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  1. Nikon Kid

    Sigma 150mm Macro with 20mm spacer tube

    Hi Cristian nice image
  2. Nikon Kid

    Sigma 150mm Macro with 20mm spacer tube

    Its a bit heavy, but I can manage it for a couple of hours, I tried it on a Monopod but its not for me when you are out and about walking. The brackets OK, I thing they sell another bracket that has more movement and adjustment than the one I have got, but it will be heavier. By the time I am...
  3. Nikon Kid

    Sigma 150mm Macro with 20mm spacer tube

    This is my setup at the moment off centre with a sigma flash and softbox mounted on a bracket that I can move forward and back from the front of the lens, next time out I will shoot with the wide angle panel on the flash deployed, I have also got a small hama ball joint on its was to allow me...
  4. Nikon Kid

    Sigma 150mm Macro with 20mm spacer tube

    Thanks for your information, as you say I will need to get out and see whats best for me, tube, tc, subject...... Thanks overread, I liked the shot as well, I did not put that one in the insect photo comp because of the flash glare on the body.
  5. Nikon Kid

    Sigma 150mm Macro with 20mm spacer tube

    I have been shooting with flash at f13 @ 100 ISO with the 150mm, this is a shot that worked out well, albeit the slight glare of the flash on the body. Does that mean each mm of tube you add, adds a mm to the lens. I am going with the tube idea because I would not lose IQ the same way I would if...
  6. Nikon Kid

    Sigma 150mm Macro with 20mm spacer tube

    What would the increase in magnification be, if I used a 20mm kenko tube in between the 50d and the Sigma 150mm macro ?
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