John Mitchell Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 David, when you say "full coupling," do you mean that you can autofocus with the 18-55mm lens? Over here the AF/exposure coupled ones are about £50 a set. Uncoupled, about £7. Thanks, so I assume that the image stabilization built into the 18-55 lens works with the extension tubes as well. Lack of IS is a major drawback with the Sony 30mm macro lens and the main reason I probably wouldn't buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirco Vacca Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 David, when you say "full coupling," do you mean that you can autofocus with the 18-55mm lens? Over here the AF/exposure coupled ones are about £50 a set. Uncoupled, about £7. Thanks, so I assume that the image stabilization built into the 18-55 lens works with the extension tubes as well. Lack of IS is a major drawback with the Sony 30mm macro lens and the main reason I probably wouldn't buy one. Hi John, Just to add one comment about the 30 mm macro. I dont miss the IS on that lens since i use macro lenses only with a tripod. Doing a good macro without tripod is almost impossible and IS i always put off on other lenses as soon i put the on tripods. So i think in my case IS on the macro for macro is useless. It is different of course when you need to use it for other subjects. Thats why i say in my case. Mirco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 David, when you say "full coupling," do you mean that you can autofocus with the 18-55mm lens? Over here the AF/exposure coupled ones are about £50 a set. Uncoupled, about £7. Thanks, so I assume that the image stabilization built into the 18-55 lens works with the extension tubes as well. Lack of IS is a major drawback with the Sony 30mm macro lens and the main reason I probably wouldn't buy one. Hi John, Just to add one comment about the 30 mm macro. I dont miss the IS on that lens since i use macro lenses only with a tripod. Doing a good macro without tripod is almost impossible and IS i always put off on other lenses as soon i put the on tripods. So i think in my case IS on the macro for macro is useless. It is different of course when you need to use it for other subjects. Thats why i say in my case. Mirco True, it's best to use a tripod for macro photography. Still, it's odd that Sony didn't add IS to this lens. Guess they wanted to keep the price down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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