Ebay to the rescue again. Been meaning to have a play with one of these for a while and spotted this one in mint condition with a hood at the right price on ebay. So thought I'd give it a go and so far I am quite happy with the results. It's a very solid lens and seems very well built, similar to" L" lens construction quality (not optically though!) I had to buy an extra T2 mount to get it to fit on my EOS 10D (manual focus only)
After reading up about mirror lenses I decided to shoot first in Raw and then adjust for the poor contrast that these lenses are known for in Picassa, seems like it did the job! but you need plenty of sunlight to get the shutter speed high enough to avoid blurr and don't forget the hood.
So there you have it..an ultra portable-economical 500mm lens, great if you're out on a sunny day and don't want to lug around a huge coventional 500mm prime or zoom (no getting away from the tripod though).
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| EOS 10D and Soligor C/D 500mm mirror lens |
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| Handheld, Canon EOS 10D, Soligor C/D 500mm Mirror, RAW with auto contrast |
