Like so many, I have been lurking and was glad to see the macro questions
appear.
I was pleasantly following the thread until Gary wrote the following sentence:
>While you could then use the tubes with the f/3.5, they
>required that the lens helical be racked all the way out to kick in close
>focus aberration correction.
You lost me there. I suppose Gary will send me an explanation, but I posted
here since others might have been confused by that one.
I'm new to macro work but am fortunate enough to have the 50mm 3.5 (I made a
visit to the camera store in a weak moment.) Anyway, I want to expand my
distance to subject. I know one solution is to go with a larger focal
length. Is that my only option? How will extension tubes change my image
ratio and my distance to subject?
And lastly, Gary wrote:
>Warning: you will eventually be eyeing the 80mm 1:1 and Telescoping Auto
>Tube.
Is this a reference to the 80mm which works with the auto bellows and is
manual or another macro lens I don't know about? And if it is, then how much
of a pain is the auto vs. manual lens and extension tubes, for that matter,
when composing and taking a photograph.
Thanks in advance for the help,
--p.j.
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