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Do any of your extension tubes mate with the Oly teleconverters?

Started Feb 23, 2021 | Questions thread
mchnz
mchnz Senior Member • Posts: 1,948
Re: Do any of your extension tubes mate with the Oly teleconverters?
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meow wrote:

Guy Parsons wrote:

Seek out oneofone25 who does those miraculous images of grains of garnet, I'm sure that he has that problem sorted.

He has. He says the Pixco ones are the only ones that work but you need to carve out a little of some plastic that's on the inside to make room for the converter.

I ordered a set directly from Pixco in China. About a month ago. Tracking says they are still transported within China. I couldn't find any for MFT more locally, but that's probably a better option if possible. Quicker at least.

They are cheap when bought directly from Pixco and shipping is free, so I can take the VAT and custom fees that will be slapped on.

https://pixco.com.cn/products/automatic-macro-extension-tube?_pos=1&_sid=fd74720ee&_ss=r&variant=31613115269203

I can confirm the pixco ones need a bit of "adjustment." The forum user oneofone25, was kind enough to show his adjustments here:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64837656

I was inspired to follow down the same road. Once cleaned up I had a few issues with electrical connections, but wiggling connections and trying combos of the tubes solved that too. Now my main problem is finding some inspiration for its use.

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