom is doing to our images until we attach a - prime - lens and shoot some of the same scenes over. It almost makes you want to cry and toss the zoom out the car window, however, like many other things, we put up with it because zooms ARE so 'handy' and allow our physical load to be much lighter.

The add on 'filters' for close up photography are marginal at best. To say the do not work would be a lie, but how well..? Adding yet another layer of glass in front of a zoom only compounds problem in both and magnifies them to horrible levels.

Yes, by all means get the 105 Macro. Their 60mm 2.8 is nice too but I sometimes find my self IN my own light because it is rather short. I have a 120 Macro but it is a very specialized lens, with built in ring light and power pack and is not too "field friendly" so it stays at home for - set shots....

Kit lenses are generally not the better lenses the company makes. Any company.. and they offer them with a "good" camera to sweeten the deal. They are a starter lens, like one's 1st car. Not what you want, but it will do, for now.

Your choice is a good one on a lens. It will do excellent close ups, up to 1:1 (life size) as well as be a general purpose lens, altho a tad of a telephoto in many cases.

Good luck.. Remember, the BEST $5,000 camera will look NO better then the lenses placed on it and a $500 camera is the same. The only thing seeing and actually "taking" the picture, is your lens...

Bob - Tucson

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