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Re: [OM] Q: opinions wanted on 500mm mirror lenses

Subject: Re: [OM] Q: opinions wanted on 500mm mirror lenses
From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 07:50:54 -0500 (CDT)
I have been very happy with my RMC Tokina 500 mirror, but be warned
that the bokeh is VERY distinctive. That can work to your advantage
when you want it, but it isn't something I'd want every day.

BBB

On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 06:58:26 -0400, Stewart Dean wrote:

>I am looking to buy one....my Zuiko 500 that I inherited from my father
>was ripped off in a buglary, and I don't want to spring the $400 for
>another one used.  I'd like to pay around $200-250.  This folded mirror
>design has been around for a while....I think the Russians produced it
>first.  Anyway, there's a whole bunch of after-market makers....and I
>know some of them use a (shudder) plastic mirror blank (Cambron?).  I'm
>somewhat partial to Tamron, and I see that in one review Vivitar got
>badly panned.  So....on Ebay I see: Vivitar, Samyung, Tamron, Rubinor,
>Quantaray, Spiratone(!), even one of the old Russian ones (Tmount?) and
>I'm sure there's others.
>
>Comments?
>
>--
>// Stewart Dean, Kingston, NY, 914-336-4815, sdean@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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