Nikon 500mm F8 Reflex Mirror Lens

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Nikon 500mm f8 reflex mirror lens. 2 500mm f8 mirror lenses compared duration. It is best used as a telescope with the nikon lens scope converter. Over the years unlike other lens type within the nikkor lens family reflex nikkor lenses seldom have updates. The reflex nikkor 500mm f 8 lens is one of those classic lens from the film age.

The nikon f mount is basically the same since 1959. Which happened to produce not just one but two of such high speed cat lenses. There were only three known reflex nikkor lenses being introduced at 500mm focal length from the high speed reflex nikkor 50cm f 5 0 first introduced in 1961 a second version which adopted a concept of compact reflex nikkor lens design with an f 8 aperture in 1968 and the current. The reflex nikkor 500mm f 8 can focus from infinity down to as close as 1 5m 5 ft and offers a reproduction ratio of approximately 1 2 5x.

David saylors 679 views. Nikon reflex nikkor 500mm f 8 lens late version with macro 193222 499 00. Nikon z6 with a 500mm reflex mirror lens real world test duration. 39mm rear and 88mm front filters 35 3 oz 1 000g about 300 used.

Make offer nikon reflex nikkor 500mm f 8 fixed mirror telephoto ai mount lens read. This is one of the sharpest 500mm f8 reflex lens that i have ever use other than my nikon 500mm f4 vr2 af s. Nikon 500mm f 8 reflex nikkor c. The nikon 500mm f 8 reflex nikkor is optically superb however it is nearly impossible to make sharp images with it.

Using the filters the nd4 filter gives the effect of stopping the lens down by two stops. Reflex nikkor 50cm f 5 0 august 1961 this catadioptric long focus lens has an unusual fast lens speed which typically uses f 8 0 for this focal length. It has ten times the magnification of a standard lens but doesn t weigh much more than a standard lens. Its fast and bright in focusing with the nikon d3s and nikon d300s.

If you like these videos you can make a kind donation of 2 or 5 via paypal to email. Reflex lens or catadioptric lenses or mirror lens has quite a distinctive look. Its donut background give me the different kind of feeling and different approach in a more artistic way rather then what a lot professional rate it as messy background. You can get some classic nikkor slr lenses and just mount it on your latest nikon dslr and shoot straight away.