Experience with Samyang 300mm or Tokina 400mm?
Re: Experience with Samyang 300mm or Tokina 400mm?
Rock and Rollei wrote:
jackwelch wrote:
Ali wrote:
jackwelch wrote:
There is also a Samyang 800mm
Ah, didn’t know about that option. Interesting. The larger size definitely puts it out of my range… I suspect it is similar to the other two as far as downsides.
I have also been tempted to buy but generally these mirror lenses will require a tripod. And no image stabilization. And also manual focusing.
And due to this I have hold off so far.
The 300 and 400 are small enough to hand hold - as long as you can select a fast enough shutter speed, given the lack of IS.
It's one of those situations that once you're use to IS, it's hard to not have IS. Really I don't think anyone should consider a tele lens without IS.
But I do think if you know you're going to be on a tripod (a sturdy one), these mirror lenses would be cool to try out. There cheap and offer long range focal length compared to it's counterparts.
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