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I bought the above lens (a manual focus 500mm f8  Rokkor-X that had been adapted for A-mount) and it does in fact focus to infinity. It appears to have had a T-mount grafted onto it. Not as easy to...

Any boom can tip over any stand -- just a matter of how it's balanced. Sandbags, water weights, shopping bags filled with soup cans... Real C-stands are heavy and not very portable. They stow away...

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/0,,1830504,00.html "Photographer Jill Greenberg has whipped up a storm of controversy with her new exhibition, End Times. The pictures in the show, for which...

I had the 100-400... sold it because it was too big and heavy. I tried the old MF 500mm -- great lens: small, light, sharp and cheap. Then I found how useful SS was with a 500. Focusing wasn't a...

Some might even argue that PP skill has become as important (if not more) than shooting skill. I recently attended an 'art show' held in my community. The Best in Show for photography was an 8x10...

Lots of great pictures taken with both Sinars and Deardorffs. Neither of which sold as many as Kodak. f8 and be there.

The best eyecup that I could find for the a900 was the old Minolta EH-7. It does block the eye sensor but it's the only one I've found that fits properly and completely blocks all light. Hard to...

Sorry to confuse you. I was not referring to an 85-135 zoom lens -- but to lenses in the 85-135 range. In portraiture, when making the decision as to which lens to use, the first thought is whether...

When you auto-focus on a face, how can you be sure that the camera is focusing on the eyes rather than the tip of the nose? How much DOF do you need? If you or the subject moves slightly closer or...

I have gotten excellent results using the most recent versions of both the Sigma 28-300 and the Tamron 28-300. I generally shoot at f8 or smaller apertures. Of the two, I prefer the Tamron. I also...

Both the 50 2.8 and 3.5 work very well but the 2.8 focuses 1:1 while the 3.5 only 1:2. This might seem to be an issue -- but anyone trying for 1:1 would probably prefer a longer focal length since...

I use the older Sigma 12-24 -- remarkably, optical distortion is not a problem. And is even less of a problem with PP corrections. Composing an image that successfully fills the UWA frame isn't...

Thanks for all the well considered replies. I have purchased a Minolta AF500 Reflex. As for the 500mm Rokkor-X, I will be putting it up for sale in the near future.

Here's a non-AF option: http://www.leitax.com/Leica-lens-for-Sony-cameras.html http://www.leitax.com/conversion/leica/MR-Telyt_500-8/index.html Unfortunately, the Telyt is more expensive than the...

Non-AF is fine for me -- but the only way to get SteadyShot is either with a Sony/Minolta AF or having   the lens 'chipped'.

Thanks for the replies. But how about something like...

Can anyone recommend a shop or an individual who can permanently convert an old 500mm Reflex Manual focus to A-mount and add a ROM chip? Like...

Of course there will be new lenses -- in E-mount. Why bother to design lenses for cameras with prisms and mirrors when almost everyone is content with an OLED display? Virtually every lens ever...

I think someone doesn't understand the difference between an F-stop and a T-stop..In Boston there's a T stop called Park Street Under.And I've heard that there's a desk in Washing where the f-ing $...

There was a time when head shots were done with large format cameras. In order to reduce exposure time, images were made using large apertures which meant DOF was extremely limited.
Unless the...