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Looking to do some macro photography but dont really want to spend £300+ on a lens. Has anyone used Tamron SP AF28-75 F2.8 Di Can A09 Lens with Kenko Teleplus DG AF Extension Tube 36+20+12 for Canon EOS? Will it work or does anyone have any other suggestions?

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Not used the tubes with that particular lens, but they do work rather well with the Tamron 17-55 f2.8, the Canon 50mm f1.8 and the Sigma 70-200 f2.8 that I have. No reason why they wouldn't work as far as I know.

Autofocus works on all of them (though it's easier to manually focus when that close anyhow).

Took this with the 50mm and a 20mm Tube the other day.


A Gerbera by DaveFrost, on Flickr

And this with the Tamron a while ago.....


Flower Power by DaveFrost, on Flickr
 
Cheers Dave, early christmas present for me I think! Love the images as well.
 
Dunno if you've already got a flashgun - If you have it's definitely worth investing in a ttl cord as well so you can have it off camera - When you're this close to things the on camera flash is a pit of a waste of time as the lens gets in the way.
I got myself a Yuongo (excuse spelling) one off ebay a while ago and not really looked back. Much cheaper than the dedicated Canon one and does exactly the same job.

You'll find that @ f2.8 the dof is so shallow that on shots like those above, you'll only get 1 or 2 stamen in focus at any one time. Usually shoot these at around f11 / f16 (but the orange one was at f20) do get more in focus........

the tubes (which I bought on here ages ago for less than £100) were (and still are) one of my most used accessories, you'll definitely enjoy them.
 
A well known South American rain forest site sells Polaroid extension tubes for £60, half the price of the Kenco ones. They still maintain auto focus and aperture. Mine work very well on my canon 1100d.
 
South American rain forest site
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I had a blonde moment then and couldn't work out what site you meant :-)

Cheers for thr heads up, they look great and are on my shopping list.

Garry
 
I ordered one of the South American rain forest site.. should arrive any min now
 
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