Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Many people rank the way Mark does, and I don't see it that way. >Let's say you have a lens with a screw-on rubber hood and you >want to take a closup using a supplementary closeup lens. You >a) unscrew the hood >b) unscrew the closeup lens from the other filters of its size >c) screw in the closeup lens >d) screw in the hood > >Tubes are about 3 times faster, in my hands. Locking bayonets >is easier than all that screwing around. grin. >I think the only advantage to supp. lenses is small package >and no light loss. They're certainly not as convenient as >tubes to actually _use_.
They are if you don't have that lens hood! ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com