Yes, at the expense of working distance, you can also use converters to increase the mag, the 1.4 will increase it to x1.4 and a 2x will effectively double the mag, using converters will not reduce the working distance.... If there is a problem fitting the converter to the lens simply place a 12mm extension tube between them.
HTH and is not too garbled rushing between various problems here.
68mm of extension tubes will increase the maximum magnification from 1:1 (lifesize) to 1.45:1 i.e. almost 1.5x lifesize. The increase in magnification is calculated by dividing the length of extension tubes by the focal length of the lens, so 68/150 = 0.45. One of the disadvantages of long focal length macro lenses (e.g. 150mm or 180mm) is that tubes have less impact on magnification compared to, say, a 60mm macro lens.
Another option would be to use a reversed lens mounted on a plastic camera cap (after drilling a hole the size of the frontside of the nes ofcourse) and to use this combined with a couple of extension tubes.
Discussion
3 repliesSeeing John's recent macro question has prompted me to ask the following -
If I combined a set of Kenko extension tubes with a Sigma 150mm, would this allow me to photograph at greater than lifesize reproduction?
TIA.
Regards Chris.
HTH and is not too garbled rushing between various problems here.
Phil
Matt
Works very well!
Another option would be to use a reversed lens mounted on a plastic camera cap (after drilling a hole the size of the frontside of the nes ofcourse) and to use this combined with a couple of extension tubes.
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel