Macro tubes on the Sgblade

[bimdas]

I always wondered if using macro tubes on a 35mm adapter would work. I searched but couldn't find any examples of anyone doing it with any adapter. $10 and a few weeks later from China I got to find out for myself.

http://www.vimeo.com/6086431

 

[Tomas Riuka]

great, then i'm spending 10$ myself, i needed this for my blade setup also,
really appreciate for sharing!

 

[bimdas]

best ten bucks I've ever spent. I'm going to experiment with other lenses but so far the 50mm has given me some good results. Not bad for a $15 lens.

For reference here is the macro tubes I bought.

 

[Tomas Riuka]

i already did buy mine, it will take a few weeks to reach me, we'll see.

 

[bimdas]

nice. post up some macro shots when they do come please.

 

[Tomas Riuka]

i'll try not to forget

 

[bimdas]

another shoot with macro tubes and the blade

http://www.vimeo.com/6131798

 

[Joe Calabrese]

That does look pretty good.

 

[Tomas Riuka]

Ok, i got my macrotube. It works okay, you can really shoot macro images, it's just the mount
quality is poor, thus there is a lot of play when you mount it on adapter, otherwise, i would
say it's really good and cheap solution for shooting macro, not buying macro lenses!

i saved 600$

 

[Lenilenapi]

That was for M42 mount wasn't it?
Anyone know of cheap macro tubes for Nikon mount?

 

[Tomas Riuka]

nope, i bought for nikon.

this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-Ring-Macro-Ex...ries?hash=item255626c00b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[bimdas]

The play is a shame but my style of macro shooting doesn't involve using the focus ring. I just move the camera back and forth until I hit the thin plane of focus. Sometimes that plane of focus is only millimeters across. Here's a new one with insects.

http://www.vimeo.com/6316115