POST YOUR MACRO RIG. If you have one that is. This may be a good beginners tutorial

[Nikon_Josh]

Looks like I bit off more than I can chew. Damn again.

I think your set up looks the most stylish though! So your set up wins in my books! It has that 'Cool' factor to it. After all... the way a camera looks is all that matters in photography... haha

 

[RebeccaAPhotography]

As am I.

After I wrote this I sat here thinking I wonder if miss cream will chime in soon! Lol

 

[gsgary]

lol
I'm rather partial to Pentax.

Really?!! I never noticed.

Are you and gsGary related? lol

No he's not as good looking and debonair, I wonder if extension tubes would be any good on a 300F2.8L ?

 

[gsgary]

As am I.

After I wrote this I sat here thinking I wonder if miss cream will chime in soon! Lol

And it gives us men chance to oggle at her avatar

 

[sm4him]

Lightspeed, I have no idea if this will end up being a good beginner's tutorial on macro or not, but I can tell you what it IS doing:

It's making me really, really envious of all of you.

 

[Nikon_Josh]

As am I.

After I wrote this I sat here thinking I wonder if miss cream will chime in soon! Lol

And it gives us men chance to oggle at her avatar

You don't get women like that 'Up North' do you Gary??

 

[jedirunner]

Lets see em.
A few beginners have been asking about macro.
I thought this thread might give a good idea of how far you can push the limits of macro.
As well as aid those looking for equipment advice.

Wouldn't mind seeing a few reverse ring setups to help with this.
Below is the Pentax K5 wearing a 100mm WR macro on top of a 25mm extension tube and topped off with a Raynox 250
and the Pentax AF160 ring flash.

Thanks for posting the list of the pieces of gear ... that helps. I really want to try some macro photography at some point, and my next lens purchase (at some point in 2012) will be a macro lens, and some sort of lighting setup. Still working on learning exposure properly, so that's a ways off.

But being the noob that I am here, what is the purpose of the extension tube? What is the effect of adding it to the setup?

Thanks,

Kevin

 

[RebeccaAPhotography]

And it gives us men chance to oggle at her avatar

I'm no man and not a lesbian but it gives us women a chance too! Bahahaha rofl!

 

[jedirunner]

Lets see em.
A few beginners have been asking about macro.
I thought this thread might give a good idea of how far you can push the limits of macro.
As well as aid those looking for equipment advice.

Wouldn't mind seeing a few reverse ring setups to help with this.
Below is the Pentax K5 wearing a 100mm WR macro on top of a 25mm extension tube and topped off with a Raynox 250
and the Pentax AF160 ring flash.

Thanks for posting the list of the pieces of gear ... that helps. I really want to try some macro photography at some point, and my next lens purchase (at some point in 2012) will be a macro lens, and some sort of lighting setup. Still working on learning exposure properly, so that's a ways off.

But being the noob that I am here, what is the purpose of the extension tube? What is the effect of adding it to the setup?

Thanks,

Kevin

Wikipedia to the rescue: Extension tube - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"An extension tube is an accessory for cameras with interchangeable lenses, used primarily for macro photography. The tube contains no optical elements; its sole purpose is to move the lens farther from the image plane. The farther away the lens is, the closer the focus, the greater the magnification, and also the greater the loss of light (requiring a longer exposure time). Lenses classically focus closer than infinity by moving all optical elements farther from the film or sensor; an extension tube simply imposes this movement.
Extension tubes without electrical contacts will not allow an electronic automatic camera to control the lens, thus disabling autofocus and in some cases forcing a user to shoot wide open unless the lens offers manual aperture control. More expensive extension tubes contain electrical contacts allowing the user to use autofocus and electronically control the aperture of the attached lens."

I suppose that all makes sense.

Kevin

 

[Ron Evers]

Canon FD 50/3.5, 1:2 macro on a 15mm tube.

I do have a ring flash as well.

 

[ph0enix]

Really?!! I never noticed.

Are you and gsGary related? lol

No he's not as good looking and debonair

But I'm smarter and funnier ...and I have a bigger lens.

 

[gsgary]

After I wrote this I sat here thinking I wonder if miss cream will chime in soon! Lol

And it gives us men chance to oggle at her avatar

You don't get women like that 'Up North' do you Gary??

Better than down South

 

[Austin Greene]

Until I can afford an actual setup, this is my rig...

 

[Patrice]

After I wrote this I sat here thinking I wonder if miss cream will chime in soon! Lol

And it gives us men chance to oggle at her avatar

You don't get women like that 'Up North' do you Gary??

How wrong you are Kimosabe,

Look at her profile and you will notice that she is one of us 'Canuks'. Stunning ladies are everywhere up here. It's the clean air and maybe something in the water.

 

[ph0enix]

And it gives us men chance to oggle at her avatar

You don't get women like that 'Up North' do you Gary??

How wrong you are Kimosabe,

Look at her profile and you will notice that she is one of us 'Canuks'. Stunning ladies are everywhere up here. It's the clean air and maybe something in the water.

It's the lack of culture - in the water, I mean