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willy b

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 14:23

racketman

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 14:34

Courierman

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 14:39

yeah good price i'm off to get them tomorrow :eek:

Pete-eos

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 14:45

get the Jessops tubes - they will maintain all the linkage even with your 18-55mm. You wont get TTL metering/flash with those tubes.

http://www.jessops.com/Store/s18289/0/Extension-Tubes/Jessops/Auto-Extension-Tubes-For-Canon-AF/details.aspx?&IsSearch=y&pageindex=1&comp=n

Going to second that, use them myself, remeber to use the discount code 'CPB10PC'... from http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/

willy b

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 14:51

right cheers for that :) i better get saving

Courierman

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 14:53

thanks for the code :D

invisiblegirls

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 14:57

For £10 can you not just use full manual and a light meter anyway?
I thought that's what was advised with macro.

LordV

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 15:04

For £10 can you not just use full manual and a light meter anyway?
I thought that's what was advised with macro.
You can but you lose control of the aperture, unless you set the aperture with the lens directly on the camera and take it off whilst depressing the DOF preview button- then you are stuck with a very dim viewfinder.
Brian V.

joshandlauri

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 21:00

I just got these cheapee tubes and I like them for $20 I can see if I like macro and then buy more expensive one. I like the set DOF preset said in previous statement. I'll try it.

joshandlauri

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 21:00

Even at Wide open I'm getting nice pictures as long as I set the shutterspeed right.

joshandlauri

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 21:14

Couple of pics, my manaul focusing skills suck and lighting sucks becuase once I have 2 tubes on the flash becomes a shadow, gotta tell the wife I need a macroflash :D :D :D after I get the sigma 17-70.

joshandlauri

27th of February 2007 (Tue), 21:16

They aren't that bad, me thinks. Heres one more. Thank you for showing me how to set the aperature, I believe I set these to f6.3

invisiblegirls

28th of February 2007 (Wed), 03:46

You can but you lose control of the aperture, unless you set the aperture with the lens directly on the camera and take it off whilst depressing the DOF preview button- then you are stuck with a very dim viewfinder.
Brian V.
Thanks for clearing that up.
So you retain full control with the jessops set??
Stan.

LordV

28th of February 2007 (Wed), 03:57

Thanks for clearing that up.
So you retain full control with the jessops set??
Stan.

Yes You retain full control with the Jessops set.
Brian V.

Pete-eos

28th of February 2007 (Wed), 04:51

Tubes and 50mm f/1.8

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/BluePete85/DSLR/IMG_5735-PS.jpg

::Lisa::

28th of February 2007 (Wed), 05:22

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but i just wondered if you could help, macro extenion tubes are what i'm needing, are these ok?

seem very cheap :confused: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CANON-DSLR-SLR-FIT-MACRO-EXTENSION-TUBES-FULL-SET-NEW_W0QQitemZ320086624818QQihZ011QQcategoryZ15215Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemI have these exact ones, although I got them off a different seller and I really don't like them. You have no control over the aperture. You have to put the lens on first set aperture, press the DOF preview and take off while preview to stop down.

Seems to much trouble to me, so I went and got some Kenko tubes off ebay seller in HK. UrGalaxy if I remember rightly. Only cost me about £35 + P&P. The Kenko ones are great and full TTL etc. Very happy with those.

joshandlauri

28th of February 2007 (Wed), 05:42

I have got to get me a ballpoint that sharp looking!

Courierman

28th of February 2007 (Wed), 07:33

ok i have the jessops tubes now here is my cat with (now i need to get some light) :rolleyes:

eye
http://mcc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pics/cateye.jpg

Now what is this :D

http://mcc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pics/catn.jpg

Courierman

28th of February 2007 (Wed), 12:41

a shoot with the Jessops 31mm Tube and the kit lens EF-S 18-55

http://mcc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pics/31mm.jpg

Twitch1977

17th of March 2007 (Sat), 18:43

Just wanted to bump this and say I also got the Kenko extension tubes from Urgalaxy on ebay and they arrived fast with no duty/taxes owing to Canada. So don't hesitate to order from them, they did me right anyways.

Kurt