New Member Registered: June, 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 5 | Review Date: June 15, 2013 | Recommended | Price: $100.00
| Rating: 9 |
Pros: | Solidly Built, Does Exactly What It Says On The Tin | Cons: | Fully Manual | | Beautifully made and comes in a very nice leather case. I paid £65 in Edinburgh for it which works out at ~$100. Personally I find the fact that they are fully manual a pleasure, I feel you get far more satisfaction out of nailing a good picture!
Although I've list fully manual as a con you know that buying it so it's not something you can really complain about in my opinion, more there as a note! | |
Moderator Site Supporter Registered: June, 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Posts: 17,377 1 user found this helpful | Review Date: August 13, 2010 | Recommended | Price: $50.00
| Rating: 7 |
Pros: | Well made and compact | Cons: | No levers or A contacts | | These match the k lenses and are well made. The don't have the aperture levers so won't work with the K bodies such as the K2 with open aperture, nor do the have A contacts. The can be used on the dSLR bodies easily with use of the green button. To date, no Pentax tube has had A contacts. I would rate the auto k tubes 1 point higher because of the lever.
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Site Supporter Registered: October, 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,085 2 users found this helpful | Review Date: July 6, 2010 | Recommended | Price: $80.00
| Rating: 8 |
Pros: | More reliable than the “Auto” versions. | Cons: | Does not maintain the lenses Automatic Diaphragm. | | I bought this manual extension tube set for my K85/2.2 Soft lens, so I can do “soft focus” close-up work.
The manual extension tube set works well but does not maintain the full aperture metering mechanism of the attached lens, so you have you use stop-down metering. The K85/2.2 Soft lens has a manual diaphragm, so this is not an issue for me.
The manual tube set is a simpler design and is more reliable than the “Auto” versions.
The price is for a mint set with case and manual.
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Veteran Member Registered: January, 2008 Location: GTA, ON, Canada Posts: 1,673 | Review Date: May 23, 2010 | Recommended | Price: $40.00
| Rating: 7 |
Pros: | Well built | Cons: | No automation | | These work well for what they are but offer no automation. At smaller apertures and/or high magnifications expect a very dim viewfinder, and best results will likely be obtained with a tripod and some trial and error.
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