Samyang 500mm Mc If F 8 Mirror Lens Review

Mirror lenses are so crazy.

Samyang 500mm mc if f 8 mirror lens review.

There are long lenses there are fast lenses there are cheap lenses and there are sharp lenses but you will never find a lens with all four characteristics so you have to compromise on one or more of them. It is a mirror lens. This is a review of the first. Macro the possibility of pseudo.

As all mirror lenses it can not change the aperture. This ultra telephoto white 800mm f 8 mirror t mount lens from samyang is a tremendous addition to your camera bag opening up powerful telephoto possibilities. The lens is made in south korea by samyang optics and marketed under several brand names including rokinon and walimex. The samyang 800mm mc if f 8 is a manual focus fixed aperture mirror lens made in korea.

Mirror lens mirror lens or cathodioptric type of lens. 8 0 f 500mm 72 no 903910. Long telephoto lenses present a dilemma for most photographers. One is a long telephoto lens and another is smaller in length but wider mirror lens.

This post contains affiliate links for purchasing the lens at the end of the post. Lens fit for full length cameras in this case for nikon fx cameras. Are they fun or just a fiddl. Its compact size makes it easily portable.

The samyang 500mm f8 0 mc mirror is a supertelephoto lens and is designed for full frame dslrs. Having no electronics it reaches a weight of only 946 g. In reality the catadioptric system is an ingenious telephoto design which reduces size weight and cost when compared to refractive designs of similar focal length. Pro optics 500mm f6 3 mirror lens a hands on review.

Mc multi coated multi brightening optics. Can they be a serious option for a photographer looking to do telephoto work of acceptable quality. Here s my opinion and a mini review on the samyang 800mm f 8 mirror lens for deep sky astrophotography. Samyang makes two different 500mm f 8 lenses.

T t2 universal mounts t t2 mount system for quick and easy change of lens mount. It is a well built metal construction styled in black and white. The lens uses manual focus only. Phoenix samyang 500mm f 8 mirror catadioptric lensmirror telephoto lenses often referred to as reflex lenses but more accurately called catadioptric lenses are frequently misunderstood and mistaken for poor quality.

Only available mount is the t mount and can be connected to several. The samyang 800mm is an uncommon lens and is hard to.