For around five Franklins the AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 85 f/3.5 ED VR will put you as close as 11 inches to the object whose details you must see at 1.0x magnification. It incorporates Nikon’s VR II technology for a 4 shutter speed advantage over your coffee addiction. You’d do well to toggle it off when you’re working from a tripod, as it’ll incorrectly adjust for no motion. For more reasons why you’d want to use the DX 85, click over to Nikon’s Support page, which is surprisingly amiable.

If you’re a glass buff, a fan of The Decarmeron or Arabian Nights, or just need something to read that isn’t about the iPad or Gerard Butler’s Roman hands, check out “NIKKOR -The Thousand and One Nights,” where Haruo Sato and Kouichi Ohshita chronicle at random the history of NIKKOR lenses.