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On the advise of a fellow Canon owner I bought a set of extender tubes for my DRebel and they just came in today.

A note to anybody interested in extenders: They will not work with EF-S lenses. My kit lens would not mount so I had to use my Quantarray 28-105

These are my first ever macro shots and I really want to know if anybody else thinks they are as cool as I do or if I'm nuts taking pictures of qtips and pills.





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Kodack said:
On the advise of a fellow Canon owner I bought a set of extender
tubes for my DRebel and they just came in today.

A note to anybody interested in extenders: They will not work with
EF-S lenses. My kit lens would not mount so I had to use my
Quantarray 28-105

These are my first ever macro shots and I really want to know if
anybody else thinks they are as cool as I do or if I'm nuts taking
pictures of qtips and pills.
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No, the subject is thrilling. What you gotta do is light it. This is a real problem with macro because the lens is stuck right up against the subject. You can kill the deep shadows with a ring light, either strobe or fluorescent. I have both but I like the fluorescent because you can see what's going to happen and most of this stuff isn't moving (bug photographers do better with strobe). Strangely enough, white balance hasn't been a problem with the fluorescent.

Your pics look sharp but I'm always nervous using a zoom lens with tubes; they're designed to work at a fixed distance from the sensor and all bets are off if you put them somewhere else. The thing that saves macro is that you always use a small f/stop to get depth of field; anything will work at f/8.

Have fun. Get funky. Photograph navel lint.

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Leonard Migliore
 
I just spent the 5 bills and got a EF M100 f2.8


Leonard Migliore said:
Kodack said:
On the advise of a fellow Canon owner I bought a set of extender
tubes for my DRebel and they just came in today.

A note to anybody interested in extenders: They will not work with
EF-S lenses. My kit lens would not mount so I had to use my
Quantarray 28-105

These are my first ever macro shots and I really want to know if
anybody else thinks they are as cool as I do or if I'm nuts taking
pictures of qtips and pills.
Click to expand...
No, the subject is thrilling. What you gotta do is light it. This
is a real problem with macro because the lens is stuck right up
against the subject. You can kill the deep shadows with a ring
light, either strobe or fluorescent. I have both but I like the
fluorescent because you can see what's going to happen and most of
this stuff isn't moving (bug photographers do better with strobe).
Strangely enough, white balance hasn't been a problem with the
fluorescent.

Your pics look sharp but I'm always nervous using a zoom lens with
tubes; they're designed to work at a fixed distance from the sensor
and all bets are off if you put them somewhere else. The thing that
saves macro is that you always use a small f/stop to get depth of
field; anything will work at f/8.

Have fun. Get funky. Photograph navel lint.

--
Leonard Migliore
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I have a portable soft light that I kind of moved around to cast some shadow relief. Ring lights are so expensive. If I can't get the shots I want without one I'll buy one, but this is Day 1 of my macro collection. :)

Speaking of zoom lenses on an extender. The funny thing is it didn't matter what focal length I chose. Wide or zoom, once I got it in focus it was the same size.

I noticed on the full size originals there is some slight color fringing on the edges with high contrast. I have a Canon 1.8 on the way that is supposed to be a nockout lens. It should help a bit.

I used one of those mini tripods to hold the camera and it worked out well.

Post a link to some of your stuff.
Leonard Migliore said:
Kodack said:
On the advise of a fellow Canon owner I bought a set of extender
tubes for my DRebel and they just came in today.

A note to anybody interested in extenders: They will not work with
EF-S lenses. My kit lens would not mount so I had to use my
Quantarray 28-105

These are my first ever macro shots and I really want to know if
anybody else thinks they are as cool as I do or if I'm nuts taking
pictures of qtips and pills.
Click to expand...
No, the subject is thrilling. What you gotta do is light it. This
is a real problem with macro because the lens is stuck right up
against the subject. You can kill the deep shadows with a ring
light, either strobe or fluorescent. I have both but I like the
fluorescent because you can see what's going to happen and most of
this stuff isn't moving (bug photographers do better with strobe).
Strangely enough, white balance hasn't been a problem with the
fluorescent.

Your pics look sharp but I'm always nervous using a zoom lens with
tubes; they're designed to work at a fixed distance from the sensor
and all bets are off if you put them somewhere else. The thing that
saves macro is that you always use a small f/stop to get depth of
field; anything will work at f/8.

Have fun. Get funky. Photograph navel lint.

--
Leonard Migliore
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--
Michael Scott
http://www.pbase.com/kodack
http://kodacksdarkness.com

 
i like the magnification of your qtip shots. makes it perfect for insect shots which i enjoy very much with my g3 which i wont be able to do with the dreb until you showed me your shots.,

whats the specific brand of your lens and did you use any converters or extra lenses?
 
Nice shot !

I enjoy taking macros as well, but the DR's macro performance with the kit lense isnt as good as I thought. It just isn't as sharp as ones from Nikon or my A70.

btw, How close are you people focusing? F# ?? I mostly use F8 or F11 on the 55mm end.

Here are some I took two nites ago.

$0.25 canadian currency



Hairy....spider... :P





 
They are just resized, no crops, kit lens 18 mm f4 (reversed)
It is a 0.5 mm automatic pencil and a fountain pen



 
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=71515&is=REG

I bought the 3 barrel kenko set from BH and used them on my Quantarray 28-105 F4.

It's important to note that focal length has zero effect on how big the macro image is.

Also the kenko's will not work with EF-S lenses because EF-S uses a different mount. So my kit lens wouldn't attatch. EF lenses are fine.

I also highly recommend the small tabletop tripod as longer exposures are necessary without a ring light.
graph (g3) said:
i like the magnification of your qtip shots. makes it perfect for
insect shots which i enjoy very much with my g3 which i wont be
able to do with the dreb until you showed me your shots.,

whats the specific brand of your lens and did you use any
converters or extra lenses?
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Michael Scott
http://www.pbase.com/kodack
http://kodacksdarkness.com

 
I'm looking into the Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo.

Anyone had any experience with this lens?

What about the Canon EF180mm f3.5 LUSM (72mm) Macro - I like the sound of this one as you can be quite a distance area from your subject.

Both (to me) are quite a bit of money and to be honest I know little about lenses. Just figured they must be good and do what I want to do!
Juggler said:
They are just resized, no crops, kit lens 18 mm f4 (reversed)
It is a 0.5 mm automatic pencil and a fountain pen



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BenVic said:
I'm looking into the Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo.

Anyone had any experience with this lens?
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I use one every day on a D30 (actually, today I used the 50mm because I was shooting things that were 20mm square). Nasty piece of hardware. Except at 1:1, the lens is right up against the subject so lighting is a problem. Even though I have a Canon macro twin flash I generally use a Samigon fluorescent ring light because its easier to see what's happening. At max magnification, even the ring light is too far away from the place you're looking at to provide direct lighting.

This lens must be used on a stand that allows you to focus by moving the camera and lens as a unit. It's essentially a low-power microscope. I can't imagine a situation where I would use it hand-held. Image quality is good. Depth of field is nonexistent.

I take very dull pictures of small parts with holes in them. I'll collect some and post them if there's any interest. My wife takes far better macros of flowers with an Olympus 510 clamshell.

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Leonard Migliore
 
Hi all,

Kit lens will work with the Kenko tubes - there was another thread somewhere in here that explains the procedure, but it basically involves removing a little bit of the plastic ring inside the tube - its about 5 mins work and easy with stanley knife. Heres a couple with the kit lens & kenko tubes





Ash

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Take a quick flick through my site for more http://www.hartge.webhop.net
 
If you could find the link I would appreciate it. I had some fringing with the quantarray (only in macro it's an otherwise excellent lens) and I would like to try the kit lens.

Creepy but excellent photos by the way. I would hate to get that close to a spider for a photo. But then again imagine it from the spiders perspective. IT see's eight very large lenses getting closer and closer, dwarfing it's view and then the blast of light from the flash. Hehehe.
Ashley Hartge said:
Hi all,

Kit lens will work with the Kenko tubes - there was another thread
somewhere in here that explains the procedure, but it basically
involves removing a little bit of the plastic ring inside the tube
  • its about 5 mins work and easy with stanley knife. Heres a couple
with the kit lens & kenko tubes





Ash

--
Take a quick flick through my site for more
http://www.hartge.webhop.net
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--
Michael Scott
http://www.pbase.com/kodack
http://kodacksdarkness.com

 
Thanks for the info Leonard - I guess I'll have a rethink!
Leonard Migliore said:
BenVic said:
I'm looking into the Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo.

Anyone had any experience with this lens?
Click to expand...
I use one every day on a D30 (actually, today I used the 50mm
because I was shooting things that were 20mm square). Nasty piece
of hardware. Except at 1:1, the lens is right up against the
subject so lighting is a problem. Even though I have a Canon macro
twin flash I generally use a Samigon fluorescent ring light because
its easier to see what's happening. At max magnification, even the
ring light is too far away from the place you're looking at to
provide direct lighting.

This lens must be used on a stand that allows you to focus by
moving the camera and lens as a unit. It's essentially a low-power
microscope. I can't imagine a situation where I would use it
hand-held. Image quality is good. Depth of field is nonexistent.

I take very dull pictures of small parts with holes in them. I'll
collect some and post them if there's any interest. My wife takes
far better macros of flowers with an Olympus 510 clamshell.

--
Leonard Migliore
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ACtually I don't have an adapter... I have two adapters for mounting the telescope to use with my ETX 90, I used them. First I attached t mount, then T adapter (it is a 1,5 inch long tube).. Then I attached the lens using duck tape.. It looks ugly, but the photos are not bad..

My cat's eye

 
This is mine with just a kit lens! Let me know what you think? It's a dried rose with dust on it Called Dusty Rose! Not " Dusty Roads "



Lamont :> )
 
I like these a lot. Went through a phase of rooting through drawers for interesting objects to get close to myself. I have wondered about getting extension tubes myself, but so far have only got a Sigma 50mm Macro lens.

If you are nuts, you're not alone!

I especially like the background you have used here.
--
Adam

http://www.pbase.com/bishopsmead
 
The background and forground is a highly magnified view of the nylon fibers of my camera accessory bag.
bishopsmead said:
I like these a lot. Went through a phase of rooting through drawers
for interesting objects to get close to myself. I have wondered
about getting extension tubes myself, but so far have only got a
Sigma 50mm Macro lens.

If you are nuts, you're not alone!

I especially like the background you have used here.
--
Adam

http://www.pbase.com/bishopsmead
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--
Michael Scott
http://www.pbase.com/kodack
http://kodacksdarkness.com

 
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