New extension rings

Hi all

I have just ordered these today
http://cgi.ebay.com.au …30066QQrdZ1QQcm​dZViewItem
has anyone had a play with these ones yet?? Even if they are ordinary, for $40- I cant complain too much
Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks guys and girls

Craig.

Think the only problem with these is they do not carry any electronic connections to the lens which then means you are shooting with the aperture wide open all the time or if you stop down the lens first by atttching directly to the camera pre-setting an aperture pressing the DOF preview button and then removing the lens (whilst keeping the dof preview button depressed) you will have a fairly dim viewfinder.
Brian V.

Can't help thinking you should have posted this before you ordered but good luck and hope you enjoy them.

LordV - Excellent advice. Thanks mate.

racketman - True in a way, but $40 is nothing really. Just one of those things thats good to have every now and again

thestig wrote in post #2427937
LordV - Excellent advice. Thanks mate.

racketman - True in a way, but $40 is nothing really. Just one of those things thats good to have every now and again

Just to say you can get excellent shots with manual ext tubes they are just a bit of a pain to use. I used some for a while with an old pentax 50mm but that had one slight advantage that the aperture was manual so I could adjust the aperture easily.
Brian V.

True, but so far my macros have been a case of taking the lens off and flippimg it around 180 degrees
still too poor for a proper macro lens lol

Sorry, but I don't really see the point in extension tube sets like this... you lose your aperture control which is essential in macro photography.

Personally I would have gone for an M42 extension tube set and a decent M42 50mm lens with M42-EOS adapter. Would probably cost about the same too. The only downside is when you stop down it gets darker (permanent DOF preview), but from experience it's not too much of a hinderance. I generally prefer that combo to the Kenko tubes and EF 50mm f/1.8 so I don't have to hold down the DOF preview button.

An M42 extension set and a 50mm lens for $40?? Sign me up? I'll take 2 right now!

That was US$40... still cheap, you just need to know where to look. That's all I paid for mine. Try pawn shops because they generally don't have a clue what they are selling which generally works to your advantage if it's a 70s vintage piece of equipment.

photobiz- No worries. Ive got a heap of manual lenses here, ill just grab an adapter later on The tubes were $40 aus

Got them, they are great
As far as aperture control goes I have been using the DOF check and rewmoving the lens. Works fine. It will do the job until I get a proper macro lens.

Cheers,
Craig.

Fairy nuff. It's a little annoying having to remove, adjust, reattach though.