Payment received and tubes now sold to Tom, thanks.

That's a bit lower than I'd take at the moment, thanks.

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You do with any of these that have black anodised bases, even without contacts. They will work without it, but in order to use stop down metering it needs a bit of bare metal to make the contact between the lens and the camera body. It needs removing over the data pin and has been discussed fairly regularly on the forum.

For sale is a Vivitar AT-22 auto extension tube set. Having a sort out and hadn't realised I had two sets of these so I'm putting one set up for sale. These are basically as new, both the case and the tubes.

Please note that these are not the cheap plastic tubes often available on Ebay. They are heavy solid metal and look great with 'A' and 'M' lenses. They have the aperture lever, but no electrical contacts and are manual focus only.

These have the usual black anodised base and need a small amount of paint removed in order to make proper contact with the camera body. this hasn't been done yet - I can either leave it as it is or do the necessary modification as the purchaser prefers.

Set consists of 12mm, 20mm and 36mm tubes and can be used in any combination of the three or separately. Case and both end caps included.

£20 delivered to UK.

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For sale is my Redsnapper RS-284 tripod with a RSH-12 Ball Head. I bought this for macro use, but find I prefer to use 'catch in focus' so the tripod is not getting used.

I've used it just a couple of of times and it's basically in as new condition and complete with carrying case etc.

More about it here:

http://www.redsnapperuk.com/camera-accessories/RS-284___RSH-12_Ball_head.html

£95 delivered (by 2-3 day courier) Payment by bank transfer or Paypal gift, please.

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Hi Terry

Can't get much simpler, or cheaper, than a Pentax M 50mm f1.7 and a set of manual extension tubes. Likely to set you back around £60 for both and the added benefit is you will have an excellent prime lens for low light as well.

Manual focus only, but that tends to be better for macro anyway. If you decide you don't take to macro after all you will always get your money back when you re-sell.

An A series lens and a set of extension tubes with contacts will make life a bit easier, but will cost approximately twice as much.

Plenty of information on the forum about using manual lenses with the K-r for macro and other situations, but if you have any questions someone will always help.

All the macro images on my portfolio were taken with a K-r and a M 50mm 1.7 and either extension tubes or a macro converter. They aren't great, but will give you an idea of what can be done.

I have a set of Jessops PK/A extension tubes for sale. These aren't the usual manual set, but have the six electrical contacts for auto exposure. This allows the user to to do everything automatically, except autofocus, which isn't a problem for macro as most people prefer to focus manually anyway.

Unlike standard PK tube sets, these can be used with lenses without aperture rings, such as the DA and DA-L lenses.

I bought them a while back to use with my 50mm prime, but find that I prefer to use my macro teleconverter to give me a little more distance from the subject especially now that age makes it a little more difficult to bend down

They are in excellent condition with no obvious sign of use. No box, but they will be very well packed. I have a cap for the mount end, but not the other.

I have removed a small amount of paint from the anodised surface of each tube. This is a frequently discussed modification necessary for the aperture value to show in the viewfinder on Pentax bodies. Tested on my K-r with my daughter's DA 18-55mm and my M 50mm 1.7 and everything works perfectly.

Prices seem to vary a bit and I've seen them sell for between £70 and £105 recently, so just asking what I paid which is £70 delivered.

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Looks a nice bag. I wanted something a bit thinner and less bulky, but that would still hold a body and a few lenses so the Hadley Large/PRO fitted the bill nicely. I wouldn't have paid full price either, but picked up a mint one for 55 pounds, plus 16 pounds for the missing dividers so not too bad.