More contrast! More saturation!

unbranded, meike or kenko. It's still a crapload of money to dump on tubes really

About that telephoto lens, the extension tubes won't boost the magnification as much compared to a 50mm one.

Generally, for telephoto lenses, macro or raynox filters yeild higher magnifications while 50mm primes benefit the most from extension tubes.
There are a few articles explaning the reasons behind this if you look around google.

Macro filters are single element lenses, uncorrected for optical defects so yes, they do degrade IQ alot. \

But raynox filters on the other hand are multi-element filters, hence the additional cost for them.
They're pretty darn sharp for what they do, but like a 40-60mm macro lens, the working distance is almost nil when used.

A tamron SP90 is still the best starting choice if you want to do serious macro work

or this if you're as into macro as I am



No barrel extension, VC, sharpness exceeding the older generation. Plus that massive price drop from RM2700 to RM1900 just makes the deal all the more sweeter for me.

A raynox with a 70-200 is more flexible, but will never reach the territory of a dedicated macro lens IMO. It all comes down to your priority la, whether macro is a serious thing to you or an occasional one.

Working distance I can't say though, never tested this combo, you should try it out in a shop or something just to be sure
Since you're a canon user, there's also the 100mm F/2.8 USM what. Also pretty fantastic glass for the price. Cheaper than the tamron (VC version) too I think.

The 100mm L is overkill honestly. For that price I'll be looking at sigma's 150 macro already

Here's an example I just took moments ago



This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 27 2013, 10:10 PM

Well then, if you love macro, just go straight for that 100mm F/2.8 then, I'll go for that anyday if I were a canon user myself

Yes the 150mm is a fantastic lens alright. But for extreme macro pipu, this is the best of the best





Also used by malaysia's macro sifu kurt, his blog here

DX got this Who say need pay more for 14mm FX equivalent wide angle??

Sigma 8-16mm



For me upgrading to FX = better ISO performance + bokehhhhhhhhh

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 28 2013, 10:31 AM

Oh yeah, those can only be mounted on FF bodies

Just get a samyang 14mm can already la. Sharper too

silverfire is using that happily until now LOL

I thought the tilt shift base of these lenses are too big to be mounted on DX cams because of the flash housing getting in the way??

Then again I've never tried mounting one myself also

17mm on medium format, won't vignette meh?

Haha true, myself thinking of that too since I have one atm

Going to gym lah atm, getting there

nehh, 14mm samyang. RM900 and 90% of the 14-24mm nikkor I dare say when it comes to sharpness.

Keep in mind that the front of this lens cannot mount filters at all yah.



Yes manual focus, shouldn't be a problem ls since DOF is huge anyway. Small margin of error when focusing only.

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 28 2013, 11:00 AM

If drop, become like this



Oh ya, this is a 400mm F/2.8 btw

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 28 2013, 04:11 PM

He bought the Sigma 35mm and Samyang at the same time so it's discounted from 1100 to 900 bucks

The distortion is wavy in nature but can be corrected using lens profiles lah.

http://www.davidkinghamphotography.com/blo...amyang-14mm-2-8

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 28 2013, 04:45 PM

The distortion only matters if you're shooting certain subjects la. Otherwise most of the time it's not noticeable anyway

Check description on AE version

Basically the AE version has a chip that sends EXIF data to the body and also allows control of the aperture from the body as well.

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 28 2013, 06:42 PM

Dilemma, which one to get??

VS

RM700 VS RM1400

Sigmafag bias punya

Yeap, cheaper too. But you also know the sigma-factor of owning an Art series lens yourself lah

Both are awesome lenses la, I memang confuse myself sometimes. At times I want a 18-35 1.8A, then suddenly I feel like gathering a set of 1.4 primes instead.

Haih, my GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) getting more and more serious d

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 29 2013, 06:23 PM

I think the foreground element is placed wrongly la. Should alter the perspective abit.

There's not much connection between the foreground and the background. Leading lines would help. Maybe a telephoto lens to compress the perspective so that there's less of a gap between the rocks and the cityscape.



This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Aug 31 2013, 02:20 AM