Tried stacking a 135mm lens on extension tubes for moon shots

I put my old manual focus 135mm on about 50mm of extension tubes to get closer to the moon last month. The image came out way softer than I expected, tons of chromatic aberration I never saw before. Anyone else find that extension tubes expose lens flaws you never knew existed?

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charles_henderson11d ago

What brand of extension tubes are you using?

bailey.sandra11d ago

Are you talking about the cheap plastic ones from Amazon? Because I used those for a bit and they WORKED but the connection was SO loose I thought I was gonna lose a lens. I switched to the Kenko tubes and they are WAY better built, metal mount and everything. The electrical contacts are more reliable too, I had the cheap ones miss aperture data all the time. Just my two cents but if you can swing the extra money, the Kenko ones are worth it.