24-105 and a bellows

[johnnywyoming]

Have a Canon 50d, and a 24-105 lens. I would like to buy a macro lens but too expensive just now. Can I use the 24-105 on a bellows? I believe that I can get a bellows for under $50 although any recommendations on ones that work well with Canon would be appreciated too.

 

[KVRNut]

The lens you have should work with the bellows but I'd be using it around the 30mm mark.

 

[Derrel]

How would you control the aperture on a $50 economy bellows? Are you expecting to find a CPU- and contact-equipped bellows on eBay?

 

[ChrisA]

Unless you get one which retains aperture control you won't be able to shoot anything other than wide-open with that lens. Novaflex used to do a bellows that had this. Not cheap...

Other option with a cheap bellows is to use an older lens ( eg a Canon FD etc ) which has manual aperture control on the lens.