Nikon 105mm f2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR

I have nicknamed this lens 'the beast'. It is huge and heavy, but it's results are amazing. Great image quality and outstanding bokeh. A great lens for the smallest of critters and great closeups. You will need a special port for the 105 VR since it's so fat. Underwater it takes a little getting used to compared to a 60mm macro, but once again the efforts and sharp results are worth it. In water with low visibility (less than 4 metres or 12 feet) this lens can hunt ,because it can't focus. I recommend a modelling light to aid this lens in focusing. Nonetheless a great performer and very well built. Delivers all you expect from it and a favorite amongst many photographers I know.

Great for "distance" shots with shy critters, can hunt a bit with low light and poor viz, works as it should, very sharp.

This is a great macro lens that produces some outstanding shots. Unfortunately, because of its size and need for a separate flat port (Subal), I rarely take it with me on overseas trips, and instead use my 60 mm.

For macro shooting in my home waters of Puget Sound and British Columbia, it is great.

I have the old and still working, but this is also very good. 5 star

It’s a heavy lens, but the performance is great. Fast and good image quality. It’s a fantastic lens to catch the marvellous underwater small creatures.

This is a big lens, but the performance is well worth it. I do not wish to repeat what other reviewers have already said (and I agree with most of it), but simply add a tip for saving the additional expenditure, space and weight of an additional port. Rather than buy the dedicated lens port (I use a D300 and Subal housing), I use a combination of the 60mm port and an additional spacer (I already had both for other lens and port configurations - many people will have the 60mm port already, I am sure). Although you lose the ability to focus manually, the lens is so good in autofocus - especially if you use a modelling torch for very low light or low contrast conditions - the lens works perfectly well without the dedicated 105 port. If you need to fix the focus range to avoid hunting, you can simply find the correct range in autofocus, set the camera body to manual focus and then shoot at that fixed range. Although I have found a couple of occasions where manual focus via the lens might have been easier, the savings (cost, weight, space) seem more than worth the trade-off.