Thinkin about lenses

[Steve Kendrot]

Any suggestions on a Macro lens that won't break the bank for a Canon 10D? Will extention tubes on my 100-40L IS work?

Steve

[jcsnapshot]

Steve, you will probably lose metering and auto focus, unless the tubes couple with all the pins on the 10D body. Don't know how serious you are, and what would "break the bank", but I used a friends   90 mm Tamron Macro  manual focus on one of my older Nikon bodies and was very impressed. Awesome lens for a fraction of the Canon or Nikon equivalent IMO

[Weasel]

Originally posted by jcsnapshot:
Steve, you will probably lose metering and auto focus, unless the tubes couple with all the pins on the 10D body. Don't know how serious you are, and what would "break the bank", but I used a friends   90 mm Tamron Macro  manual focus on one of my older Nikon bodies and was very impressed. Awesome lens for a fraction of the Canon or Nikon equivalent IMO

Ditto.  The Sigma 105mm Macro is very good as well.

You can also buy close-up filters.  It's late and I have to get up early, but after work tomorrow I'll stick my Kenko extension tube on my 20D and 100-400 and give it a try.  I don't recall losing any functionality, but I want to make sure.

[Steve Kendrot]

Thanks for all the feedback guys! I'm taking off for vacation in Galapagos with my wife and camera on Saturday... If I don't respond its cause I'm off bettering my photgraphy skills! Hopefully will have some images to share when I return.

Steve

[Weasel]

Originally posted by Weasel:
 

Originally posted by jcsnapshot:
Steve, you will probably lose metering and auto focus, unless the tubes couple with all the pins on the 10D body. Don't know how serious you are, and what would "break the bank", but I used a friends   90 mm Tamron Macro  manual focus on one of my older Nikon bodies and was very impressed. Awesome lens for a fraction of the Canon or Nikon equivalent IMO

Ditto.  The Sigma 105mm Macro is very good as well.

You can also buy close-up filters.  It's late and I have to get up early, but after work tomorrow I'll stick my Kenko extension tube on my 20D and 100-400 and give it a try.  I don't recall losing any functionality, but I want to make sure. [/b]

The Kenko Uniplus Tube C-AF 25 retains full functionality with the 100-400 L IS and both the 20D & Rebel XT bodies.