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Jeff Kingston wrote:
If I am following this correctly, the minimum focus distance for the TSE 90 is 1.5 feet. Sorry to sound so ignorant, but does an extension tube change that? Does the MFD change if a tube is used--asking because I have never shot with a tube.

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Hi Jeff, an extension tube does allow the lens to focus closer and there is a fairly simple formula to estimate the new mfd that's quite accurate.

I won't bore you with the formula unless you really want it but for the 90 TS-E here are the results for 3 popular extension tubes:

mfd is 1.6' or 488mm wo tubes

12mm
mfd = 340mm
25mm
mfd = 268mm
36mm
mfd = 233mm

Oct 27, 2009 at 07:56 AM

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p.3 #2 · TS-E 90mm Creative Uses

Well this thread was wonderful and the advice, wisdom, and coaching were, as always on this site, superb. Just pushed the buttons, enriching B&H and ordered the TS-E 90 and Kenko tubes. Looking forward to the results now!

Jeff

Oct 27, 2009 at 05:42 PM

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p.3 #3 · TS-E 90mm Creative Uses

Here's one using a tube. No tripod, kinda dark, and I was getting real low to the ground, so technically it is not of the highest quality

If I can find anything else really creative with it I'll post that too.

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Oct 27, 2009 at 10:25 PM

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p.3 #4 · TS-E 90mm Creative Uses

Not macro, but shows close focusing ability; full tilt

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Oct 27, 2009 at 11:25 PM

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p.3 #5 · TS-E 90mm Creative Uses

If I remember right, I think this one had the 90ts + the 1.4 for closer focusing.

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Oct 28, 2009 at 04:10 AM

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p.3 #6 · TS-E 90mm Creative Uses

there's a bunch here
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=298933

Oct 28, 2009 at 07:29 AM

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Sahid Limon wrote:
Brent, those food shots are incredible. Wish I could light my stuff like that and get the same clarity in my images. How many lights were you using in total?

I used the TSE-90mm for a job I had for an afghan restaurant. I'm def. not a food photographer, but I was able to get the following shots w/ the lens:

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IMHO, the definition of an effective food shot is whether the viewer wants to eat the food. ...in this case, wow, are these images making me hungry! Very nicely done.

Nov 12, 2009 at 07:25 PM

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p.3 #8 · TS-E 90mm Creative Uses

pretty much all the posted shots highlight the lens' beautiful rendering properties... a very special Canon lens IMO.

Nov 12, 2009 at 07:59 PM

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p.3 #9 · TS-E 90mm Creative Uses

Sahid, I'm trying to understand what you were going for. The food does indeed look delicious, but it looks like your tilt was around the vertical axis, causing a narrow vertical in focus area, OOF on either side. Traditionally wouldn't one tilt around the horizontal axis, making the plane of the plate and perhaps the tasty appetizers in the rear be in focus?

Nov 13, 2009 at 12:14 AM

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p.3 #10 · TS-E 90mm Creative Uses

Man, I'd love to play with one of these. I'd have so much fun with flower shots with one of these.

Nov 13, 2009 at 01:22 AM

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p.3 #11 · TS-E 90mm Creative Uses

It does pumpkins, too! Shifted to the right to flop depth of field to left-to-right instead of front-to-back. Stopped down to f/7.1 to keep area at left and especially right from looking weirdly out of focus.

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