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Telephoto Lens

Started May 2, 2021 | Discussions thread
neilt3
neilt3 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,008
Re: Telephoto Lens

"Good results without breaking the bank ?"

You don't state a budget , so it's impossible to answer the question very well .

Typically the results obtained are linked to the money you spend .

Top quality lenses aren't cheap , and cheap lenses tend to give poor results .

So for SR mount lenses to use on your film camera you've a few decent low cost options .

Minolta RF 500mm F/8 manual focus mirror lens .

Tamron adaptall 350mm f/5.6 Reflex mirror .

Tamron adaptall 500mm f/8 reflex mirror .

Good results , no C/A , good value , but doughnut bokeh .

Minolta MD 100-500mm f/8 .

Reasonable results , I've used mine on film but not digital . Similar price range to the mirror lenses but without the doughnut's !

There's an APO version , if you can find it , which should give better results than the non-APO versions .

http://www.subclub.org/minman/1005008.htm

Easily available are some top quality Minolta 600mm f6.3 APO's .

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164852810069?hash=item2661fe4155:g:5FgAAOSwM-tglAqQ

Or for a bit more , with it's dedicated case ;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164817667727?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818141841%26meid%3D96c03aa565034a09b162fd52cc3abe1d%26pid%3D101111%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D164852810069%26itm%3D164817667727%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2563228%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWithAblationExplorer%26brand%3DMinolta&_trksid=p2563228.c101111.m2109

Like I said , if you don't state your budget , how do we know what price breaks the bank ?

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