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Panny 30mm macro practical on GM1?

Started Oct 29, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP Al Bond Contributing Member • Posts: 620
Re: Panny 30mm macro practical on GM1?

Impulses wrote:

Fri13 wrote:

How about a Kooka MFT extension rings kit, 10/16/21mm and then just take the 10mm extension ring in to use?

It will turn the 12-32mm to very good close-up objective with 0.44x magnification. If you would use a 16mm extension ring you can manage to get a 0.63x magnification.

Interesting. I haven't heard of this make of tubes before but they seem to be almost 1/2 the price of the Kenko ones. What is the interior surface of the tubes like? I know cheap tubes with a shiny surface can reduce contract and image quality.

I do have some cheap manual tubes but never use them because of the inability to change the aperture and, to a lesser degree, the lack of AF. I could try them to with the 12-32 to get an idea of how the set up would work.

Thanks

My $30 Neewer tubes have ribbed insides and fully functioning electrical contacts...

Well, that got me looking on Ebay! Is that for the 10mm + 16mm twin tube set? I can't find the Neewer ones at that price but the Viltrox alternative looks ok:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/361113942383

I've already got a Viltrox 4/3 to M4/3 adapter which is pretty good quality.

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