In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Collin Brendemuehl) wrote:
> Anyone here have any examples of the results of a mirror lens on a > digital body? Just curious how well it works. > > Right now my tentative plan for the soccer match is > (a) A200/4 (my son's) or perhaps > a 300mm or 500mm mirror on the DS I just tried it out of curiosity, with a 500/8.0 Tamron on an Adaptall K mount on the *istD. It works, from a mechanical point of view. I had to meter manually, like any other K-mount lens on a Pentax digital body. However, it is hard to hand-hold such a magnification, and you'll want to turn up the ISO rating on the body fairly high. The depth of field is also very small, which feels like it would be a problem with fast-moving soccer players. Pulling the JPEGs onto the computer, I find that I didn't focus accurately. The magnification - effectively a 750mm - also might be too high for shooting from the touchline. Overall, it feels more like a combination for cricket, where you can use a tripod, than for soccer. If there's another soccer match that you can try out lenses on first, I'd do that. -- PDML means I get more e-mail than spam!
