Awesome macro, portrait, and even an amazing walk-around lens if you're comfortable with the focal length. Definitely a homerun lens. I use it on my Z9 for portraits and my Z50 for macro.
Hi Adam. I had to take a double take on your name a thumbnail . Thought it said Adam Lurner. hehe. Yes this lens is amazing. Haven't yet tried it on my Z50 but I plan to now that you mention it. Thanks for the comment.
So many great shots there-great video! I own that lens for few months. This is a must for Z, especially when you do product photography. Its rendering and colour is phenomenal. Simply, this is the best macro lens on the market-no other brand is even close.
The 105mm Z Micro isn't the fastest Autofocus. I love the long accurate throw of the manual focus. And its one of the very best macro lenses i've ever used - Love It....🦘
I have this lens for my z6 II. So far I really like it. Macro photography opens up a whole new world of possibilities. If it's raining outside you can still take picture indoors. The first helicopter is a cobra gun ship like the one used in Vietnam. The other is the old Huey UH-1 which also was used during Vietnam. The Marines use both of those.
I'm so excited to watch this review! I've had mine for a while but because I live up in Seattle and we had a really smokey end to our summer which took us to extreme temperatures well into fall it's pretty much jumped straight into winter and I don't have good light for macro work right now. Hoping to do some shots of mushrooms as they pop up but it's been so cold it's a bad year for them
@@RabidNemo I have the Viltrox 85 1.8, but I've used the Nikon Z 85 1.8, which is better. However, I use the 85 range sparingly, so I can't justify the cost over the Viltrox. I prefer the 105 range, so I have no issue shelling out the money.
Great video with very nicely selected music that fits the mood of the macro imagery. Pre-ordered this lens when it was formally announced. It's a great lens. It does portraits really very well, too. What people forget, reading about the closest focusing distance, is that this is from the sensor plane (indicated on top of the camera by a small circle with a line through it. That line is the sensor plane). So the flange distance and length of the lens are all in that 29cm (about 11.4 inch) focusing distance too. I fabricated an additional extension tube for the Nikon ES-2 "film digitizing adapter". I bought an ES-2 naively assuming it would fit this lens, and it does in filter size, but the provided tubes and extension are not long enough for the 105 - the ES-2 apparently was designed for the MC 50. It works superbly fine. The ES-2 is a bit of a pin in the anatomy, because of its film strip holder. But once you get the hang of it, it's sort of OK. The results - great. When you reproduce (color) negatives, then there are a few tricks you can pull off in Lightroom or Photoshop, but I bought Negative Lab Pro to make this easier (less of a hassle, less handwork, time). The D850 actually had negative conversion "logic" on board. Not my Z 7ii. As, Vahagn, you illustrate the lens's ability to give sun-stars, it is good to see that the sun-star flares are not accompanied by glare across the image. It remains tack sharp and contrasty. And that is an awesome optical result. The "by wire" focusing is not in my way. I shot real medium format for years, some 40 years ago, and large format. It's all fine. I would want Nikon to reconsider the focusing range switch on this lens, though, in the camera firmware, I guess, as I assume that the effect of the switch is realized by the camera. I would like one position as-is: full range, but the other I would want to be able to define in a menu in the camera. I often end up in use cases where the limited range is not what I need and being able to limit AF from searching for a subject where there's nothing is a waste of time.
I really appreciate you watching. Thanks again and yes this lens is amazing. Next I might try some Nd's and do some video or maybe some slow shutter photos.
Thank you so much for posting this review - very professionally done! I just got this lens in the mail yesterday to replace my beloved F mount 105mm, which I used with the adapter on the Z6. For years I might add - uggh! I immediately noticed the difference in weight. Found this video to learn about the display on the lens etc. I'm so excited to shoot with it after watching this, especially seeing the quick auto focus examples! Looks like it'll definitely be an upgrade from the F mount.
I bought this lens in the summer but sent it back a week later and got the 100-400mm. I wanted this lens but needed that lens. I may try to get it again in 2023.
Nice lens indeed! I've always found my macro lens gets a lot of use and glad I acquired it. Just as you mentioned for it's comes in very handy for weddings from macro shots to portraits. I have the F mount Tamron 90mm 1:1 and just as this 105mm one has to know this lens personally for depth of field to capture what one wants. My best flower photos stems from macro even the flowers shots on the reception tables for instance. When anyone sees me in the backyard it's either 500mm for the birds and 90mm macro for the flowers though I do compare the 500mm flower shots to the 90mm macro and the 500mm will surprise you. Basically my two favorite lenses. I should add I rarely use a tripod so my trick is hold down on the back button focus to account for my subtle movements back n forth and fire off two shots. One of them will be on the money.
The helicopters are the Bell UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper. I miss the old 2-blade configurations (the Huey and the Cobra); they used to thump their way into town. Such a distinguishing sound... much like we attribute character to lenses... you knew when you were listening to a Huey fly overhead. 🗽
Why did I miss this? As for the 105, I am kinda split. On the one hand it renders really nice and it is sharp. So technically a good lens. But for me it is not a love affair as was with my Sigma 150mm. Not by a long shot. Maybe it is the focal length, maybe something else. Please Nikon give me a longer Macro... 105mm is just not gonna cut it for me. Anyways... nice one Vahagn! Rock on!
I jumped from d5600 to Z8 ❤big upgrade I love Nikon and looking to buy this Lens I got NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S and supper wide sharp for landscape And real estate photography
Totally agree, this has been my favorite lens of all the Z line up that i own so far. I have taken a ton of macro shots with this lens, if auto focus mode! Great video V, Rock and Roll !!!
V you are a photographer!!!!!!!!!!!!! You took nothing shots that I walk past and turned them into art! Job well done now go sit in the hammock and forget about things for a while. Hell take that lens you could make art from there! Not to brag but I broke a couch in my living room from laying around on it to much. Hey I set the bar high, top that!
This is a future lens purchase. However, I found the 85mm a more logical purchase. Tokyo apartments are considerably smaller than Sacramento apartments.
great review thank you for sharing I love this lens I was debating on not getting it then seen it at Best Buy for a low low price in Toledo my home town I got it for the best deal $375 I don't know why it was selling so cheap for but I had to have it.
I currently use the sigma 105mm macro f Mount , £1000 is a lot of for an upgrade so won’t be upgrading to the Z Lens . I have been considering another macro lens , could you do a review of the Z 50 Mc lens please and what the advantages it has over my sigma 105 mc and the Nixon Z 105 mc .
Hello Vahagraphy, I have had this 105mm Z MC lens for six month+, I also have the F mount version. From when you first mount the 105mm MC you just know how good its going to be. I find it just so well balanced on both my Z7ii and Z9, its light for it size, well made, Auto focuses very quickly and when in manual focus just works so sweetly. I just love this lens and I am just looking forward to getting my hands on a 85mm F1.* it will be worth the wait. I know every on is screaming for the Z8, D500 replacement, new wide angle Z mount lens...ect. But these thing take time not just to develop and but in manufacturing lines and if at any stage they find an issue, then Its better to take time to get thing right. Keep well, keep safe and enjoy life. This is a product image of my Z9 taken with my Z7ii and the 195mm mc? www.flickr.com/photos/johnhjic/51953142949/in/photostream
Very nice review. I like your style. The 105MC is on my wish list thanks to this review. I will buy it for sure. Thank you.
Great review of the Nikon Z MC 105mm f2.8 VR S lens. You got really good images and video with the lens,. You got the best lens Vahagn.
Another good one. Great specialty lens. I love those smooth slider moves.
Awesome macro, portrait, and even an amazing walk-around lens if you're comfortable with the focal length. Definitely a homerun lens. I use it on my Z9 for portraits and my Z50 for macro.
Hi Adam. I had to take a double take on your name a thumbnail . Thought it said Adam Lurner. hehe. Yes this lens is amazing. Haven't yet tried it on my Z50 but I plan to now that you mention it. Thanks for the comment.
So many great shots there-great video! I own that lens for few months. This is a must for Z, especially when you do product photography. Its rendering and colour is phenomenal. Simply, this is the best macro lens on the market-no other brand is even close.
Wonderful lens great for portraits, I own this lens love it!
Best macro lens I've used. The G is no slouch either but with Z9 Z6. well there is really no going back.
At 7:51 just beautiful, Thank you V for another great video
You are very Welcome Mr. New York. Rock n Roll!!!!!
Beautiful images and videos!!
The 105mm Z Micro isn't the fastest Autofocus.
I love the long accurate throw of the manual focus.
And its one of the very best macro lenses i've ever used - Love It....🦘
I have this lens for my z6 II. So far I really like it. Macro photography opens up a whole new world of possibilities. If it's raining outside you can still take picture indoors. The first helicopter is a cobra gun ship like the one used in Vietnam. The other is the old Huey UH-1 which also was used during Vietnam. The Marines use both of those.
I'm so excited to watch this review! I've had mine for a while but because I live up in Seattle and we had a really smokey end to our summer which took us to extreme temperatures well into fall it's pretty much jumped straight into winter and I don't have good light for macro work right now. Hoping to do some shots of mushrooms as they pop up but it's been so cold it's a bad year for them
It's a beautiful lens. It's my favorite portrait lens. Love the colors in your video.
Just out of curiosity have you tried the 85 1.8? I was using that for a shoot recently but was tempted to use the 105
@@RabidNemo I have the Viltrox 85 1.8, but I've used the Nikon Z 85 1.8, which is better. However, I use the 85 range sparingly, so I can't justify the cost over the Viltrox. I prefer the 105 range, so I have no issue shelling out the money.
Great video with very nicely selected music that fits the mood of the macro imagery. Pre-ordered this lens when it was formally announced. It's a great lens. It does portraits really very well, too.
What people forget, reading about the closest focusing distance, is that this is from the sensor plane (indicated on top of the camera by a small circle with a line through it. That line is the sensor plane). So the flange distance and length of the lens are all in that 29cm (about 11.4 inch) focusing distance too.
I fabricated an additional extension tube for the Nikon ES-2 "film digitizing adapter". I bought an ES-2 naively assuming it would fit this lens, and it does in filter size, but the provided tubes and extension are not long enough for the 105 - the ES-2 apparently was designed for the MC 50.
It works superbly fine. The ES-2 is a bit of a pin in the anatomy, because of its film strip holder. But once you get the hang of it, it's sort of OK.
The results - great. When you reproduce (color) negatives, then there are a few tricks you can pull off in Lightroom or Photoshop, but I bought Negative Lab Pro to make this easier (less of a hassle, less handwork, time). The D850 actually had negative conversion "logic" on board. Not my Z 7ii.
As, Vahagn, you illustrate the lens's ability to give sun-stars, it is good to see that the sun-star flares are not accompanied by glare across the image. It remains tack sharp and contrasty. And that is an awesome optical result.
The "by wire" focusing is not in my way. I shot real medium format for years, some 40 years ago, and large format. It's all fine.
I would want Nikon to reconsider the focusing range switch on this lens, though, in the camera firmware, I guess, as I assume that the effect of the switch is realized by the camera. I would like one position as-is: full range, but the other I would want to be able to define in a menu in the camera. I often end up in use cases where the limited range is not what I need and being able to limit AF from searching for a subject where there's nothing is a waste of time.
I also have the 105mm Z lens and love it. As you mentioned, it opens up a whole other world. I would not call the autofocus fast, but it is accurate.
Such a versatile lens for under a grand (on sale currently)! Appreciate all of your videos...keep them coming.🤘🏻
I really appreciate you watching. Thanks again and yes this lens is amazing. Next I might try some Nd's and do some video or maybe some slow shutter photos.
Really appreciate you posting this video especially for the video clips
Glad I could be of some help David.
Thank you so much for posting this review - very professionally done! I just got this lens in the mail yesterday to replace my beloved F mount 105mm, which I used with the adapter on the Z6. For years I might add - uggh! I immediately noticed the difference in weight. Found this video to learn about the display on the lens etc. I'm so excited to shoot with it after watching this, especially seeing the quick auto focus examples! Looks like it'll definitely be an upgrade from the F mount.
I love the 105s - hope I get the chance to get this lens. Great demo of the focusing and some beautiful samples.
Thank you Charles. Light enough to walk around, and sharp enough to cut through glass. hehe
Having run 10’s of thousands of shots through this lens, I can confidently say in a very poetic way, this lens is the tits
It sure is. Love it very much.
Great video! I found you by watching the Grays live streams and seeing you react. It took me about 10 seconds to subscribe :)
Awesome looking lens, thanks for sharing!
Definitely a dear lens to my heart. The 50mm 1.8 and the 105 2.8 MC Z lenses are always in my bag.
This is excellent insight to this kens and more versatile than one expected
Thank you my friend. NIKCAN do it all!!! hehe
@@Vahagraphy great review
I bought this lens in the summer but sent it back a week later and got the 100-400mm. I wanted this lens but needed that lens. I may try to get it again in 2023.
Jeff, if Macro is not one of the things you shoot. I'd go with a lens more geared for portraits. Maybe an older 105 E for portraits.
@@Vahagraphy I have the 85mm S and the 70-200mm S lenses already.
Nice lens indeed! I've always found my macro lens gets a lot of use and glad I acquired it. Just as you mentioned for it's comes in very handy for weddings from macro shots to portraits.
I have the F mount Tamron 90mm 1:1 and just as this 105mm one has to know this lens personally for depth of field to capture what one wants. My best flower photos stems from macro even the flowers shots on the reception tables for instance. When anyone sees me in the backyard it's either 500mm for the birds and 90mm macro for the flowers though I do compare the 500mm flower shots to the 90mm macro and the 500mm will surprise you. Basically my two favorite lenses.
I should add I rarely use a tripod so my trick is hold down on the back button focus to account for my subtle movements back n forth and fire off two shots. One of them will be on the money.
The lens? Sheesh bro…the palace grounds are on point!
:) thank you Ryan.
The helicopters are the Bell UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper. I miss the old 2-blade configurations (the Huey and the Cobra); they used to thump their way into town. Such a distinguishing sound... much like we attribute character to lenses... you knew when you were listening to a Huey fly overhead. 🗽
Wow! It's definitely on my list...would have liked to see some foodie images though ;)
I will put that on my to do list. Watch my older 105 VR video when I shoot sushi.
Why did I miss this?
As for the 105, I am kinda split. On the one hand it renders really nice and it is sharp. So technically a good lens. But for me it is not a love affair as was with my Sigma 150mm. Not by a long shot. Maybe it is the focal length, maybe something else. Please Nikon give me a longer Macro... 105mm is just not gonna cut it for me.
Anyways... nice one Vahagn! Rock on!
I jumped from d5600 to Z8 ❤big upgrade I love Nikon and looking to buy this Lens I got NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S and supper wide sharp for landscape
And real estate photography
I also have the F mount version. It is my favorite lens. When/if I go Z this will be one of my first lens purchases.
Totally agree, this has been my favorite lens of all the Z line up that i own so far. I have taken a ton of macro shots with this lens, if auto focus mode! Great video V, Rock and Roll !!!
Nice and Pro presentation
Well thank you JD. Appreciate it.
V you are a photographer!!!!!!!!!!!!! You took nothing shots that I walk past and turned them into art! Job well done now go sit in the hammock and forget about things for a while. Hell take that lens you could make art from there! Not to brag but I broke a couch in my living room from laying around on it to much. Hey I set the bar high, top that!
I already have it and it's great!!!
This is a future lens purchase. However, I found the 85mm a more logical purchase. Tokyo apartments are considerably smaller than Sacramento apartments.
great review thank you for sharing I love this lens I was debating on not getting it then seen it at Best Buy for a low low price in Toledo my home town I got it for the best deal $375 I don't know why it was selling so cheap for but I had to have it.
Nice review 😎
Thank you Marco.
Looks good !
I currently use the sigma 105mm macro f Mount , £1000 is a lot of for an upgrade so won’t be upgrading to the Z Lens . I have been considering another macro lens , could you do a review of the Z 50 Mc lens please and what the advantages it has over my sigma 105 mc and the Nixon Z 105 mc .
I just got mine today Vahagn wow its damn sharp!!!
Congrats brother.
@@Vahagraphy thanks 🙏 brother!
you got a voice of an angel
Thank you Jonathan. :)
Best shots V😅👌👌🤘
Thank you Bro.
Nice lens and very light but sam sorry I'll be keeping my 105mm f2.8 macro
Genauso gut wie das Nikon 105 1 4E Wahnsinn ich war erstaunt wie gut das ist trotzdem bleib ich bei Nikon F-Mount Nikon D6
nice vid!
Thank you Regan.
I have this one 👍
It's a must have if you rockin. Z mount.
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Hello Vahagraphy, I have had this 105mm Z MC lens for six month+, I also have the F mount version. From when you first mount the 105mm MC you just know how good its going to be. I find it just so well balanced on both my Z7ii and Z9, its light for it size, well made, Auto focuses very quickly and when in manual focus just works so sweetly. I just love this lens and I am just looking forward to getting my hands on a 85mm F1.* it will be worth the wait. I know every on is screaming for the Z8, D500 replacement, new wide angle Z mount lens...ect. But these thing take time not just to develop and but in manufacturing lines and if at any stage they find an issue, then Its better to take time to get thing right. Keep well, keep safe and enjoy life. This is a product image of my Z9 taken with my Z7ii and the 195mm mc? www.flickr.com/photos/johnhjic/51953142949/in/photostream