Fotodiox Macro Extension Tube for Canon EOS EF/EF-S Cameras

Five Stars for what you get for such a low price. These tubes are made sturdy and look to hold up for years. For those that gave bad reviews, let me explain a few things. Macro really requires a tripod. For really close-up macro photos, you want tack sharp. For those that said these tubes do not work... it is simply you don't understand the purpose of the tubes, or you do not know how to use your camera outside of Auto, or you do not understand the concept of a focal plane. First of all, there is no way for the tubes to not to work. Their sole purpose is to move your lens further away from your camera. That is it. If your lens attaches to the tubes and your camera attaches to the other end - they WORK! If you can't get a focus, it is operator error. There are many, many instructional videos on Youtube, check them out. B&H, Tony Northrup and Scott Kelby have some really great ones. Secondly, you must understand what you are essentially doing with the tubes. They move your focus plane so a camera lens with a, for example, minimal focus of 3 feet can get much closer. But also understand, you can actually move the focus plane inside the lens itself where you will never get a focus. Those having trouble using these tubes, try using the smallest tube first, by itself. See where your item focuses at ( if using a fixed lens, move back and forth to find where it tries to come into focus). Then as you get use to the smallest tube, move up the line trying each tube. When comfortable, then start adding them together. A lot of the problems I see with these tubes, I would bet, is trying to throw all three tubes on at once and not realizing that your focus plane is probably only an inch from your lens. Also, when using these tubes and getting really close to the object you are photographing, your depth of field will become ridiculously shallow. Watch some instructional videos on 'Focus Stacking' to address this problem. I had to focus stack a nickle because when the nose was in focus, the eyes were not. This isn't the tubes malfunctioning, it is due to the depth of field. I took these tubes out of the box, "Read the instructions" for nothing more than how they attach and how to remove the lens from the adapter. Popped them on my camera as I suggested above, one at a time, and got some fantastic photos. But of course, I studied the process and science of how they work so I wouldn't blame a simple tube for me not getting a picture in focus. And lastly, the complaints on aperture is baffling to me. You would want a wider open for best detail and speed at a close range - a stopped down lens could take a few seconds which you may not have. With an open aperture you will get a very shallow depth of field though but the previously mentioned focus stacking technique takes care of that. But if a different aperture is needed then Canon cameras have a fix, as mentioned previously in other reviews. Simply set your aperture with your lens first, then hold in your depth of field button and remove your lens. Your aperture will stay at whatever you set it on. Then attach your tube(s) and put everything back on your camera. Other camera owners, if you have a similar solution, please post it for the non-Canon users. These are a fantastic item for a great price to get your foot in the door with macro photography. It certainly beats flipping your lens around backwards like I use to do in film days. But just like the first time you took your camera off of Auto... you had to practice, study and shoot to get proficient with the tool. You must do the same with these tubes. Put in the time for practicing and researching, because the result is definitely worth it! Enjoy and good shooting!

I use this set of extension tubes with my canon Rebel XSi. Works great. Very very inexpensive way to play around with macro photography, and a lot better than magnification filters. They're all metal, seem very sturdy, and thread on and off very easily. I've used it with my kit 18-55mm lens, my 50mm lens, and my 75-300mm lens, and they all give great pictures. No vignetting or anything. The results you can get with this set is just amazing, I would highly recommend these to any beginner/amateur photographer who wouldn't mind adding a few extra bucks to there cart total today. And, if you're ok with having to take a few extra minutes to set up your shots (doing manual focus and some of the aperture work-arounds), I would say save your money and buy these instead of the wired ones. Most of the inexpensive wired extension tube sets are plastic, and the good ones are quite expensive.

As a professional photographer I often shoot 1:1 macro photos of products such as jewelry for my clients. In my spare time though I like to get creative and push the limits of my gear. I bought this set of extension tubes a few months ago as I have always wanted to try a set. The OEM Canon brand of extension tubes go for hundreds of dollars and since I didn't need them for professional use, I wasn't able to justify the cost of buying the Canon version since this would just be to "play" around with. I looked at several different "cheap" versions but what attracted me the most was that these were all metal construction. There is no way I am placing a heavy and expensive Canon 100mm macro lens on something made of plastic. These rings are made of metal and feature a male and female camera and lens connection. The inner extension rings simply thread into the male and female camera and lens connection to build your extension tube stack. You can pick what distance you want my adding or removing a tube from the stack, however, I have always used all the rings stacked together. The rings worrk with any Canon camera that accepts a EF or EF-S lens mount. These tubes **DO NOT** have electronics in them. This means that you have no control over auto-focus and aperture. In my case this is not an issue at all. First, when shooting serious macro, you never use auto-focus. Second, while you have no control over the aperture automatically, there is a trick you can do to get your lens to stop down to the aperture you want: 1) Set the camera to Av mode and choose the aperture you want to use. 2) Press the DoF Preview Button and hold it down while pressing the lens release lock. 3) Take off the lens a look at the back of it. You should see the blades closed. 4) Mount the lens to the extension tubes and then the extension tubes to the camera. You can now shoot. The only downside I see is that the threads on the tubes seem to be a bit fragile and if one was to constantly take the stack apart, he or she might end up stripping the threads at some point. In my case I haven't had any problems because I don't take the stack apart. At this price though, I would be likely to buy a second set and stack that set to whatever distance I wanted or needed. Overall I'm happy with my purchase. For about 95% less then the original Canon extension tubes, these are fun to play with! Also since there is no glass or optics, there is no reason to purchase something more expensive. That being said, if I was using extension tubes in my professional, commercial work, I would be opting for Canon's version only because their version has the electronics built in.

Se você lida bem com foco manual, vai conseguir ótimos resultados com esse extensor. Funciona melhor a partir dos 50mm com boa iluminação, onde a nitidez e detalhes saltam à vista. Lembrando que não há controle de abertura.

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This unlocks a new world of photography, for really cheap. Works amazingly with my 50mm 1.8. There are no electronics so you won't be able to control the lens at all. If you use an STM lens, you won't even be able to focus, but that's fine since you just move the camera around to achieve focus. Make sure you stop down to about f/8 or so as you'll need all the depth of field as possible (even at f/8 it will only be about 1mm. The way you stop down is use Manual mode, go to f/8, hold the depth of field preview button, and detatch the lens with the button being held. Now the lens will be stuck if f/8. You may need a flash. Have fun!

Tube lenz is awesome, pictures taken speaks about the quality. Autofocus could have been helpful however manual focus isnt that difficult. No doubt the product is recommendable. All three lens individually and together fix to the camera without any hassle. Cost is little higher side, metal body is one plus point. Thank you Amazon, seller and fotodiox 👍

Es un producto increíble. Fácil de usar y muy divertido. La calidad de los materiales es buena y embona en la cámara sin problemas.