Rokinon 800mm F8 Mirror lens Review for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax, Samsung, Olympus, Panasonic
Digestive Information: Rokinon 800mm F8 Mirror lens Review
Even though mirror lens have comparatively longer focal distance, they are surprisingly much lighter & shorter than the far more popularly-accepted refractive camera lenses. Mirror lens have the concave and convex lens elements replaced with mirrors so as to reduce its overall actual physical length and weight. Mirror lens are widely and commonly utilized for long range photography- astronomic intentions.
Mirror lenses are normally characterized by their single f-stop opening, as opposed to your prevalent refractive lens which have a wider range of aperture openings. Mirror lens have practically zero chromatic aberration since the heavy light bending is done through reflection, rather than refraction. Within carefully decided on factors, mirror lens are capability to produce terrific images.
While equipped together with telephoto converters, the overall focal length can be multiplied further more.
Some useful reminders on mirror lens:
- Ultra Telephoto lens with manual focusing only, with low dispersion optical glass element and multi-lens coating.
- For photographers with a tight budget, it is advisable to take pictures with tripod, cable release, remote trigger.
- Some of the more practical photography applications, while using Rokinon 800mm F8 Mirror lens, are astronomy photography and still photography.
Physical Overview:
- 89mm (Diameter) x 300mm (Length).
- Rokinon 800mm F8 lens weighs 640 grams.
Notable:
- Rokinon 800M-EOS is for Canon.
- Rokinon 800M-AI is for Nikon.
- Rokinon 800M-4/3 is for Olympus and Panasonic.
- Rokinon 800M-MX is for Sony.
- Rokinon 800M-PK is for Pentax.
- Preset lens has a variable and range of aperture openings, while Mirror lens has only a fixed aperture setting.
Sample Photos of Rokinon 800mm F8 Mirror lens:
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I want to get a telephoto lens that is not expensive and with good optic quality. I want an interchangeable lens, not a 1.4x, 2x, 2.5x telephoto converter. This mirror lens is within my budget and from the image quality samples, it looks good. Do you have other alternatives other than Rokinon 800mm mirror lens? what do you suggest for better image quality other than this lens.
Odell Hodgkinson | December 2011