 paulina michaud |
Extension Tubes I have a Nikon N80. A 28-105 lens with macro, and a 70-300 lens. All Nikkor. I am planning to get a set of extension tubes. Could you give me some tips about * brand and quality you would reccomend This is not cheap and I don't want to waste my money.
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Chris L. Hurtt |
You will love having extension tubes! They are a lot of fun, and open up a whole new world. After you get them I highly recommend goung to a park with flowers and a playground and not taking them off the lens.... Make yourself see through them. I have a Nikon system as well, and you will do well with the Kenko extension tube set for Nikon AF. You will find, however, that you will not use the autofocus much... if at all. Since there is no glass in the tubes there is no reason to pay all the extra money for Nikon. The set of 12, 24 and 36mm are about $140 at B&H. Here is a sample image I took with extension tubes. Have Fun!
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Chris L. Hurtt |
Paulina, My upload didn't work. Go to my gallery if you wish and look towards the bottom... you can see examples there where I used the tubes. Also, I just went to your site... Great pictures! You have a great eye for color!
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paulina michaud |
Chris, Thanks a lot for taking the time in answering my question and provide so useful details. I'll get my toy today :) I will now go and visit your gallery.
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Michael McCullough |
Hi There,I have the F80 myself and what I use as an extension tube is an old vivitar teleconverter that I took the glass out of and painted flat black inside to prevent reflections, it works just fine,the drawback being I have lost metering because of the lack of CPU contacts.That being said it works fine!!I do recommend the AF extension tubes though even though they might be fairly expensive and you might not use the autofocus much you will still maintain your ability to meter the subject and cut through the guess work like I have to do!!!
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