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Hi,
I'm currently using a sigma non-os 150mm macro on my D800 for shiny/high contrast stuff like jewelery with good results, though depending on your workspace you might actually have too much working distance with it if you're shooting larger stuff like a decent sized necklace laid out.
Depending on your shooting style/what the clients want, you might consider a PC lens as well - I actually end up doing a lot of work that doesn't require the D800's resolution/DR with a Canon 5DMKII and their 90mm T/S lens using either tubes or sometimes a dichromat close-up lens - getting a copy of the nikon 85mm PC in and testing it to see if its good enough for the camera is on my list...
FWIW, be sure to actually test any lens you get - I had a heck of a time finding lenses that out-resolved the D800's sensor, and I'm sure this is going to be worse with the D800E.
I'm doing a lot of work where I'm right at the limits of the D800's resolution (I could get much better results by compositing, but a lot of clients are too cheap to pay the few extra bucks for that - but I digress), shooting shiny items with lots of high contrast edges/spectal highlights and find that the "usual" assembly errors, CA issues (more than a pixel is a LOT, particularly when the edge highlights run in all directions which the usual CA reduction software usually seems to make a mess of) are really visible/become a pain to deal with.
I'm actually packing up a nikon 60mm macro right now to send back under warranty due to CA issues and a soft corner). I didn't think to test it for CA on really harsh highlight transitions originally or it would have gone back for replacement/trade for a zeiss 50mm makro then - I found the slightly soft corner when I initially tested it but was able to work around it (lengthy diatribe with pointers to images, etc deleted).
Anyway, good luck with your choice.
Best,
rkg
(Richard George)
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