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Once again dave some real good shots
Once again dave some real good shots
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Thanks again Pete
Thanks again Pete
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Nice shot tufty
Great to be on the bank witnessing nature at its best
Nice shot tufty
Great to be on the bank witnessing nature at its best
I'm really wanting to have a go at a bit of macro photography, but can't really afford a new lens at the moment after buying a Canon EF-S 18-105. (I know it's not a massively expensive or brilliant lens,but it's quite a lot for my standard of photography!) I know that you can buy extender tubes to increase the distance between the lens and the sensor but how effective would that be with my lens? I don't want to waste money only to find out that I should have bought a macro lens! So, cheap macro lens or extender tubes??
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Taken with a EOS 450D, fitted with a Canon 50mm f1.8 FD lens (old type) a Lens Doctor FD/EOS adapter and 2 extension tubes.
Hi Neil
I understand your predicament. I have a number of shots taken with a standard lens (the Canon FD 50mm f1.8 teamed up with a couple of extension tubes) on FlickR. Have a look, my address is JohnT2012.
If you are looking to add tubes to a Canon electric lens then you will need a set of auto extension tubes because you can't manually stop down the aperture on a auto focus lens.
The price of a Canon set is expensive, the cheapest non Canon set I have seen on the bay were around £50 which is very cheap for this type of thing.
Using non auto focus lenses with manual tubes on a EOS camera is a bit more difficult than the auto focus verity but you can do it at a fraction of the cost. Excluding the cost of the adapter, which is shared amongst other lenses, the lens and tubes cost me around £30 in total. You do have the benefit of `old glass` which is as good as if not better than the modern equivalents in many cases
If I was looking for something quick to use and did not want to spend £700 on a Canon then the Sigma and Tamron lenses are very good.
width=500>Taken with a EOS 450D, fitted with a Canon 50mm f1.8 FD lens (old type) a Lens Doctor FD/EOS adapter and 2 extension tubes.
Hi Neil
I understand your predicament. I have a number of shots taken with a standard lens (the Canon FD 50mm f1.8 teamed up with a couple of extension tubes) on FlickR. Have a look, my address is JohnT2012.
If you are looking to add tubes to a Canon electric lens then you will need a set of auto extension tubes because you can't manually stop down the aperture on a auto focus lens.
The price of a Canon set is expensive, the cheapest non Canon set I have seen on the bay were around £50 which is very cheap for this type of thing.
Using non auto focus lenses with manual tubes on a EOS camera is a bit more difficult than the auto focus verity but you can do it at a fraction of the cost. Excluding the cost of the adapter, which is shared amongst other lenses, the lens and tubes cost me around £30 in total. You do have the benefit of `old glass` which is as good as if not better than the modern equivalents in many cases
If I was looking for something quick to use and did not want to spend £700 on a Canon then the Sigma and Tamron lenses are very good.
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taken using panasonic g3 and 45/200 zoom. at 51mm F4 1/1000 shutter priority iso 1600
it was quite dark in a little courtyard. waht sun there was happened to be at the other side of the house. Robin is wild
but takes food from the hand.T
taken using panasonic g3 and 45/200 zoom. at 51mm F4 1/1000 shutter priority iso 1600
it was quite dark in a little courtyard. waht sun there was happened to be at the other side of the house. Robin is wild
but takes food from the hand.T
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Thats cool
Thats cool
A few weeks ago I bought £39 Groupon deal for a whole day of studio tuition.Here are a few of the results......
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Didn't half rain yesterday and last night, Good job this Robin kept dropping in for food
Didn't half rain yesterday and last night, Good job this Robin kept dropping in for food
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Got a question for you lads.. I've currently got a Nikon D40. I've found it excellent, and as my knowledge of photography is pretty limited there's no point in me paying out for anything better.
Here's the dilemma though.. I desperately want a nifty 50 (fixed 50mm lens) but my camera will not auto-focus with one. Is there a way around this or does it mean upgrading?
I thought I'd read somewhere that if I was to get a fixed 35mm, after my camera had auto-focused the shot, the result would be the same as that of a fixed 50mm...
Got a question for you lads.. I've currently got a Nikon D40. I've found it excellent, and as my knowledge of photography is pretty limited there's no point in me paying out for anything better.
Here's the dilemma though.. I desperately want a nifty 50 (fixed 50mm lens) but my camera will not auto-focus with one. Is there a way around this or does it mean upgrading?
I thought I'd read somewhere that if I was to get a fixed 35mm, after my camera had auto-focused the shot, the result would be the same as that of a fixed 50mm...
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not sure on the auto focus bit, but your camera is a crop sensor, which means any lens you get you actually get 1.5 times the focal length, i.e. a 35 mm =35 +half again= 17, so 35+17=50 or as near as dam it, 50 would be a 75mm and 200mm would be a 300,
i got the 35mm 1.8 dx nikon after looking at the shots dangerous dave took and a bit of advice from him
have also got the 50mm 1.4 and got some cracking shots from my cousins wedding at the weekend
not sure on the auto focus bit, but your camera is a crop sensor, which means any lens you get you actually get 1.5 times the focal length, i.e. a 35 mm =35 +half again= 17, so 35+17=50 or as near as dam it, 50 would be a 75mm and 200mm would be a 300,
i got the 35mm 1.8 dx nikon after looking at the shots dangerous dave took and a bit of advice from him
have also got the 50mm 1.4 and got some cracking shots from my cousins wedding at the weekend
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The new 50mm f/1.4 AFS should auto focus on the D40 as it has on board motor, is this the lens you've got Tufty, Cracking lens wouldn't mind adding it to my collection lol
The new 50mm f/1.4 AFS should auto focus on the D40 as it has on board motor, is this the lens you've got Tufty, Cracking lens wouldn't mind adding it to my collection lol
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I was very lucky today to see some wild boar in the forest of dean, fortunatley i had my camera on me albeit the quality is very poor due to not using the flash as I did not want to spook them as they were pretty scary especially with pigletts lol and using photobucket does not help
hope you enjoy seeing them as it was a first for me 
I was very lucky today to see some wild boar in the forest of dean, fortunatley i had my camera on me albeit the quality is very poor due to not using the flash as I did not want to spook them as they were pretty scary especially with pigletts lol and using photobucket does not help
hope you enjoy seeing them as it was a first for me