I have owned one for a couple of decades. I use it with my Tamron SP 90mm f2.5 macro lens, plus my OM 50mm macro. However, it comes into its own with the OM 38mm auto bellows lens.augusthouse wrote:This looks useful. Is anyone using or had experience with one of these. Being an OM it has to be good.
It's an Olympus OM Variable Macro Tube.
Especially if you put one of these on the end?
I'm sort of glad I don't yet have an OM catalogue - I'd want just about everything it it.
With any of these lenses attached it is easiest to use on a tripod (cable or air release and mirror lock-up), which permits hand-held flash. However, it will take you to almost the limits of hand-held macro (ca x 5) if you mount a suitable flash unit on it: T28 (twin), T10 ring or T8 ring. The reflector of the T8 makes framing the subject rather difficult in that it blocks your view of the front of the lens, even with the smaller reflector, considerably larger than the one in the bottom image, above.
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I also have the 20mm macro auto bellows lens but that is for up to x 12, beyond hand-held, at least for me!
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