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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 115050" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>I had an older style 500mm f/8 Reflex Nikkor C and found it to be an <em>outstanding</em> performer! Being a mirror lens there is no spherical abberation and no color fringing, something that can be a real proglem with lenses that long which don't have ED glass. I loved how buttery smooth and easy the focusing was. I got rid of it when I got my 600mm f/4 ED-IF. A decision I often lament when I am dragging that 12 pound goliath of a lens around in addtion to my other camera gear and at least a monopod. The one problem with reflex lenses they are a little fragile. If they have been bumped around, the elements can be more prone to getting out of alignment than conventional lenses, lessing their sharpness. I took this photo of a snowy egret several years ago, hand held on a F4S and High Speed Ektachrome. I may have even been using a TC-14B with it too, I can't remember. The little bit of natural falloff of reflex lenses makes for a nice vignette effect. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]27334[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 115050, member: 12827"] I had an older style 500mm f/8 Reflex Nikkor C and found it to be an [I]outstanding[/I] performer! Being a mirror lens there is no spherical abberation and no color fringing, something that can be a real proglem with lenses that long which don't have ED glass. I loved how buttery smooth and easy the focusing was. I got rid of it when I got my 600mm f/4 ED-IF. A decision I often lament when I am dragging that 12 pound goliath of a lens around in addtion to my other camera gear and at least a monopod. The one problem with reflex lenses they are a little fragile. If they have been bumped around, the elements can be more prone to getting out of alignment than conventional lenses, lessing their sharpness. I took this photo of a snowy egret several years ago, hand held on a F4S and High Speed Ektachrome. I may have even been using a TC-14B with it too, I can't remember. The little bit of natural falloff of reflex lenses makes for a nice vignette effect. [ATTACH=CONFIG]27334._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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