Any Suggestion?

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Hey Folks,

I have been using my canon 5dmkii with 3 kenko tubes (12mm, 20mm, and I think 36mm,) a canon 135mm with a reversed canon 50mm. Its been producing decent images - a tad soft.

My reversing ring finally arrived that allows me to reverse my 50mm on my bellows. What I found was disheartening. I have just as much magnification with the other set-up but a little less dof and a little harder to focus, and more vignetting.

Also, I noticed that the magnification doesn't change with the reversed 50mm when the bellows are fully extended (at least not alot.)

One of things I was really excited for with the reversing ring, is that my 50mm has a built in lens hood, so if the lens is mounted normal, and used with bellows, the subject has to be inside the hood and there is not really anyway to light it. With a reversed lens I eliminate that problem. But it isn't giving me the magnification I want nor the clarity.

Any suggestions?