Testing my Kenko Macro extension tubes.

[AntZ]

I received my new Kenko macro extension tubes Friday and finally got a chance to play with then today(Sunday).

The Kenko rings are supposed to allow AF, but I found the camera hunting a lot and went manual focus. I tried some pics on a tripod, but once I started tying to get insects, I had to go hand held. DOF is seriously affected, with the stacked tubes the lens is almost touching the subject, which in turn causes shadow issues in strong light.

I could have post these to the assignment thread, but rather than flood it I thought it better to start my own thread, and I can also answer questions about the extension tubes.

This show how narrow the DOF is. Body in focus, eyes out of focus. Otherwise this would have been a better image.



This guy is well camouflaged.


I tried to exploit the shallow DOF on this one. Shot on Tripod.


This is an Australian Native Bee


This is and Ant (just like me


yellow flowers


A weed