I saw a Sigma 600mm f6 mirror lens on eBay for $90 that looked to be in great shape so I clicked the BIN button. It arrived yesterday—immaculate condition, in the case with the four accessory filters. It's Nikon mount and I have the adapters to fit it to both A7 and E-M1. So I stuck it on the E-M1 for a few hand held test shots last evening. It's amazing how efficient that camera's IBIS is... A couple of nice, shake free test shots with an effective 1200mm FoV at 1/300-1/400 second. Of course it will work best on a tripod.
The lens is light, focuses smoothly, and handles easily. It's a little lacking in contrast like most Mirror lenses, but that's easily accommodated in Lightroom. Seems reasonably sharp too, but I'll leave judgement on that to when I use a proper tripod. Should be fun! For $90, cheap fun! :-) Godfrey -- Godfrey DiGiorgi - [email protected] -- 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.
