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From: "Icoz, Evrim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "eos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 4:36 PM
Subject: EOS Kenko extension tubes vs macro lens
> I am seriously thinking about going into Macro photogaphy. The lenses I
own
> are :
> 50mm 1.8
> 70-200 4L
> Tokina 28-80 2.8 ATX Pro
> Tokina 19-35
>
> Two options I am considering : Buy a macrp lens : 100mm Vivitar macro or
get
> Kenko Auto Extension Tube Set. Does the extension set work with zoom
> lenses(esp. my set), and if they do, how are the results. My original
> intention is to use it with the 50mm 1.8.
>
> What do you think?
>
> evrim
I own both the Vivitar 100mm f/3.5 macro and the 50mm f/1.8 Canon, plus the
Kenko 25mm tube. The working distance is better with the Vivitar than with
the tube and the 50, but that's to be expected. I've planned to get a
shorter tube, but haven't really gotten around to it. I find the present
setup a satisfactory compromise between how much I actually use them and how
much I think I need the 180mm USM. Results are good as long as you stop down
the Vivitar to f/8.0, and it's only a hundred bucks or so. Better use of
$100 to me than a 52mm 500D for the 1.8. Although I would like to have a
58mm 500D for the Pro90IS.
Tom P.
Tom P.
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