>From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
>
>My thinking was that for table top photography (for ebay ads and puppies) I
>need something that brings me much closer than the Zuiko 100 /2.8.
Don't forget auto extension tubes!
While some zooms don't perform well with tubes, most primes will do a great job
for anything but the most demanding, flat-field work.
I hate to see people "thrashing" their lens collection when a $30 set of tubes
will solve their problems!
When buying third-party tubes, the biggest thing to look out for is clearance.
A number of Zuikos extend back far enough that some third-party tubes won't
work.
I have a set of Oly AND a set of Vivitar tubes that yield 63 different lengths
to work with! (Of course, if I have to go over 65mm, I prefer the telescoping
auto tube, which is an engineering marvel.)
Some complain that tubes are hard to work with, but surely no worse than
teleconverters.
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