On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 08:44:37PM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: > Just a few quick shots with El Cheepo Kalimar 500mm mirror lens. [snip]
Those are some spiffy egret pictures. > My conclusion. This isn't a bad little lens. Based on my test shots, > when I do everything right, I wouldn't be embarrassed to show 8x10 and > maybe larger prints from images made with it. It does have the > typical donut shaped out of focus highlights, but they're not > objectionable if you're careful using it.. It's very lightweight, > lighter than the F 70-210 and not a lot larger. Unlike most of the > cast off photo gear people seem to think I can give a good home to > it's actually useful. My experience trying to do bird photography with mirror lenses is that a tripod is really important; the depth-of-field is so damn thin that inhaling can move the focus point off the bird, never mind any slight front-to-back motion. I'm impressed if that was all you took; I rarely get better than 1 in 5 acceptably in focus with the 800mm Rokinon. (It's damn sharp when in focus; I'm just not so good at manual focus.) -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
