Official, show us your camera thread...

Here is my Kodak Autographic Brownie, it has been in the family a long time. Photographed with my EOS1D Classic, 50mm f1.8 & Metz 45 CL3 Flash.

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Used one of those 30 years back, I don't think that had MF screen with this camera; right?

tonylong wrote in post #11786617
Extension tubes merely "stretch" your focal length for a given lens -- there is no optical glass in them, just an electronic connection that allows the focus and aperture functions to operate, although there is some light loss to deal with. They are used frequently with Macro photography and with other lenses that you want to get closer to your subjects with.

Teleconverters are different -- there is added glass to "magnify" your subjects more without needing to get closer to them. They are used a lot with long telephoto lenses to extend the "reach" for distant subjects, although they can be used closer. The "hit" from using teleconverters is that they require a narrower "maximum aperture" -- if your lens is, say, an f/2.8 lens then with a 1.4x Teleconverter you are stopped down to an f/4 maximum aperture and with a 2x Teleconverter you are down to a max of f/5.6 at full zoom. That will work with the AF systems of all our DSLRs, but for lenses that have or zoom to a max of f/5.6 then a 1.4 TC will lose the AF for any cameras other than the 1D series which can focus at f/8. The same can be said about a 2x TC on an f/4 lens.

Thank you sir for this amazing quick lesson ! I have to make my teacher at evening school aware that it also can be done in "micro-wave"-style

x_tan wrote in post #11790060
Used one of those 30 years back, I don't think that had MF screen with this camera; right?

It sure does, look at the correcting pivot on the far end of the lense.

derekabraham wrote in post #11786553
Sorry for being a n00b, but what do all of those extenders do? What's the point?

I kept seeing this M1 close-up tube (or is it "ring") on ebay for less than $10 so I thought I'd experiment with it as it would offer a greater variety of uses than any one macro lens...
With all my MF Nikkors, from 50 to 300, I thought I could be able to shoot close-ups from up close with the 50mm, to a more comfortable distance of 10 feet with a telephoto...which would allow me to shoot some things that wouldn't let me get closer....
Here's the 135mm Nikkor with the M1....shots taken with a Canon 40D...@ ISO 400 with on-board flash.

...shots at a distance of 2.5 feet...the Buddhists @ F11, Thai dancer @ F5.6...
...the height of the 2 figurines in the full frame image is 3 inches

and 100% crops....
Both shots were sharpened at 5 in DPP and USM added (200/.3/0)

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I'd say it was a success as well.

Curious why you're switching from D700 to D7000? From full-frame to crop? Is it just for the higher resolution and video?

^ yeah, I tried that once.....

n/m

VinnieJ wrote in post #11803351
Not the best quality because my good stuff is on that table.

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Gear by Mandrake Photography, on Flickr

Very nice setup... Wish I was not so invested into Canon or else I would be back in Camp Nikon...

My newly purchased 5D:

VinnieJ wrote in post #11803924
Not really making a switch, I'm waiting for the D700 replacement and just using the D7000 in the meantime. I have faith that it will happen this year.

Oh ok I gotcha. That makes sense then! I just thought it was an odd move haha. How do you like the D7000 so far?

agphotography wrote in post #11804694
Oh ok I gotcha. That makes sense then! I just thought it was an odd move haha. How do you like the D7000 so far?

I think it's great. My first complaint was that it was too small. Now I think it has an advantage to being smaller, I can carry it around in public places without "security" stopping me.

VinnieJ wrote in post #11804705
I think it's great. My first complaint was that it was too small. Now I think it has an advantage to being smaller, I can carry it around in public places without "security" stopping me.

You get stopped by security with only a prosumer? **** I'm out all the time doing street photog with my 1D mkII + 70-200 2.8 and never gotten stopped.

NorCalNomad wrote in post #11806571
You get stopped by security with only a prosumer? **** I'm out all the time doing street photog with my 1D mkII + 70-200 2.8 and never gotten stopped.

What security are you talking about?
Event security are a b***h to get past. If your lens can be removed, its a 1D mark IV pro camera as far as they are concerned...