Combination of MCEX16, TC1.4 and 90mm f2

[uckdie]

I have been thinking, if a combination of the MCEX16, the TC 1.4 and the 90mm would be usefull as a macro.

 

I know that the TC will not fit the 90mm. Don't try it, it could damage the lens. With an MCEX16 inbetween it is a different story, though:

 

MCEX16 and TC1,4 combined

 

This is a sample of only the 90mm at shortest focus distance:

 

90mm by Cruiser223, on Flickr

 

Now let's see a shot with the MCEX 16:

 

90mm plus MCEX16

 

And finally 90mm, MECEX16, TC1,4:

 

90mm, MCEX16 and TC1,4

 

I like the result. What do you think? The magnification should be 0.4 with the MCEX 16mm and 0,56 when adding the TC. It should probably work with other Fuji lenses as well.

 

Regards, Dieter

[darknj]

In all honesty, it's not that bad at all, since the 90 is already one of the sharpest lens we have currently the extra macro tube and TC doesn't seems to be impacting the performances too much.

 

Did you adjusted the loss of light in post or are all these SOOC Jpegs ?

[uckdie]

The pics are SOOC. All shot at f8 and ISO3200 on a tripod. It was a quick test in remaining daylight. I did move the cactus and changed the angle of the camera to position the cactus in the picture. No post processing. AF was on the "white dot." In the EXIF you will see that the timing went down from 1/50s to 1/25s with MCEX and TC. I will probably do some more examples next weekend.

[Vidalgo]

Not bad at all.

I had the same idea with MCEX and TC, it obviously enough, but unfortunately I don't have neither tube nor TC, so didn't tried it. lol. 

Did you have only one MCEX tube? May be 16+11+TC also is a working combo...

[uckdie]

Not bad at all.

I had the same idea with MCEX and TC, it obviously enough, but unfortunately I don't have neither tube nor TC, so didn't tried it. lol. 

Did you have only one MCEX tube? May be 16+11+TC also is a working combo...

Yes, I only have 16mm MCEX tube.

[EddieX]

So I ran into this thread while looking for samples of the 90mm with the MCEX-16 extension.  The 1.4 TC is just icing on the cake.  Thanks for the comparisons.  But seeing the price of the 1.4 TC it's almost better to just buy a manual macro lens with true 1:1 magnification it seems.  Bummer, I was hoping for a all Fujifilm solution.  Was really looking forward to the 120 f2.8 macro till Fuji dropped it .

[Gigas]

Could you get by with only the 11mm extension ring or is that to shallow for the TC 1.4?