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Old 29-09-2013, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by LewisM View Post
Thanks Roger. My issue is I went cheapie on my tubes, so no electronic control at all. May try one of the wired tubes and see how it goes before plonking down the cash on a true macro.

I currently use the 28-135 on the tubes for my macro work in the research labs.
Ahh. The ones we use we've had since film days, they're Kenko. The lenses autofocus etc fine through them. I suppose that is one advantage of the dedicated macro lens though, it's AF is significantly faster and more reliable. But then again, I don't often use AF with macro.
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