Stephen, I have the Macro 60mm Nikkor and it is a fabulous lens. I also have a set of Kenko extension tubes. The ext tubes are ok and you can get more than passable results using them but they do have limitations. I find the auto focus gets very ponderous and has trouble locking on the subject. I have used them with the Macro lens and they are OK. (See close up of Moths head in gallery)
I would like the Nikon dedicated ext tubes but they are just too pricey at the moment.
I use the Macro most of the time without the ext tubes as I find it gives the best quality image, and only consider the ext tubes if I want to get really close for some interesting detail.
Iis really personal preference but in my opinion yo cant beat the dedicated lens.
Regards Nogbad
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