The Photo Below Me

Well I do have a photo of a drive shaft that I replace I could post. j/k

Hi Terri

I am swinging through for a few minutes hi all. Jamie I see your seat is a hit with the ladies. LMBO

Well, the AF will hunt more, but you won't be using it (you mainly use tubes for macro, in which case you'll be using manual focus).

Tubes are an excellent way to get closer to your subject without sacrificing much (or any) quality. The only real downside I have is that when they are on your lens, you cannot focus to infinity anymore.

These shots were all taken with tubes on a telephoto lens (Sigma 70-300mm APO DG).

Then, for even more fun, you can put your tubes on a macro lens (like the canon 100mm macro) and get 2:1 pictures which look like this and this.

If you do macro at all, you should really get some tubes. Get Kenkos. They are more expensive, but worth it in every way (they allow auto-aperture control and AF, if you ever want to use it).

Did I mention I like extension tubes?

Athena wrote:
A lot of the macro guys use the Kenko or Jessops (UK) tubes, but I use the Canon ones. The others have to be modified to use them with the EFS mount. I am not the "modify your camera equipment" type. I wish I were, but I'm just too chicken.

Oh, and BTW, you DO NOT have to modify the 100mm macro with Kenko tubes. It fits like a glove (haven't tried any other Canon lenses though as I only own one )

Ok...longer EXPOSURE. *gutter, sheesh* No gutter here.
Just over a minute.

TPBM is squeaky clean and ungutter-like.

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Athena wrote:
A lot of the macro guys use the Kenko or Jessops (UK) tubes, but I use the Canon ones. The others have to be modified to use them with the EFS mount. I am not the "modify your camera equipment" type. I wish I were, but I'm just too chicken.

I have the Promaster ones. They don't accept EFS, but they do allow communication with the lens. I don't know if you would REALLY want to use it with the EFS anyways. They work great for the 50mm. I tried it with my 28-90mm (don't remember which tubes I used) and the extension was just too much for the short focal lengths. I love using the tubes with my 70-200 f4 L. The lens is super-sharp, and the tubes cut the minimum focusing distance down to almost nothing.

cfpackerfan wrote:
Wu, I would gladly accept a Brownie ceremony, But I'm not the one you owe it to.
I will expect a photographic record of it, of course.

I have a Brownie ceremony, it cannot be performed for the masses however. *begins lighting candles*

cfpackerfan wrote:
Ok...longer EXPOSURE. *gutter, sheesh* No gutter here. Just over a minute.
TPBM is squeaky clean and ungutter-like.

Did you post the right photo Cat? the EXIF shows a 7 second exposure...
Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Image Date: 2006:07:04 22:37:44
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 28.0mm
CCD Width: 4.11mm
Exposure Time: 7.000 s
Aperture: f/11.0
ISO equiv: 200
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

or is that a min and 7 sec? Haven't looked at EXIF on a really long exposure...

AirBrontosaurus wrote:
Oh, and BTW, you DO NOT have to modify the 100mm macro with Kenko tubes. It fits like a glove (haven't tried any other Canon lenses though as I only own one )

The 100mm macro is not an EFS lens.

Can't get less-sexy than a mushroom (kit lens FTW)!

short5 wrote:
I am swinging through for a few minutes hi all. Jamie I see your seat is a hit with the ladies. LMBO

Yeah and it was a total accident. If I had known, I would have posted it sooner.

Awesome shots. Thanks for the info. How do you get the spider to be still?

Athena wrote:
The 100mm macro is not an EFS lens.

Touche...

I have about 3-4 inches working distance, so if you ease on up slowly they usually don't mind.

Thanks for the comments!

They do work great with the 50mm. I used my Canon tubes a LOT with my EF-S 60mm macro lens.