Here is an example of the great range in what can be done with one
28mm f/2.8 Ai-S on a hike:
I can use the "infinity" end of the wide-angle lens and document the entire area where I hiked:
![](http://www.thenaturephotographer.club/thumbnails/1/1_thumb_0000001307_medium.jpg)
I can use the mid-range end of the lens and document the plant/flower upon which I found a spider:
![](http://www.thenaturephotographer.club/thumbnails/1/1_thumb_0000001308_medium.jpg)
And I can flip the lens around, with a simple $35 adapter, and take this
2:1 macro shot of the spider that was on the flower:
![](http://www.thenaturephotographer.club/thumbnails/1/1_thumb_0000001298_large.jpg)
This is
closer than any 1:1 macro lens can get (it's
2:1), it's
wider than any 1:1 macro lens can get, and it goes for about
half the price of any decent macro lens.
(FYI, you can fit 4 of these little spiders on your pinky fingernail
![Shocked :o](https://nikongear.net/revival/Smileys/default/shocked.gif)
)
All from a 9oz, $539 lens
![Grin ;D](https://nikongear.net/revival/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
Jack
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