MPe65 plus tubes

I tried to focus on the eye but with all those hairs and the dust stuck in them it was near impossible, the lighting is not brilliant either as I was using my MR14; it wasn't giving much light on the subject as the butterfly's head was so close to the lens it was vertually behind the flash. I had a 13mm tube and a 21mm tube on the lens which was at 5x; don't know what that works out at, there's no cropping just very slight sharpening and a re-size for the forum. No attempt at composition; just wanted to see how close I could get and still be able to recognise the subject, not much DOF but that's not a big suprise is it.

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yer..worth the try tho..i think 1.4 tlele convter is about most u want fomr what i read using 2x to get 10:1 is almost pitch black when your looking through the eye pecie but i would love to try it..soon il buy one when i can afford it.i wonder if it would still be dark if used with mt-24ex?

I have a 2x teleconverter, you've put an idea in my head now

good..please shot me some shots at 10:1..

I tried putting extension tubes on my MP-E 65 some time back but I found far too much curvature at the edges. It looked rather like a fisheye so I wound up selling the extension tubes.

I know it's a little hard to tell but there doesn't seem to be any curvature around the edges on the above shot.

Very cool shot Mick. A tad dark, but very cool.

I'm surprised you got anything MIck, well done!
I know I couldn't have done it anyway.

Cheers
Bill

Yeah! it is a little dark Gary. I'm sure the MT24 would have thrown more light on the subject than my MR14 Ring Flash.

yer it would..i seen shots with 2x at 10:1 and its perfect lighting...get the 2X on and shoot the shots out side for addad light or somthing..i want to see some mroe shots at 7:1 and 10:1.. one day il buy one..still aint made up my mind