Here are the first pic's with the new mirror lens mounted on an Olympus E-510. My experience level would be advanced amateur, maybe.
Never expected to get any award winning shots with this really just wanted it for the zoom.
Total cost delivered was $230 Canadian, including taxes, delivery from U.S.A., and duty. Included lens, 2X teleconverter, stedi-stock. Lens cleaning kit, t adaptor, magazine subscription.
Teleconverter will not work with any other type lens. I doubt the t adapter will either.
Stedi stock inovative but you really need 3 hands to use it, 2 to steady camera and focus, 3rd hand to operate shutter. Might consider trying a cable shutter release and attaching it like a trigger onto stedi-stock.
All shots were held held.
Basic info is included with pic. Lens size 500mm/1000mm, the shutter speed, ISO then distance to subject. All pic's were taken through triple pane window on a very cloudy day. Hold mouse pointer over pic to see basic info. The STO picture is a Stop sign.
The results are not spectacular but not bad considering that the shots are all hand held and the size of the lens used. Also all shots are manual so no autofocus, or any other automatic settings. I am fairly pleased and will experiment more later out doors with a monopod for stabilization.
Considering that I would have had to put out over $2,000 to get a 4/3 500mm lens and 2x teleconverter, or a 1.4x teleconverter and 600 mm lens I am fairly pleased. The results with the 500mm lens and 2x teleconverter would likely not have been much different under the same circumstances. Also they are no longer producing Sigma 400, 500 or 600mm lens for my camera.
Took 144 pic's of those I found only 11 were of any use, these are pretty much the best of the 11.
Manual focusing is difficult as the focusing ring is fairly easy to move and thus minute adjustments are difficult.
I think someone with more experience could do much better, and I could probably do better if I used a tripod and remote shutter release.
Aiming is a little challenging as you are starting at 500mm so I found that I was spending a fair bit of time searching for my subject. Now I use the hotshoe to sight down, then go to viewfinder and have to raise the camera a bit to acquire subject.
I also purchased a magnifier for my viewfinder. Thankfully I found one on clearance for $20 as opposed to the retail price of $69. The magnifier does help but manual focus is still difficult.
I'll post a few more pictures later using a monopod and a tripod.
Pictures have no post processing other than resizing to meet size requirement for attachments. Resizing did darken the pictures a bit and sharpness suffered a little as well.
Never expected to get any award winning shots with this really just wanted it for the zoom.
Total cost delivered was $230 Canadian, including taxes, delivery from U.S.A., and duty. Included lens, 2X teleconverter, stedi-stock. Lens cleaning kit, t adaptor, magazine subscription.
Teleconverter will not work with any other type lens. I doubt the t adapter will either.
Stedi stock inovative but you really need 3 hands to use it, 2 to steady camera and focus, 3rd hand to operate shutter. Might consider trying a cable shutter release and attaching it like a trigger onto stedi-stock.
All shots were held held.
Basic info is included with pic. Lens size 500mm/1000mm, the shutter speed, ISO then distance to subject. All pic's were taken through triple pane window on a very cloudy day. Hold mouse pointer over pic to see basic info. The STO picture is a Stop sign.
The results are not spectacular but not bad considering that the shots are all hand held and the size of the lens used. Also all shots are manual so no autofocus, or any other automatic settings. I am fairly pleased and will experiment more later out doors with a monopod for stabilization.
Considering that I would have had to put out over $2,000 to get a 4/3 500mm lens and 2x teleconverter, or a 1.4x teleconverter and 600 mm lens I am fairly pleased. The results with the 500mm lens and 2x teleconverter would likely not have been much different under the same circumstances. Also they are no longer producing Sigma 400, 500 or 600mm lens for my camera.
Took 144 pic's of those I found only 11 were of any use, these are pretty much the best of the 11.
Manual focusing is difficult as the focusing ring is fairly easy to move and thus minute adjustments are difficult.
I think someone with more experience could do much better, and I could probably do better if I used a tripod and remote shutter release.
Aiming is a little challenging as you are starting at 500mm so I found that I was spending a fair bit of time searching for my subject. Now I use the hotshoe to sight down, then go to viewfinder and have to raise the camera a bit to acquire subject.
I also purchased a magnifier for my viewfinder. Thankfully I found one on clearance for $20 as opposed to the retail price of $69. The magnifier does help but manual focus is still difficult.
I'll post a few more pictures later using a monopod and a tripod.
Pictures have no post processing other than resizing to meet size requirement for attachments. Resizing did darken the pictures a bit and sharpness suffered a little as well.
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