I have, and use for nature photography, a Sigma 600mm F8 mirror lens. I use
it mounted on a tripod. The images are sharp and clear. I bought from KEH
for $280 about two years ago. The only complaint I have is the fragile
filter holder. I've had a new one on order form Sigma for about six weeks.
Nick Smoliga
SvT TF12 - Investment Projects
1103 Avenue B
Arnold AFB, TN 37389-1400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Greenlee [SMTP:patrickg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 9:42 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] mirror lenses, no smoke
>
> >Do any of you own mirror lenses for your OMs? Are ya happy?
>
> I have 500mm F8 Brand X, vy light weight great results in certain
> situations. I even got some useable shots with a X2 T/C . I'm usually
> pretty happy, oh, you mean with the lense... It doesn't weight much so I
> can lug it around a lot without using it and not feel too stupid. When
> the
> occasion to use it arrises AND I HAVE IT then I feel GOOD and it makes me
> happy.
> Right now on my office wall I'm looking at a 5X7 color enlargement
> of a flamingo taken with this lense that when examined up close with a
> loupe you can see that the pupil of the birds eye is in tack sharp focus.
> Some foreground blades of grass partially veiling the birds body are
> pleasingly softened but not blurred into green blobs or grotesquely
> distorted. My wife's office displays a14 inch copy of this shot and at
> that enlargement it still shows no faults. I have other pictures with
> this
> lense of varying quality, some truly mediocre (or worse). You have to
> learn where these lenses work well and were they don't. There is no
> substitute for trial and error if you keep to the basic tennets of the
> scientific method in your experiments.
> Get one but don't pay a bundle, experiment with it and if you like
> what it does for you but feel limited by the quality, sell it and buy a
> high quality one (read very expensive). Mine was dirt cheap (used) and I
> am NOT limited by any lack of quality.
>
> Best of luck, happy mirroring, Patrick
>
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