Thanks, folks. I appreciate the info. So I take it the 'trick' with the
manual tubes is to open up for focusing, so as to brighten the viewfinder as
much as possible, and then set the aperature? I was (am) confused by the
expression 'stop down' focusing -- wouldn't closing down the aperature make
focusing harder? Am I missing something painfully obvious here?
And no worries about the zoom -- zooms don't interest me anyway. In fact, I
just looked long and hard to find a tiny, p&s digicam for my wife for
Christmas -- looking specifically for one that did not have a zoom. I figure
in that price range a zoom would really stink. (I found a Samsung with a
fixed 40mm (equivalent) that does a decent job.)
I'll probably aim for a 50 3.5 eventually. I've had a few good offers from
listers already, though I am indeed spending money I don't have right now,
so it's just winter fun for the mind. Perhaps when I get paid for the last
web site I did :)
Matthew Born
On 1/24/05 9:33 PM, "Listar" <listar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It works differently on the manual tubes - as you stop down, so
> the viewfinder image gets even darker (the side effect of the extension
> tubes is that the viewfinder image is darker anyway).
> Don't be fooled by lens manugacturers describing their Superwizz 28-500 f/8
> zoom as a macro lens. Whatthey mean is that it will focus closer than Brand
> X 70-210!
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