The other day, I experienced something really strange when using my macro extension tubes with my 50mm lens.

When I attached my 50mm lens to the 12mm extension tube on my camera, the first shot worked fine. The light meter registered as expected and all looked normal.

After the first shot, the view through the lens suddenly got dim. There’s a ( Read more... )

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Photography is an expensive hobby. I firmly believe art can be achieved with any camera, however the more I learn about photography, the more I feel compelled to try new things. It’s hard to do that without an SLR, a couple of lenses and some accessories.

The first powerful digital camera I had was a Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000.
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Earlier today I was chasing the cat back inside when I noticed pretty little purple flowers in the grass. I thought about grabbing my 50mm lens and close up filters to take some shots of them, but I was lazy and decided not to.


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