> Anybody know if any one makes a good 300/5.6 CAT?
How about a Pentax 300/5.6 ?
http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/mirrors/30056.jpg
Or, a Pentax 500/8 ?
http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/mirrors/5008.jpg
Fred
The Pentax 300/5.6 is a disaster. It was meant to be used as an
angled spotting sc
F> I wouldn't be surprised. I think that the Tamron SP 500/8 is the
F> best 500 Cat I've ever used (and the only 500 cat I still have).
F> My three favorite cats are the VS1 450/4.5 Aspheric Cat, the Tamron
F> SP 500/8 cat, and the VS1 600/8 Solid Cat.
In an old test I might still have hidden so
> AFAIK I have read good things about the Tamron SP 350/5.6
> catadioptric, but I never tried it myself.
I wouldn't be surprised. I think that the Tamron SP 500/8 is the
best 500 Cat I've ever used (and the only 500 cat I still have).
My three favorite cats are the VS1 450/4.5 Aspheric Cat, the
> Anybody know if any one makes a good 300/5.6 CAT?
How about a Pentax 300/5.6 ?
http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/mirrors/30056.jpg
Or, a Pentax 500/8 ?
http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/mirrors/5008.jpg
Fred
Tamron makes a pretty good 350/5.6 that's only about 3 inches long.
Warren
"parts", couldn't resist.
All it needed was a good cleaning.
Major PITA on a CAT, I discovered. :-(
Actually even clean it's still a terrible lens, but BOY oh BOY is it fun!
Tiny, and really LONG on the D.
Anybody know if any one makes a good 300/5.6 CAT?
Don
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I can unders
Hi Don,
as I understand it, due to the optical arrangement proper alignment of
a catadioptric or pure mirror lens is very sensitive to error. As the
optical path is folded upon itself so much, a slight aligning error
gets magnified several times. That surely doesn't help in building a
good cat le
BOY is it fun!
Tiny, and really LONG on the D.
Anybody know if any one makes a good 300/5.6 CAT?
Don
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