3D printing has come such a long way in the last few years. As developments in printer design and software have progressed, it’s become a lot easier to make some pretty accurate prints.

 

One photographer, though, Nick Sherlock , decided to test the limits of his 3D printer to make a 300mm long extension tube allowing him to extend the magnification of his Sigma 180mm f/3.5 APO Macro DG HSM lens.

 

Macro lenses can already see pretty close up, and the Sigma 180mm macro offers a 1:1 magnification. But extension tubes allow you to get even closer to the action. Canon makes their own extension tubes , although they’re not very long. And you can buy 3rd party sets of extension tubes to give a little more reach, too. But even with all three tubes in the kit stacked, they pale in comparison to this beast that Nick has […]

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