In article <6h3in8$cb8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, athreya@iap.fr says...

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>Any other close-focussing wide angle that anyone might want to recommend?
>Does anyone have the magnification ratios at closest focus for the following
>lenses : 20/2.8D-AF, 24/2.8D-AF, 24/2 AIS, 28/2.8D-AF, 28/2 AIS and 35/1.4 AIS
>...... these being the Nikon lenses with CRC.

Ah, but you left out the 28mm f2.8 AIS, which has CRC, is very sharp
down to minimum-focus (and is even good on a 2X converter as a reasonable substitute for a macro lens), and is unusually close focusing (8"?).
BTW, the CRC is more a necessity than anything else on the f1.4 35mm,
just to keep its performance up with the f2-2.8 35's near minimum focus
distance... With wider lenses, CRC becomes useful even on slower lenses.
David Ruether
http://www.fcinet.com/ruether