Can i use reverse mount technic with Nikon 18mm - 105mm lens?
I have a nikon D200 camera. The lenses i have is Nikon 55mm -200mm and Nikon 18mm - 105mm lens. I saw a video on reverse mounting. So Can i do that with any of my lenses.
You lose the ability to control the aperture if you reverse-mount these lenses. That will be a problem. You could block the aperture lever with a piece of cardboard, but i wouldn't do that.
Also, i have found reverse mounting to be rather dissatisfying myself for macro uses.
The cheapest way to get proper macro capability for a D200 is the $130 Nikkor 50mm/1.8D and a set of $10 extension tubes. The image quality of that setup is good, i use it myself on my D90.
The 50mm/1.8D has an aperture ring (unlike the G version!), so you can still control the aperture when it's mounted on cheap extension tubes. Metering has to be done in trial and error then, but in the controlled setting of a macro setup that's not much of a problem.
Also, you can use the lens for portraits and so on then as well of course.
Alternatively, as an even cheaper option, you could buy an old Ai prime lens, but i don't know to which degree you'll be able to use this one for non-macro applications on your camera. I'd stick to the 50mm/1.8D.
Zoom lenses in general give poor definition when reversed. And indeed you lose all auto functions.
Reverse mounting used to be popular with prime lenses like the 50mm as a way of getting good quality cheap macro. You can probably get a cheap reverse mount from ebay, but an extension tube would do a better job if it is cheap macro that you are after.
The cheap extension tubes do suffer from the same problem of not passing through AF or aperture control, but at least they don't leave the rear element and workings of you lens exposed. Kenko is a good manufacturer of extension tubes, but are more expensive than the cheap and cheerful ones!
Check your lenses. How would you control aperture size without an aperture ring?