Tag: Mirror Lens
Learn to love your mirror.
by Harvey G (Photocommission.com) on Jan.01, 2010, under General, Lens, Mirror, Reviews
No, not the one in your bathroom…!
After writing this post about the Vivitar 500mm f/6.3 Mirror Lens, and having a bit of time on my hands to do more DSLR + Mirror research, I came across a few more reviews:
Olympuszuiko site, with images.
Pro Optic 500mm f/8 for the Sony Alpha, with images.
Rokinon 500mm f/6.3 on a Pentax, with images.
Mark Sabatella The Vivitar 500/8 Mirror Lens
Popular Photography CAT Article (2003!)
Vivitar 500mm f/6.3 DX Series 1 – The Mighty Mirror – Review
by Harvey G (Photocommission.com) on Dec.28, 2009, under Hardware, Lens, Mirror, No Metering, Reviews, Specifications, Super Telephoto
Vivitar VIV-500-6.3 500mm f/6.3 Mirror Lens
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Christmas 2009. A new Vivitar 500mm f/6.3 DX Series 1 Mirror Lens. I’ve always been fond of them.
A lightweight (1.4 lb – 651 g) manual focus, multi-coated, catadioptric (reflex), fixed aperture “Super” Telephoto which, despite the “DX” label, can be used on full and small frame DSLR sensors as well as on regular 35mm film SLR’s. On the D90, with it’s DX sensor and 1.5x crop factor, that’s an effective 750mm! Make sure you are a good 15+ meters from your subject unless you want to shoot that Lion’s eyeball. These mirror lenses can be attached to virtually any (D)SLR using common T-Adapters. My first set of images can be found at the end of this post. You deserve to see what some lens manufacturers may not want you to see and thus why reviewers (and others) often unfairly malign these marvellous mirrors…
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