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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sjlund, post: 1477972, member: 36879&quot;]I think you need to stop down your lens, down to f/11, to increase your depth of field.&nbsp; f/5.6 at 55mm and a few inches working distance has a very small DoF and any movement at all (such as pressing the shutter release button) can move the camera out of focus.&nbsp; Going to f/11 will help, but you really need a tripod/copystand/whatever.&nbsp; Some DIY stuff here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&amp;TOPIC_ID=19857" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&amp;TOPIC_ID=19857" rel="nofollow">http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&amp;TOPIC_ID=19857</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also remember, a lens that isn&#039;t designed to do macro photography (which is always trying to fit things into the razor thin DoF), will have a curved focal plane - especially an inexpensive kit lens.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were trying to get something going on a budget, I&#039;d be making a DIY copy stand and looking for a used manual-focus only macro lens in the 50-100mm range.&nbsp; It should be easy to find something reasonably priced, especially for nikon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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