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Subject: Re: [OM] Zuiko 500/8 mirror
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:00:40 -0800
On 2/16/2011 5:39 AM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
> Inspirational... no kidding.

Wow, thanks!

But now I have to make a maybe confession. The shot of the dead tree may have 
been taken with a Tamron 150-500/5.6 @ 500 
mm. I took one lens on one trip and the other on another last spring, but which 
was which? You'd think I'd take notes. 
Heck, maybe I did, but . . .  I should start taking pics with a compact of what 
I'm using when using MF lenses. EXIF has 
spoiled me.

> I had no idea one could pull such results from a mirror lens.

Although one of my examples was over miles, most were just getting really close 
to something not far away. The 
lighthouse was taken on a clear, good air day over ocean. no long distance 
shots, you usually get some loss of contrast, 
which isn't the lens's fault, from dust, pollution, haze, etc. But there's also 
some loss, particularly to detail and 
edge sharpness from air movement, with any but quite fast shutter speeds.

On 2/16/2011 7:01 AM, Nicholas Herndon wrote:
> Thanks for the input all. Had my eye on a BGN condition one at KEH.  I was 
> interested for the long focal length at a relatively small size and weight, 
> but it sounds like it's not worth the trouble.

It really depends on what you want to do and what the subject may be. For a 
dedicated tele session, nope. As a carry 
along, in case, as in Chuck's post, it can be great.

Moose
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