I've been pimping out my M645, and the other day a guy on CL was selling a Mamiya Sekor C 500mm f/8 Reflex Mirror lens. I like tele's just as much as I like wides, so seeing as the price was right, I went and grabbed it. Came with the original case, instructions, and all 5 of the drop-in filters (awesome).
It seems to be a somewhat hard-to-find lens. There isn't much out there about it.Anybody else have one? What's your opinion of the lens? I know the shortcomings of a mirror lens (oof highlights are doughnuts), but that doesn't bother me, and sometimes I like it.
I took it out yesterday to a park and a bald eagle's nest to experiment with it, and shot 1+ rolls with it. The first roll was the end of a color roll, which I haven't developed, and the other was a roll of Arista EDU 100. Developed that last night, and seems pretty decent.
My shutter speeds were way slow (1/30 - 1/125), so there was some camera shake (I was sitting in my car). The bald eagle, along with his girlfriend and nest, are at the top of a cell phone tower, which is 160' tall, which put me about 226' away from the bird (a² + b² = c²) (I was approx 160' away at ground level). The other bird was about 75' away.
How would you rate the sharpness of these? I know how to pixel peep digital, but with film, I struggle with distinguishing between grain and lack of sharpness.
It seems to be a somewhat hard-to-find lens. There isn't much out there about it.Anybody else have one? What's your opinion of the lens? I know the shortcomings of a mirror lens (oof highlights are doughnuts), but that doesn't bother me, and sometimes I like it.
I took it out yesterday to a park and a bald eagle's nest to experiment with it, and shot 1+ rolls with it. The first roll was the end of a color roll, which I haven't developed, and the other was a roll of Arista EDU 100. Developed that last night, and seems pretty decent.
My shutter speeds were way slow (1/30 - 1/125), so there was some camera shake (I was sitting in my car). The bald eagle, along with his girlfriend and nest, are at the top of a cell phone tower, which is 160' tall, which put me about 226' away from the bird (a² + b² = c²) (I was approx 160' away at ground level). The other bird was about 75' away.
How would you rate the sharpness of these? I know how to pixel peep digital, but with film, I struggle with distinguishing between grain and lack of sharpness.
