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Close up filters on MF
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Not sure not used them myself, on the Bronica, but if I was going that route then I would get the most expensive ones I could and experiment.
Did a couple of years ago on 35mm stuff and they worked ok.
Bronica did two extension tubes S-18 and S-36 plus Auto Bellows. When new they were VERY expensive.
If you are after these kind of kit then they are rare and you will have to wait. On fleabay the tube can go for anything from £50 to £110, the bellows from £150 upwards.
Sometimes they turn up in shops but again it is a case of searching.
Did a couple of years ago on 35mm stuff and they worked ok.
Bronica did two extension tubes S-18 and S-36 plus Auto Bellows. When new they were VERY expensive.
If you are after these kind of kit then they are rare and you will have to wait. On fleabay the tube can go for anything from £50 to £110, the bellows from £150 upwards.
Sometimes they turn up in shops but again it is a case of searching.
Don't know what MF kit you have but my gut reaction which is supported by third party comments for someone who was big into close up work is that screw in close up filters are not really up to snuff where MF is concerned.
Try them by all means and report back but prepare to be underwhelmed.
Trouble is there is that lovely big negative with that lovely glassware and you are going to be putting something a lot less lovely in front of it!
Try them by all means and report back but prepare to be underwhelmed.
Trouble is there is that lovely big negative with that lovely glassware and you are going to be putting something a lot less lovely in front of it!
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I bought a set of Opton screw on close-up lenses for a tenner on ebay,
thinking that if they weren't any good then i hadn't wasted to much,
anyway, there was a x4 and a x10 in the set, here is an example with the x10 on a 18-55 on a 400d in auto focus and hand held,
not film i know, but i thought i'd let you know my experience with these lenses
suffice to say, although they aren't brilliant they aren't bad either.
Original size on my flickr page here: Link
cheers
thinking that if they weren't any good then i hadn't wasted to much,
anyway, there was a x4 and a x10 in the set, here is an example with the x10 on a 18-55 on a 400d in auto focus and hand held,
not film i know, but i thought i'd let you know my experience with these lenses
suffice to say, although they aren't brilliant they aren't bad either.
Original size on my flickr page here: Link
cheers
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For what camera ?
What do you want to shoot ?
I mean, generally speaking, close up lenses are a last resort/the only thing available.
My rangefinder has a few close-up lenses available, but that's only because there isn't a lens capable of close focus.
There are loads of options for you're average M/F SLR...depends what it is.
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I've got an SQ-A. There's nothing in particular I want to shoot at the minute it's just I have a set for my DSLR and they come in handy now and again. I just wondered if they would be even worse on MF than they are on a DSLR. Not that they're bad for the price bot they're not exactly the bees knees either.
