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RTI
Joined: 15 Jul 2011 Posts: 282 Location: Moldova, Chisinau
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Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 5:42 pm Post subject: Sony (former Minolta) Reflex 500/8 with A850 and A77 |
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RTI wrote:
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 Had to bump up ISO, so all the shots have ISO 800+
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_________________ Cameras: Canon 5DIII, Zorki-4, Canon AE-1
MF:Rokkor 58/1.2, Rokkor MC 58/1.4, Yashica ML 50/1.7, M39 Jupiter-9 (silver 1955), Zuiko 35-70/3.6
AF: Sigma Art 35/1.4, Tamron 24-70/2.8 VC, |
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TrueLoveOne
Joined: 30 Sep 2012 Posts: 1839 Location: Netherlands
Expire: 2013-12-24
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Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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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!! _________________ My Flickr photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chantalrene/
Sony A7, Canon 5D mkII, Minolta 7D + RD3000 and some more.....
Minolta and Konica collector.... slowly selling all the other stuff! |
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RTI
Joined: 15 Jul 2011 Posts: 282 Location: Moldova, Chisinau
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Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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RTI wrote:
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 _________________ Cameras: Canon 5DIII, Zorki-4, Canon AE-1
MF:Rokkor 58/1.2, Rokkor MC 58/1.4, Yashica ML 50/1.7, M39 Jupiter-9 (silver 1955), Zuiko 35-70/3.6
AF: Sigma Art 35/1.4, Tamron 24-70/2.8 VC, |
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Yebisu
Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 1299
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Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:29 am Post subject: |
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Yebisu wrote:
No.8 is lovely. _________________ If you have time, please check out my photography blog from Japan. http://monkeybrainsushi.wordpress.com/ |
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bhargav
Joined: 24 Nov 2011 Posts: 938 Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:30 am Post subject: |
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bhargav wrote:
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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. _________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/58547200@N00/ |
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7794 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
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!" _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
I have loads of stuff that I have to get rid of, if you see me commenting about something I have got and you want one, ask me.
My Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/mudplugga/
My ipernity -
http://www.ipernity.com/home/294337 |
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buerokratiehasser
Joined: 12 Jun 2011 Posts: 470
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:48 am Post subject: |
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buerokratiehasser wrote:
This lens probably gets some advantage not credited to the optics themseleves, due to AF (try focusing 500mm mirror.. ay) and SSS |
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Yebisu
Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 1299
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:35 am Post subject: |
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Yebisu wrote:
I didn't even know af 500/8 reflexes existed. Very good results though. _________________ If you have time, please check out my photography blog from Japan. http://monkeybrainsushi.wordpress.com/ |
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RTI
Joined: 15 Jul 2011 Posts: 282 Location: Moldova, Chisinau
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Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:29 am Post subject: |
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RTI wrote:
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.) _________________ Cameras: Canon 5DIII, Zorki-4, Canon AE-1
MF:Rokkor 58/1.2, Rokkor MC 58/1.4, Yashica ML 50/1.7, M39 Jupiter-9 (silver 1955), Zuiko 35-70/3.6
AF: Sigma Art 35/1.4, Tamron 24-70/2.8 VC, |
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