On Sat, 25 Apr 1998 16:29:43 GMT, rueyloon@cyberway.com.sg (Ung Ruey Loon) wrote:

>should I sell my nikkor f3.5 e-series 75-150mm to get a 105mm micro ?
>what's the difference in their color, resolution and sharpness ?

No! ;-) You would not get enough for that really excellent
zoom to justify its sale...;-) The 75-150 and both Nikkor
105mm f2.8 M's are excellent, but see below...

>I've read that the e-series is actually even sharper than the 105
>micro ?
>how does the micro perform at infinity setting ? can it be used as a
>normal telephoto ? like in the streets ?

The MF 105mm f2.8 M is a good general-use short tele - it is
very sharp at infinity even wide open, and it is easy to use.
The AF version is awkward to focus manually, since the action
is too rapid near infinity-focus - and 2 of 3 samples I've seen
of this lens showed alignment problems near infinity-focus,
though it is potentially also very sharp at infinity.