Mirror lenses and the E-System cameras

[Jaedon]

Has anyone tried using a mirror lens on an E-System camera yet?



I saw one of these on ebay and I wondered what the advantages / disadvantage of mirror lenses. It would be manual focus only but for macro shots I can't see this as a bad thing.

Minimum focus distance is 5' 6" at 500mm zoom. Fixed aperture of F8.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Jay

[almo]

I have heard that those lenses can be a lot of fun, but for serious photography I'd stay far away from anything labeled Opteka.

[mjs1973]

Check out the link to the thread below. It doesn't deal wth Oly gear, but will give you some info on mirror lenses, and there is an image taken with a mirror lens.

Mirror Lenses?

[Jaedon]

Thanks guys. I wasn't exactly going to run out and spend money on an opteka lens lol. It was the only image I could find fast to post the thread.

Jay

[Loupey]

I owned a "cat" lens 20 years ago. I think it was a 650mm f/8 (brand long forgotten). As mentioned, the out of focus highlights are just too distracting. A shot with water or raindrops or the like in the background will become a total circus in your shot.

IMO, its a lens which works in a serious pinch - when you just HAVE to get the shot (think: surveillance ) or when you want to use your gear as a spotting scope.

If you're still interested, I can probably dig through my old slides and post some of my examples.

[Jaedon]

Sure Loupey. If you have the time that would be great. I have seen a few images taken with these lenses but nothing yet to show me a big difference.