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Sony (former Minolta) Reflex 500/8 with A850 and A77
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 5:42 pm    Post subject: Sony (former Minolta) Reflex 500/8 with A850 and A77 Reply with quote
As the tittle says I've recently got myself a new toy, Not the best long tele-lens, but it's unique since it's an AF one. Needs lot of light, and even with IBIS, firm hands Smile Had to bump up ISO, so all the shots have ISO 800+

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not the best long tele?? I have seen worse! these shots are far better than i could have imagined from this lens. I have seen some for sale , and they go for pretty good money, but never thought much of them (don't know why), but now i know why people are willing to pay for it!!


PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
TrueLoveOne wrote:
Not the best long tele?? I have seen worse! these shots are far better than i could have imagined from this lens. I have seen some for sale , and they go for pretty good money, but never thought much of them (don't know why), but now i know why people are willing to pay for it!!


There are some aspects of this lens that can be a deal-breaker. The donuts in bokeh, fixed F8 apperture - you really need good lightning conditions. Also the fact is that a good classic lens in the range of 400mm will be better with the final images up-scaled or cropped to match the field of view of this 500mm.
Strong point of this lens - it's weight and size. AF speed is on the slow side


PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
No.8 is lovely.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yebisu wrote:
No.8 is lovely.


+1. Great results from the lens. They all seem quite sharp. And the rendering in the portrait shots is not too bad either considering donut bokeh etc.


PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very impressive pictures, this lens has a good reputation and it's easy to see why. It's also why I bought one when I saw it at the right price a while back, but its sitting in my lens case pretty much unused. I have got Minolta AF film bodies, but I prefer to shoot film with MF lenses and bodies, I would love to use this AF Mirror lens on my Sony NEX.

So, I could buy the NEX adapters - LA-EA1 or LA-EA2, or buy a Sony DSLR. I don't want to sell this lens without trying it properly, I might just like it and keep it - and the more pictures I see from it the more I like it. "Help!" Confused


PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This lens probably gets some advantage not credited to the optics themseleves, due to AF (try focusing 500mm mirror.. ay) and SSS


PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I didn't even know af 500/8 reflexes existed. Very good results though.


PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
buerokratiehasser wrote:
This lens probably gets some advantage not credited to the optics themseleves, due to AF (try focusing 500mm mirror.. ay) and SSS


While sony claims 2-4 full stops of image stabilization (Super Steady Shot), to be totally sincere I didn't find it effective at this focal length - even at 1/1000 you have to struggle to get sharp results hand-held. A bit offtopic - I found Olympus EM-5 5-axis much more effective, I had a 75-300 and could very good results with it at it's max focal length (600 equiv.)
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