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Subject: [OM] Extension Tubes
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:52:25 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     I spent all of yesterday hiking in a somewhat rugged area about 50 miles 
NNE of here, looking for late summer (or early fall) wildflowers.  I took my 
recently acquired Tamron 28-80mm Adaptall 2 lens out for it's maiden voyage, 
which turned out to be an ideal lens for wildflower photography as the macro 
will focus down to 0.36m above 35mm FL.  I only had to use a close-up accessory 
once to get the fine details of a small flower, whereas I would normally have 
resorted to an accessory five or more times for the situations I encountered.

     For the one instance I used a 35mm Vivitar extension tube, which gave me 
the results I desired.  I carry a set of those as well as a 1/2/4 close-up set 
and a 2X telemacro (macro-focusing teleconverter).

     Using the extension tube reminded me that the Vivitar set is for OM mount 
lenses, whereas I also have lenses with Pentax and Nikon mounts.  There are 
extension tube sets avaiable from China for the OM 4/3 mount, and I was 
wondering if anyone here has first-hand experience with these.  They're an 
interesting design where there is a camera base, a lens base, and the tubes 
themselves that thread into the bases. 

Chris
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