Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II - Nifty Fifty

A few from a recent walkabout in Brighton (the one in England, that is):

Beach Shop

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^ Garry, you take wonderful photos.

Alice, thank you! You've made my day.

A couple quick ones from around the house....

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I would liked to have a closer focusing distance with the nifty fifty.

What is the best way and the most cost effective way of doing this ?

Not looking at switching to Macro lens (50mm f2.5)

Suggestions appreciated.

Thanks

Extension tubes dude! Thats what I use and they are great!

Voila!

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lensmen wrote in post #10087084
I would liked to have a closer focusing distance with the nifty fifty.

What is the best way and the most cost effective way of doing this ?

I use close-up filters. Much cheaper than extension tubes, though you lose a little quality. Still, the nifty has plenty to spare...

lensmen wrote in post #10087084
I would liked to have a closer focusing distance with the nifty fifty.

What is the best way and the most cost effective way of doing this ?

Not looking at switching to Macro lens (50mm f2.5)

Suggestions appreciated.

Thanks

IMO, not worth it to attempt to turn this into a macro lens. For macro on the cheap, grab a $10 set of manual extension tubes, a cheap 50mm lens with manual aperture control, and an EF adapter. Should run under $50 total.

If you go the closeup lens route, your 50mm is the last lens I would use as closeup lenses have a greater effect on longer lenses. So you would want to use a closeup lens on your telephotos lens instead.

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Extension tubes...

tkbslc wrote in post #10089276
IMO, not worth it to attempt to turn this into a macro lens. For macro on the cheap, grab a $10 set of manual extension tubes, a cheap 50mm lens with manual aperture control, and an EF adapter. Should run under $50 total.

If you go the closeup lens route, your 50mm is the last lens I would use as closeup lenses have a greater effect on longer lenses. So you would want to use a closeup lens on your telephotos lens instead.

I was thinking of getting Kenko extension tubes, but I saw a $12 (AUD) extension tube online. Will the result be the same? Will it fit any lens? Pardon my ignorance, I don't know much about photography equipments.

Just got my 50mm a few minutes ago.
Here is a few i just shot and resized

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Not sharp wide open? Come on - surely you must be kidding??!

Original Photo - f/1.8

garryknight wrote in post #10089068
I use close-up filters. Much cheaper than extension tubes, though you lose a little quality. Still, the nifty has plenty to spare...

I had the 500D and used a step up ring. Problem is that whenever I point the lens somewhere, other than the marco purpose subject, my max focusing distance became too near and I have to remove the 500D or change the lens.

What i would liked, is to reduce the min. focusing distance, between my camera and the subject (small objects).

Same here about extension tubes, they came in various mm sizes. Have no clue how it works. Bring the min. focus distance closer ? What are the penalty ?

I had an old Pantagon M42 bellow from a long time ago. Didn't know how to use it .

while i fanstastic close up on my 100-400mm L , the minimum focusing distance is very very far away. Sometimes, I don't have room to move back so much.