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Obviously you will need the Nikkor AF 180/f2.8 ED IF either the D or non-D version. I have the new, metal finish version and I can't tell you anything about the old, cheap plastic finish version of this lens.
You will need also the lense hood in place and in good shape.
You will need some kind of macro lenses: I've used two: the MCON35 from Olympus (72mm) and the +4 macro from Hoya (62mm).
After you'll get the idea of this setup you will be able to use whatever macro lense you'll want.
The nice thing about the MCON35 is its metal body well fitted to the 180mm's lens hood.
You will need also a cheap, ordinary circular rubber band. Ask your wife or girlfriend about this ;-)
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| What you need |
Stack the macro lenses together (if you have two) and put the rubber band on the larger, 72mm, macro lense ring as in the picture below.
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| Put these together |
Insert gently this combo into the lens hood. For me worked very well reversed.
Pay attention to get this combo evenly in the lense hood. Any angle of the macro combo would give you image distortion.
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| Reverse and insert carefully in the lens hood |
The final result should look like in the picture below. The rubber should keep the macro combo in place.
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| Result |
I strongly advise you:
Until you became familiar inserting/removing this combo, do consider practicing with the lens cap on.
Nobody gives a dead rat about a damaged macro lense but the Nikkor 180mm is another story.
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| Precaution |
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