I have had a quote of £460+VAT to repair my lens or £530+vat - Repair and Full Service.
(I am looking for another quote for any Americans that is USD 848).
However I thought should I look for an alternative as well whilst waiting for my lens to come back from the company that gave me this large quote, as it is quite heavy to use, worse than my Tamron 150-600 lens and I have shoulder problems which make this to be a pain.
I found this website http://extreme-macro.co.uk/raynox-adapter-techniques/ (created by a forum resident)
I have this lens and with a Canon 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 plus an adapter I could get very good magnification 5.05:1 and with a longer working distance than my MPE65.
However I think there is a flaw with my calculations, any ideas? If it were that easy and cheap everything would have done it.
I have masses of photos to look through from my Colombia trip so there is no real urgency, saying that I love it. I googled this combination but no joy.
If anyone has a really clever alternative, please let me know.
Canon MPE-65 mm repair or replace with something else
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I know MPE is all metal, but I do suspect that your combo might be a bit heavier and somewhat more awkward to use. And in terms of image quality and resolution, I do have to give the nod to MPE - a Raynox adapter is a perfectly good budget alternative, but that's what it is, a budget alternative.
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I think you are right. BTW what happened to your MPE alternative? An interesting idea although for me a bit tricky to do.johan wrote:I know MPE is all metal, but I do suspect that your combo might be a bit heavier and somewhat more awkward to use. And in terms of image quality and resolution, I do have to give the nod to MPE - a Raynox adapter is a perfectly good budget alternative, but that's what it is, a budget alternative.
Still there, left it on the site for other people that might want to play with a cheap low cost alternative. Again it's a low cost alternative - not as good as the real thing. So when I finally got the real thing I stopped using it. But others seemed to have made something of it so it's all good 
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To be honest I havent done much in the last couple of years - lots of stress at work, too much going on rl redundant TWICE in 6 months). But I think things are ok now, we've also moved into a new house which gives me some acreage and a photo studio so I hope to be doing a bit more next year
.To be honest I havent done much in the last couple of years - lots of stress at work, too much going on rl redundant TWICE in 6 months). But I think things are ok now, we've also moved into a new house which gives me some acreage and a photo studio so I hope to be doing a bit more next year
My extreme-macro.co.uk site, a learning site. Your comments and input there would be gratefully appreciated.
That is stressful - I saw your home on the pond forum btw.johan wrote:Still there, left it on the site for other people that might want to play with a cheap low cost alternative. Again it's a low cost alternative - not as good as the real thing. So when I finally got the real thing I stopped using it. But others seemed to have made something of it so it's all good
To be honest I havent done much in the last couple of years - lots of stress at work, too much going on rl redundant TWICE in 6 months). But I think things are ok now, we've also moved into a new house which gives me some acreage and a photo studio so I hope to be doing a bit more next year
You should get lots of insects there, no need to ever leave the garden again.
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Re: Canon MPE-65 mm repair or replace with something else
Hi davholla...what went so horribly wrong with the MPE65? That's an enormous repair bill, more than it would cost to buy a good used one.davholla wrote:I have had a quote of £460+VAT to repair my lens or £530+vat - Repair and Full Service.
(I am looking for another quote for any Americans that is USD 848).
However I thought should I look for an alternative as well whilst waiting for my lens to come back from the company that gave me this large quote, as it is quite heavy to use, worse than my Tamron 150-600 lens and I have shoulder problems which make this to be a pain.
I found this website http://extreme-macro.co.uk/raynox-adapter-techniques/ (created by a forum resident)
I have this lens and with a Canon 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 plus an adapter I could get very good magnification 5.05:1 and with a longer working distance than my MPE65.
However I think there is a flaw with my calculations, any ideas? If it were that easy and cheap everything would have done it.
I have masses of photos to look through from my Colombia trip so there is no real urgency, saying that I love it. I googled this combination but no joy.
If anyone has a really clever alternative, please let me know.
Re: Canon MPE-65 mm repair or replace with something else
It has an error 1 - problems with the contact but I think it can be fixed for cheaper.ray_parkhurst wrote:
Hi davholla...what went so horribly wrong with the MPE65? That's an enormous repair bill, more than it would cost to buy a good used one.
Much better
And yes thank you, the new home is my idea of heaven!
And yes thank you, the new home is my idea of heaven!
My extreme-macro.co.uk site, a learning site. Your comments and input there would be gratefully appreciated.