>>3249772I only buy camera bodies from the manufacturer. I bought a D3400 2-lens kit. At the time there was a sale on them. Good thing I bought it from Nikon because I've had to send it in 2 times now for repairing the aperture arm. I thought it was going to be a 3rd time, but a little jiggling of the arm seems to have completely fixed it this time around.
>>3249775I have every macro piece of gear there is except for a powered focus ring. The lens' focus ring won't work unless it is powered. There are times when you can't use the rail or bellows to focus because it moves too much. The DOF is just too razor thin at F/8 and 10:1 to 20:1. Even moving the subject is disastrous when focus stacking. Having the lens powered may also help with vibrations since that is a huge problem and the lens has an anti-vibration feature on it. I'll probably end up making my own version from some AF extension tubes so I can use ultra long tubes and bellows.
>>3249779>>3249785It uses blutooth only and doesn't support control over the camera. It is only for transfer of files.
>>3249806>>3249830Plastic wears out or cracks very easily when it is as thin as it is for hooking into the flange. Every time it gets shoved into the flange ring it puts pressure and torque on the plastic reducing its life due to flexing up the flange like it is a hinge. There's a set number of times you can put the lens on and off before it breaks, no matter how careful you are. This is because the tolerances are so close. The top thing to break on those lenses are the plastic mounts. Thankfully, it isn't too difficult to replace if the warranty is up or they won't cover it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOF67_IVY4oGranted the plastic on Nikkor lenses is better than that of cheap 3rd party parts from amazon. Like those on all plastic extension tubes. Metal flanges mounted on plastic have the same stresses, but the metal takes it, the plastic under it doesn't feel it.
