Cheap mirror lenses

http://www.keh.com …1/sku-NK069991157560?r=FE

well it's cheap compared to the 1200mm L ...speaking of mirror lenses you have any experience with an olympus 400mm f5.6?...saw one on ebay the other day for the first time

No, but I laugh at some of the prices I see on eBay for that OLY and some other mirrors. Once you throw out the extreme (over $4K) mirror lenses the best ever made was the Canon S.S.C. 500/8 - easily convertted to EF mount. I have sold a few and wished I had kept one for myself. You would not believe how sharp it is even with a 1.4x TC or a 2x TC. Ok, funny bokeh if you don't control that and not for handholding!

Are you guys familiar with the Minolta Rokkor X 500mm f8?
Someone is actually selling it locally for 50 bucks and I am a little bit interested

gasrocks wrote in post #11777885
No, but I laugh at some of the prices I see on eBay for that OLY and some other mirrors. Once you throw out the extreme (over $4K) mirror lenses the best ever made was the Canon S.S.C. 500/8 - easily convertted to EF mount. I have sold a few and wished I had kept one for myself. You would not believe how sharp it is even with a 1.4x TC or a 2x TC. Ok, funny bokeh if you don't control that and not for handholding!

Very interesting. Not the case with my Tamron 500/8 (which I love anyway, weight especially ).

Here is a bit more on this lens..

The first reflex Nikkor was not designed for the SLRs. Instead, a Reflex-Nikkor 1000mm f6.3 was Nikon first catadioptric (Mirror) lens designed for the Nikon S series of rangefinder cameras. The same lens was replicated and supplied with a Nikon F Bayonet mount to be used for the reflex Nikon F in 1959 (Nikon rangefinder camera to the Nikon F-mount SLRs with an accessory by mounting the N-F tube.). The bulky Mirror-Nikkor 100cm f/6.3 weighs a massive 10kg and has a 5 elements in 3 groups design. It focuses down to 98.4 ft (30m) and has a filter attachment size of 224mm. However, there was an additional 52mm revolving filter with L39, Y52, O56, R60 and three ND filters for stepping apertures down to f/11, f/16 and f/22.

100cm f/6.3 Reflex Nikkor

It has a built-in bellows focusing mechanism operated by a thumb-wheel which allowed for very smooth, and light focusing. It came with a gray metal carrying case and the entire outfit weighs nearly 30 pounds!

Referencefor this 1000mm f6.3 lens: Robert Rotoloni, author of the "Nikon Rangefinder Camera" by Hove collector's Book.
This lens was Nikon first optic that has a gray colour outfit. With popular belief that the light gray colour may reduced chances of shifting precise alignment of the catadioptric lens elements. The gigantical Reflex Nikkor 2000mm f/11 - the longest commercial production focal length of Mirror lens for 35mm SLR photography carries similar concept and thus also has a light gray exterior. The Mirror-Nikkor 10cm f/6.3 has a two carrying handles on top of the lens for easy carrying. The lens data of 10cm was believed to have been changed to 1000mm in 1964. A year later in October, 1965, Nikon replaced the lens with a new version which has a slower maximum aperture of f/11.

Interesting lens!!!

Good mirror lenses are very sharp and have got a good contrast level. I always take one in my pocket as a travel lens ..
I have put many samples in this thread ...
https://photography-on-the.net …t=971172&highli​ght=mirror

Just for fun some good pictures I got ...

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FuturamaJSP wrote in post #11778083
Are you guys familiar with the Minolta Rokkor X 500mm f8?
Someone is actually selling it locally for 50 bucks and I am a little bit interested

If you don't want it, I'll buy if from you and convert it.

I've already converted two Sig. 600mm's in Minolta. One was converted directly to Canon EF, the other to M42:

http://forum.manualfoc​us.org/viewtopic.php?i​d=11381

newworld666 wrote in post #11780585
Good mirror lenses are very sharp and have got a good contrast level. I always take one in my pocket as a travel lens ..
I have put many samples in this thread ...
https://photography-on-the.net …t=971172&highli​ght=mirror

Just for fun some good pictures I got ...

even with a good AF confirm chip with trap function, it can be used for sports matters

This tends to dispel the theory that mirror lenses are junk!

VERY nice shots!

I kept my Canon SSC 500 f/8 mirror and converted to EF mount. Glad I did, too!

Wow those are some really nice shots. I always thought these things were huge. Pretty compact & easy to travel with though?

djre4orm wrote in post #11782210
Wow those are some really nice shots. I always thought these things were huge. Pretty compact & easy to travel with though?

Here's my 500 f/8 mirror converted to EF mount. You can see how short this lens is in relationship to the lens cap it's sitting on.

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