Re: Extension Tubes for Closeup Photography

2001-11-28 Thread Brent Hutto
Thanks to everyone who enlightened me on their approaches to extention tube aperture calculations (both via the list and by private E-mail). There are a lot of ways to look at the question but they all converge to about the same answer -- in my case the f/2 lens becomes somewhere around f/4 wi

Re: Extension Tubes for Closeup Photography

2001-11-27 Thread William Robb
I didn't follow your math too closely, but I will give you the correct formulae for figuring the extension factor as applied to LF cameras. First, compute the image magnification (M) by dividing the lens to subject distance into the lens to film distance, measuring from the lens aperture position

RE: Extension Tubes for Closeup Photography

2001-11-27 Thread J. C. O'Connell
using a camera with ttl flash is the easiest way to get good results JCO > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brent Hutto > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Extension Tubes for Closeup Photograph