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title: "Kenko Auto Extension Tube Set DG 12mm, 20mm, and 36mm Tubes for Canon EOS AF Mount"
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# 3 tube lengths: 12mm, 20mm, 36mm Enables ultra-close macro focusing Full AF & TTL exposure support Kenko Auto Extension Tube Set DG 12mm, 20mm, and 36mm Tubes for Canon EOS AF Mount

**Price:** € 249.97
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## Summary

> 🔬 Get closer, capture sharper — transform your lens into a macro powerhouse!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Kenko Auto Extension Tube Set DG 12mm, 20mm, and 36mm Tubes for Canon EOS AF Mount
- **How much does it cost?** € 249.97 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

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## Why This Product

- Free international shipping included
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- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Optics-Free Design:** No glass elements means zero image degradation—just pure, sharp macro magnification.
- • **Compact & Durable Build:** Precision-engineered tubes that fit snugly and travel light in your camera bag—your macro toolkit essential.
- • **Universal Compatibility:** Works flawlessly with EF and EF-S Canon lenses, plus adaptable to other mounts with adapters.
- • **Seamless Autofocus & Exposure:** Maintains full electronic communication with Canon EOS lenses for effortless AF and TTL auto exposure.
- • **Flexible Magnification Control:** Mix & match 12mm, 20mm, and 36mm tubes for up to 68mm extension, dialing in your perfect macro shot.

## Overview

The Kenko Auto Extension Tube Set includes three precision tubes (12mm, 20mm, 36mm) that extend your Canon EOS lens’s focusing range for stunning macro photography. Designed without optics, these tubes maintain full autofocus and TTL exposure functionality, enabling professional-grade close-up shots without sacrificing image quality. Compatible with most Canon EF and EF-S lenses, this set offers flexible magnification options and durable construction, making it a must-have for millennial pros seeking to elevate their creative edge and never miss a detail.

## Description

Extension tubes are designed to enable a lens to focus closer than its normal set minimum focusing distance. Getting closer has the effect of magnifying your subject (making it appear larger in the viewfinder and in your pictures). They are exceptionally useful for macro photography, enabling you to convert almost any lens into a macro lens at a fraction of the cost while maintaining its original optical quality. The extension tubes have no optics. They are mounted in between the camera body and lens to create more distance between the lens and film plane. By moving the lens father away from the film or CCD sensor in the camera, the lens is forced to focus much closer than normal. The greater the length of the extension tube, the closer the lens can focus. The KENKO AUTO EXTENSION TUBE SET contains three tubes of different length, a 12 mm, 20 mm, and 36 mm, which can be used individually or in any combination to obtain the desired magnification. Kenko also makes a UNITUBE 12 mm or 25 mm which can be purchased individually. Kenko's Auto Focus extension tubes are designed with all the circuitry and mechanical coupling to maintain auto focus and TTL auto exposure with most Canon lenses given there is enough light to activate the cameras AF system properly. Please Note; 1. When using extension tubes the lens will not focus to infinity. The focus range will be greatly limited to a very close focusing distance. 2. There is light fall of

Review: Excellent addition to any macro photographers toolkit albeit slightly expensive - The Kenko Macro Automatic Extension Tube Set for Canon EOS is a set of 3 extension tubes that you can mix and match to give you different levels of "magnification" (more on this in a bit). You get 12mm, 20mm and 36mm tubes that you can use singly or mix and match to give you a maximum of 68mm. Extension tubes do not contain any glass/optics and are designed to enable a lens to focus closer than its normal minimum focusing distance. As such they effectively magnify your subject. The extension tubes are mounted between your lens and the camera body to create more distance between the lens and your sensor. By moving the lens further away from the camera sensor, the lens is forced to focus much closer than normal and your image is essentially cropped. The greater the length of the extension tube, the closer the lens can focus. Basically the sensor captures a smaller amount of the image with the rest of the image being outside of the sensor. You have to take into account the focal length of your lens when applying extension tubes. For example, if you have one of the 50mm Canon primes, you cannot use the full 68mm of the extension tubes as you will never be able to focus the object. I done a great deal of research into extension tubes and which ones to get before deciding to go with the Kenko Automatic tubes. The automatic part of the Kenko set is that each tube has a series of connectors which relay information from the camera to your lens and vice vera. Thus all the EXIF data is passed on, auto focus, aperture etc. all work just as if the lens was connected directly to your camera. The Kenko tubes work with both APS-C and full size cameras and lenses (basically EF (Full Frame) and EF-S (APS-C) lenses). I've tried out a variety of lenses with this Kenko set including but not limited to 18-135 EFS, 70-300EF and 100L EF Macro lens. All the lenses I have tried have worked without problem. I have even used this extension set along with a Metabones III adapter to on my Sony A7 full frame again without incident. By giving you three separate extension tubes you have much greater flexibility in the amount of magnification you desire and working with a proper macro lens (e.g. Canon EF100L 2.8 USM Macro) you can get extremely close into a subject. You can however use these lenses to turn a non-macro lens into a sort-of macro if you don't want to spend the money specifically on a macro lens (if you are interested in macro photography you really do need a specific macro lens). For example I used these extension tubes with my 70-300mm lens to get some quite detailed and sharp images of flowers and insects. When shooting macro, you have a very narrow depth of field and it is also harder to keep a subject in perfect focus (a tripod really is a must). Using extension magnifies these effects. The only downside to the Kenko set of extension tubes if the price. They are well constructed, fit tightly and work very well but I still think $200 is a little much when all they really are is a set of tubes and connecters (no optics). Overall a great addition to a macro photographers toolkit and I carry these around in my camera bag everywhere I go.
Review: Awesome tubes! You will be able to get super close to your subjects but focus is very sensitive -use a tripod & remote shutter - I am a serious hobbyist photographer. I have never made a full-time living doing photography (but I have had sporadic periods of good part-time/freelance income). I currently shoot on a Canon 6D and this is my first foray into macro photography. I first started with magnification filters, but I could not figure out how to get tack-sharp focus with them. They did enlarge nicely so the blur could have been user error. Anyway, I read about extension tubes while trying to research my blur problem. After a quick Google about extension tubes, I found the Kenko tubes. Reviews looked favorable so I ordered. I am really glad that I did. These tubes are pricier than most of the others on desertcart, but after reading reviews about tubes breaking and getting stuck in the camera/on the lens (or lenses being to heavy and breaking away from the plastic tubes) I didn't want to cheap out. These tubes are just hollow plastic tubes. They connect to the camera on one end (just like your lenses do) and to the lens of your choice on the other end. Basically, the tubes put distance between your lens and the mirror of your camera. You can use all of the included tubes (3 of them) together or any combination you choose. At first, I tried this with my 14mm wide angle lens. I never got it to work....I only saw black even with the camera pointed towards the sun in full daylight. After I Googled the problem, I came to the conclusion that you can not go too small or it doesn't work (I never tried it again with the 14mm). Next, I tried it with my nifty fifty and it was soooo exciting. It worked! You have to been close up to your subject to focus...if you try to dial in something across the room with the tubes installed all you will see is blur. Put something right in front of it and it will pop into view. I did find out very quickly that I would not be able to hand hold the camera and get sharp shots very often. A flash could help (even in broad daylight) possibly, but I didn't want to use one. Instead, I opted to use longer exposures to get the pictures. My 50mm usually requires about 1.5 feet to focus but with all of the extension tubes tacked on, I was able to get within an inch of my subject. The area in focus using my setup was very slim...if the camera move half a millimeter I lost the focus. If the wind blew the flower, I lost the focus. If I swayed with the camera, I lost the focus. Basically, the field of focus is VERY narrow (I will practice more and try wider apertures to hopefully remedy this). I have a full size semi-professional tripod. It can not get any closer to the ground than about 2 feet. This is way to far of a distance for my camera to focus with the tubes installed (think a couple of inches at most from your subject...not feet). To get the camera closer to the ground and my subjects (ants and flowers) I attached an articulating arm to a cheaper, smaller tripod and added a small ball head. I was able to bend it, adjust it and rotate it until I could focus on my subject. I frankensteined it together and it was awkward because sometimes the camera would end up completely upside down and I was trying to compose through the viewfinder (next time I plan to attach my tablet to use as a monitor). This is my first experience using the Kenko's. I think things will only go up from here! I did just receive a macro focusing rail in the mail today and I am waiting for a macro tripod to be delivered this week also. I think with the right equipment I can get truly stunning results. I think that if you are a beginner macro enthusiast like me, you should definitely get these to learn with before dropping $800-$1200 on a dedicated macro lens. I would also recommend that you buy a mini tripod (one that can get on the ground level or practically ground level) if you plan to capture things that are low. Also different lenses will allow you to be farther away and use these. My last tip would be to use a wireless remote to release the shutter (or wired shutter release) or your cameras timer to release the shutter. This will reduce camera movement and picture blur. I also tried a few shots with my kit lens and the images were fine. I really like these tubes and I would purchase them again. I would also recommend these to a friend. I am attaching the pictures that I took on my first time out with these tubes. No previous experience so blame me, not the tubes for any ugly blur ;) Narrow depth of field is great though, in my humble opinion.

## Features

- Extension tubes are designed to enable a lens to focus closer than its normal set minimum focusing distance.
- The DG extension tubes have no optics.
- Contains three tubes of different length, a 12 mm, 20 mm, and 36 mm
- Designed with all the circuitry and mechanical coupling to maintain auto focus and TTL auto exposure with most Canon, Nikon, and Minolta lenses

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #74 in Lens Extension Tubes |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 291 Reviews |

## Images

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![Kenko Auto Extension Tube Set DG 12mm, 20mm, and 36mm Tubes for Canon EOS AF Mount - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/411XMSel95L.jpg)
![Kenko Auto Extension Tube Set DG 12mm, 20mm, and 36mm Tubes for Canon EOS AF Mount - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41PfW-tFiCL.jpg)
![Kenko Auto Extension Tube Set DG 12mm, 20mm, and 36mm Tubes for Canon EOS AF Mount - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41RGBVw9I3L.jpg)
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent addition to any macro photographers toolkit albeit slightly expensive
*by C***N on May 22, 2014*

The Kenko Macro Automatic Extension Tube Set for Canon EOS is a set of 3 extension tubes that you can mix and match to give you different levels of "magnification" (more on this in a bit). You get 12mm, 20mm and 36mm tubes that you can use singly or mix and match to give you a maximum of 68mm. Extension tubes do not contain any glass/optics and are designed to enable a lens to focus closer than its normal minimum focusing distance. As such they effectively magnify your subject. The extension tubes are mounted between your lens and the camera body to create more distance between the lens and your sensor. By moving the lens further away from the camera sensor, the lens is forced to focus much closer than normal and your image is essentially cropped. The greater the length of the extension tube, the closer the lens can focus. Basically the sensor captures a smaller amount of the image with the rest of the image being outside of the sensor. You have to take into account the focal length of your lens when applying extension tubes. For example, if you have one of the 50mm Canon primes, you cannot use the full 68mm of the extension tubes as you will never be able to focus the object. I done a great deal of research into extension tubes and which ones to get before deciding to go with the Kenko Automatic tubes. The automatic part of the Kenko set is that each tube has a series of connectors which relay information from the camera to your lens and vice vera. Thus all the EXIF data is passed on, auto focus, aperture etc. all work just as if the lens was connected directly to your camera. The Kenko tubes work with both APS-C and full size cameras and lenses (basically EF (Full Frame) and EF-S (APS-C) lenses). I've tried out a variety of lenses with this Kenko set including but not limited to 18-135 EFS, 70-300EF and 100L EF Macro lens. All the lenses I have tried have worked without problem. I have even used this extension set along with a Metabones III adapter to on my Sony A7 full frame again without incident. By giving you three separate extension tubes you have much greater flexibility in the amount of magnification you desire and working with a proper macro lens (e.g. Canon EF100L 2.8 USM Macro) you can get extremely close into a subject. You can however use these lenses to turn a non-macro lens into a sort-of macro if you don't want to spend the money specifically on a macro lens (if you are interested in macro photography you really do need a specific macro lens). For example I used these extension tubes with my 70-300mm lens to get some quite detailed and sharp images of flowers and insects. When shooting macro, you have a very narrow depth of field and it is also harder to keep a subject in perfect focus (a tripod really is a must). Using extension magnifies these effects. The only downside to the Kenko set of extension tubes if the price. They are well constructed, fit tightly and work very well but I still think $200 is a little much when all they really are is a set of tubes and connecters (no optics). Overall a great addition to a macro photographers toolkit and I carry these around in my camera bag everywhere I go.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome tubes! You will be able to get super close to your subjects but focus is very sensitive -use a tripod & remote shutter
*by P***A on July 4, 2016*

I am a serious hobbyist photographer. I have never made a full-time living doing photography (but I have had sporadic periods of good part-time/freelance income). I currently shoot on a Canon 6D and this is my first foray into macro photography. I first started with magnification filters, but I could not figure out how to get tack-sharp focus with them. They did enlarge nicely so the blur could have been user error. Anyway, I read about extension tubes while trying to research my blur problem. After a quick Google about extension tubes, I found the Kenko tubes. Reviews looked favorable so I ordered. I am really glad that I did. These tubes are pricier than most of the others on Amazon, but after reading reviews about tubes breaking and getting stuck in the camera/on the lens (or lenses being to heavy and breaking away from the plastic tubes) I didn't want to cheap out. These tubes are just hollow plastic tubes. They connect to the camera on one end (just like your lenses do) and to the lens of your choice on the other end. Basically, the tubes put distance between your lens and the mirror of your camera. You can use all of the included tubes (3 of them) together or any combination you choose. At first, I tried this with my 14mm wide angle lens. I never got it to work....I only saw black even with the camera pointed towards the sun in full daylight. After I Googled the problem, I came to the conclusion that you can not go too small or it doesn't work (I never tried it again with the 14mm). Next, I tried it with my nifty fifty and it was soooo exciting. It worked! You have to been close up to your subject to focus...if you try to dial in something across the room with the tubes installed all you will see is blur. Put something right in front of it and it will pop into view. I did find out very quickly that I would not be able to hand hold the camera and get sharp shots very often. A flash could help (even in broad daylight) possibly, but I didn't want to use one. Instead, I opted to use longer exposures to get the pictures. My 50mm usually requires about 1.5 feet to focus but with all of the extension tubes tacked on, I was able to get within an inch of my subject. The area in focus using my setup was very slim...if the camera move half a millimeter I lost the focus. If the wind blew the flower, I lost the focus. If I swayed with the camera, I lost the focus. Basically, the field of focus is VERY narrow (I will practice more and try wider apertures to hopefully remedy this). I have a full size semi-professional tripod. It can not get any closer to the ground than about 2 feet. This is way to far of a distance for my camera to focus with the tubes installed (think a couple of inches at most from your subject...not feet). To get the camera closer to the ground and my subjects (ants and flowers) I attached an articulating arm to a cheaper, smaller tripod and added a small ball head. I was able to bend it, adjust it and rotate it until I could focus on my subject. I frankensteined it together and it was awkward because sometimes the camera would end up completely upside down and I was trying to compose through the viewfinder (next time I plan to attach my tablet to use as a monitor). This is my first experience using the Kenko's. I think things will only go up from here! I did just receive a macro focusing rail in the mail today and I am waiting for a macro tripod to be delivered this week also. I think with the right equipment I can get truly stunning results. I think that if you are a beginner macro enthusiast like me, you should definitely get these to learn with before dropping $800-$1200 on a dedicated macro lens. I would also recommend that you buy a mini tripod (one that can get on the ground level or practically ground level) if you plan to capture things that are low. Also different lenses will allow you to be farther away and use these. My last tip would be to use a wireless remote to release the shutter (or wired shutter release) or your cameras timer to release the shutter. This will reduce camera movement and picture blur. I also tried a few shots with my kit lens and the images were fine. I really like these tubes and I would purchase them again. I would also recommend these to a friend. I am attaching the pictures that I took on my first time out with these tubes. No previous experience so blame me, not the tubes for any ugly blur ;) Narrow depth of field is great though, in my humble opinion.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Your lens is now a macro lens!
*by T***K on March 8, 2015*

This is the best extension tube set out there. If you're ever eyeballing a wicked macro lens, but it's way too out of your budget, then this extension tube set will do the job. It can turn ANY of your lenses (assuming you bought the one that is compatible with your camera) into a macro lens. And you don't lose image quality either. The other great thing about this is that it's electric, so even though you lose light as you get closer, you can still change the aperture, iso and shutter settings. You can always opt for the way cheaper Fotodiox tube set, but that one doesn't allow you to change settings, so that can be a problem. This is a very affordable set and I cannot recommend this enough. The amount of detail you can get from those extreme close ups with all three attached is unreal. For a test exercise, try taking shots of a coin, cereal, a knife and your favorite action figure. The amount of detail you can see is something you would have never been able to spot or notice with your naked eye. This set gives you all those amazing details. A very good set if you're into macro photography and your client is corporate and wants macro shots of his or her product. This is even great for shooting video. But you can't move the lens at that close, it has to be a still shot. You can place it, and move the object you're shooting instead. Anyway, I highly recommend this set. You won't get a better deal than this and you save money. Lots of money.

## Frequently Bought Together

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