Rubinar 300/4.5 Mirror lens

[Farside]

On Pentax K10D.
Some available as bigger sizes if you click on them.

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All pics, cropped, sharpened, balanced, tidied up or messed around with no more than I would do normally. No special care or attention was paid to making this lens look more or less than it actually is; ie, this is a user lens.
All pics shot handheld but braced against a pole or stonework - half of them were still unusable. Mirror lenses are shorter, but they're still a sod to get shake-free, even on the K10D, which usually does a good job of it.

[Attila]

One of the lens on my wish list , thank you for sharing !

[ManualFocus-G]

Great shooting! My favourite mirror lens

[Farside]

I've had it for a couple of years - thought I might as well use it
I had to adjust the infinity stop to accomodate the flash overhang on the camera, so now it mounts with a short extension tube.
I tried a couple with the SP 2x telecon on it, but while they yielded a useful image, they weren't all that great. The 2x would be handy if there's nothing else available, and certainly much more portable than dragging the Novoflex around on the bicycle.

[Attila]

:lol indeed, I did give up after once try 2x tc very, very hard to handle it and I didn't get any good shoots.