Can a supplemental lens be added to a nikon 60 mm Macro on a digital body to "convert" it to the same characteristics as when it was on a film camera?
If so, what lens should be used?
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Nikon 60 macro on D-200
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I'm not sure I follow, you want the 60mm to have a field of view like it has on a 35mm body, for that you would need to use one of those screw on wide converter to widden your field off view, but my good man why on earth would you want this to happen, i'm curious. In underwater photography anything goes so i'm not saying you shouldn't, I mean some folks on this forum put teleconverter behind fisheye lens, you try to explain that to a land photographer and he will either hit you or have you interned
BTW these converter would probably screw up your optical quality.
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Maybe a better way to have stated it : What lens or supplemental diopter is recommended for minimizing the water column when shooting subjects that are about 4" to 18".
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You could consider shooting the 60mm behind a dome rather than a flat port. That's especially interesting if your port system offers a small dome, as I once tried the 60mm with a small Nexus dome and it worked very well. It will seem about 10% longer than the 60/flat port on film as opposed to 50% longer. No diopter should be necessary.
The side benefit of this is reduced CA. The downside is even worse magnification. For fish portraits it is good, though you could easliy consider a midrange zoom for that as well.
