N1V3, 70-300mm lens and close up tubes

[Jerry Green]

Nikon 1V3 on Nikon 1 70-300mm lens and Movo EXT-NM47 close up tubes. Lens at 300mm. With the 21mm tube it will focus from about 3 feet to 18 feet and with the 21mm tube plus the 16mm tube if will focus from about 2 1/2 feet to 11 feet. Images are not cropped. The tubes do a good job of isolating the subjects from the backgrounds. Photos from my garden.

Cranefly Orchid

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Bee on Passion flower

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Katydid

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Aphids and ants on Angle Pod Climbing Milkweed

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Cardinal flower

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[rick_reno]

those are really nice Jerry. I've been thinking about getting some tubes, but haven't decided which ones.

 

[Jerry Green]

those are really nice Jerry. I've been thinking about getting some tubes, but haven't decided which ones.

I had a set of the Vello two tube set which were plastic and broke both of them. The Movo tubes are aluminum and is a three tube set. The tubes also work well on the 30-110 mm lens with a reasonable working distance.

 

[Retief]

Wow, what a neat set of images! I will have to check out those tubes.

 

[general]

Very nice, Jerry. I have just purchased a set of the Vello tubes but I am glad to hear of the Movo tubes in case.

 

[crashton]

Jerry is the tube body metal or just the mount? I have a set of FOGTA tubes that are metal mount with plastic bodies.

 

[Jerry Green]

Jerry is the tube body metal or just the mount? I have a set of FOGTA tubes that are metal mount with plastic bodies.

The box for the Movo tubes says "Metal construction." They look and feel like all metal

 

[JPS]

Nice serie, Jerry !

On tripod, I guess ? ...and what is the shooting distance ?

 

[crashton]

Thanks Jerry, Guess I'll be buying Movo tubes when mine break.

 

[Jerry Green]

Nice serie, Jerry !

On tripod, I guess ? ...and what is the shooting distance ?

They were shot on a tripod with flash at about 3 feet. You can get good images at 6 feet for the shy critters. Here is a shot of a tiny Mabel Orchard Spider with all three of the tubes 10, 16 and 21 mm at about 26 inches:

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Cropped shot of the small shy Eastern Tailed-blue Butterfly at about 6 feet:

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[rick_reno]

Thanks for the discussion on these. I'm going to get the Movo tubes.

 

[JPS]

They were shot on a tripod with flash at about 3 feet. You can get good images at 6 feet for the shy critters. Here is a shot of a tiny Mabel Orchard Spider with all three of the tubes 10, 16 and 21 mm at about 26 inches:

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Cropped shot of the small shy Eastern Tailed-blue Butterfly at about 6 feet:

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Wow Jerry ! These really are fantastically sharp macros, with a much deeper DOF than what we can get with a FX (or even DX) camera !

I' m really impressed by the quality of these images ! .....but of course, as usual, the quality of the photographer is for a good percentage in the result !


J-P.

 

[Jerry Green]

Thanks. This set up continues to impress me. Here are two more from today.
Sleepy Orange

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[rick_reno]

Got my tubes today. Put the 16 mm on the 70-300 and tried it out. I like them.

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bee2-8-29-15 by rick reno, on Flickr

 

[Jerry Green]

Got my tubes today. Put the 16 mm on the 70-300 and tried it out. I like them.

bee2-8-29-15 by rick reno, on Flickr

Excellent shot. You are going to have fun with these.

 

[MarkG]

Brilliant images Jerry and Rick

 

[JPS]

I just ordered the Movo set and it should arrive next week !

I'm very curious to try them !

 

[BLX]

Got my tubes today. Put the 16 mm on the 70-300 and tried it out. I like them.

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bee2-8-29-15 by rick reno, on Flickr

Fantastic shot

 

[Dano]

Got my tubes today. Put the 16 mm on the 70-300 and tried it out. I like them.

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bee2-8-29-15 by rick reno, on Flickr

Careful Rick... the internet pundits say you can't make photos this good with a small sensor camera like Nikon 1. Maybe you didn't get the memo.