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Took my new Rokinon 500mm f/6.3 (manual focus/fixed aperture) reflex lens out for a daytime test drive today while at work. Mounted to my 5D2 I'm about 30~40 feet away. Shot raw and added a tiny bit of contrast since this lens seems to lack in that department
Model: Cathy Ma
Photographer: Rachelle Vance
Location: Balboa Park, CA
OPTEKA Mirror Lens, 500mm, f8.0
I like it because of the color shift, soft focus, romance, intended softness, flare, and donut bokeh effect~
This is Donges petroleum plant by night with my 500 mm mirror lens. i was aiming to play a bit with donut bokeh.
Male Red Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) at suet feeder. Shot with a Canon EOS R6 Mark II and Canon FD Reflex 500mm f/8 manual focus telephoto lens.
I took the 500mm mirror lens on an outing today. It is a monster of a thing to hand hold and focus; and it can result in lost shots because of its big zoom. But I love it. My rule today, as always, with this lens is no cropping.
Fun with the lights at the top of the excalator leading to JoJo's. I was on the street taking this shot using the Cat lens on the 7D hence the donut bokeh.
Donut bokeh of a different sort. Haha. My nephew's beach birthday party yesterday.
BTW, he won the contest.
Another shot with the new Tamron Adaptal SP 500mm f/8 Model 55BB. I'm really enjoying this lens. The Bokeh will take some getting used to. Its not terrible though.
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First shots with a new toy: Tamron SP 500/8 mirror lens.
My conclusions: it gives soft images with poor contrast most of the times but sharpening and adjusting curves in post-processing helps a lot. Nice to play with under extremely bright sunlight when the other lenses give too strong contrast. So the verdict is, it stays.
First shots with my new toy: Tamron SP 500/8 mirror lens.
My conclusions: it gives smooth shots with poor contrast most of the times but sharpening and adjusting curves helps a lot. Nice to play with under extremely bright sunlight when the other lenses give too strong contrast. So the verdict is, it stays.
Falcon 500mm f/8 mirror reflex lens.
Top part made without focus - I love the donut-shaped bokeh.
Bottom one focused (at least somewhere), for comparison.
Test shot on my tiny GF 7. Handheld. First time handling a mirror lens. This one seems really cool although its in pretty bad shape. Have to try it on the GX80 with ibis
First shots with a new toy: Tamron SP 500/8 mirror lens.
My conclusions: it gives soft images with poor contrast most of the times but sharpening and adjusting curves in post-processing helps a lot. Nice to play with under extremely bright sunlight when the other lenses give too strong contrast. So the verdict is, it stays.
I recently got a T2 adapter for an old 500mm/f8 mirror lens I've had sitting around. These aren't known for being very sharp and mine definitely isn't. Even with a tripod, careful focusing, and mirror lockup, this required a lot of selective sharpening. (I used a highpass/overlay layer and four layers of unsharp mask with successively greater radii coupled with successively lower opacity.) The sharpness issue is a bummer, but I like the donut bokeh.