Macro extension tubes for Canon R mirrorless cameras

Mystery57 said:
First question is do these exist - Canon don't seem to make them ?
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A quick amazon search finds these:

Mystery57 said:
Are they a good purchase for macro work ?

Would such a tube work with a dedicated macro lens or would it only work with standard lenses
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As with any extension tubes I imagine they will allow you to focus closer than a lens normally does without these tube. Don't see any reason why it wouldn't increase the magnification or focussing distance of a macro lens also. In fact its quite commonly used to get past 1x magnification of standard macro lenses.

As a general rule of though, extension tubes are more effective with shorter focal lengths and macro closeup lenses (like raynox DCR-150/250) are more effective for longer lenses.
 
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A question for users of extension tubes if I may.

I don’t do ‘loads’ of macro, how much extra magnification could I expect by using the set above? I’m planning to buy the 85mm ‘macro’ and it’s only 1:2 would those extension tubes get it to 1:1 on the rare occasion I’d need it? Or even better?
 
According to the "normal" extension tube equation to get 1:1 you need the same amount of extension as the focal length... So nominally 85mm.
 
Phil V said:
A question for users of extension tubes if I may.

I don’t do ‘loads’ of macro, how much extra magnification could I expect by using the set above? I’m planning to buy the 85mm ‘macro’ and it’s only 1:2 would those extension tubes get it to 1:1 on the rare occasion I’d need it? Or even better?
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hunnymonster said:
According to the "normal" extension tube equation to get 1:1 you need the same amount of extension as the focal length... So nominally 85mm.
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I believe it'd be half of 85mm as the lens manages get half way by itself. So 42.5mm of extention tubes. you'd need to stack a fair few - basically 2x 16mm extension tubes and one 11mm extension tube.

As mentioned above close up lenses would work better for longer focal ranges, even a raynox DCR-150 will take you over 1:1
you can have a play with the calculator here yourself for raynox, that website is generally very useful for macro stuff.

Using Raynox Adapters For Extreme Macro

Raynox macro adapters are not only by far and away the best way to start doing extreme macro, but you can even stack them and use them as tube lenses too
extreme-macro.co.uk extreme-macro.co.uk

A raynox DCR-250 will give you 1.5:1 and you can even stack both to get 2:1

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Some interesting responses here thank you all. I tried a Raynox once before and didnt get on with it - so this weekend I tried a screw on attachment called "DHG Achromat Macro" - bit wet for the bugs around but used it on some sunflowers on the macro lens, and it did get an even closer / larger image than the lens on its own and was reasonably sharp
 
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