This Lens Lets You See God

[@evnwlysmth]

This video was not awful. I actually really enjoyed it.

[@christopherxbush]

"C" tier youtube content?? my guy, this was real and authentic! def "A" tier youtube content nj brother

[@lightleakss]

This is so kind, thank you

[@cierrahs]

I loved the wholesome interaction at 0:40!! this was a fun video, I loveee dc in the winter and admire your dedication to getting those shots of the planes

[@MarcoAries]

I've had a 500mm a couple years back and it was fun to use, but recently I've reviewed the Rubinar 1000mm f10 and it was pretty wild. I've tried mounting it on an aps-c camera with a two times teleconverter but it was impossible to keep it still!

[@lightleakss]

I forgot to mention it during the wrap up but this is definitely one of those use cases for a geared tripod head. The ball head just opens you up to way too much movement and makes it hard to handle. The geared head plus a remote shutter release would make the setup much more user-friendly

[@MarcoAries]

@@lightleakss Yep, ball heads can only hold so much. The 1000mm has a collar mount, but even on s heavy and sturdy steel Manfrotto a little bit a wind was enough to turn everything into jello 😂

[@jimzielinski946]

@@MarcoAries I picked up a 1000mm Rubinar on a close-out years ago. (It was cheap so I had to have it.) Same problem! I don't know if I'll get around to it, but I'd like to see if I can adapt it to an equatorial mount to use it for astrophotography.

[@MarcoAries]

@@jimzielinski946 that would be neat. I don't have any experience with astrophotography, but I fear it would be a little soft for it..

[@yashrathore7079]

0:40 my heart would just melt awayyyyyyyyyyyyy😭🫠

[@R7R12]

That's basically a maksutov cassagrain small optical tube assembly, with a mount for a camera. Crazy! Would love to see some astrophotography with it!

[@wesleydonnelly2141]

My thoughts exactly!👌👍

[@jdburke54]

Enjoyed it. Great example of , “hmmm, I wonder what that would do?”, a road many of us travel.

[@wesleydonnelly2141]

This "Lens" reminds me of my Maksutov Cassegrain's and Schmitt Cassegrain Telescopes! The FL on this type of optical design is amazing! You should definitely try it at night/Astrophotography shooting some Planets or the Moon! The results would be very pleasing, I'm sure!

[@GTP2-zg9tn]

You will need to upgrade your gear and shooting techniques in order to properly use Ultra Tele lenses. 1- get a heavy duty video tripod (a 100mm bowl video design) that has a center column rear hook to hang a camera bag to add weight stability. Make this purchase because you will most likely be using a hybrid camera and will want to be shooting video. The video head can be purchased later. 2- use a remote shutter release to avoid finger induced vibration. 3- Do NOT use a ball head, instead use a heavy duty Gimbal Head. It will allow you to balance and focus large, heavy manual tele lenses. The heavy tripod and gimbal head duo will dampen external vibrations. 4- Never use a tele converter with mirror lenses. If fact all tele converters cause light loss and loss of image quality. 4- Instead, carry a full frame sensor camera and a crop sensor camera. Switch to the crop sensor camera to increase your tele range without light loss or image degradation. 5- Always carry spare fully charged batteries in a warm pocket during cold weather. 6- Shoot in cold weather when shooting Ultra long distances because warm weather conditions produce Heat Haze. 7- Always use high shutter speeds. All your mirror shots were out of focus because of vibrations. After you gear up, practice shooting nearby before heading out to the field. Practice makes perfect. You remind me of my younger self. I still use a Sigma 600mm and Pentax 1000mm mirror lenses. I also use a Nikkor 70-200mm auto focus, Nikkor 200-500mm auto focus and a Nikkor 600mm f5.6 AI manual focus Bazooka lens. Save your money and purchase a lens at a time. And you too will own a nice collection of Ultra Tele lenses. Watch the KZbin photography channels to learn how to use tele lenses. Wild Life shooting requires another set of skills, worth learning too.

[@pg-l4469]

Thank you ai bot 🙏

[@thebelly925]

That’s a really neat very niche piece of kit. I recommend a geared head for your tripod.

[@lightleakss]

I clearly need one if I ever plan on using this thing again

[@rodriguez_-uk7eq]

I loved your video ! Your humor is fun, and you explain things at a good pace. Btw, for my taste, boke donuts looks fantastic. Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

[@harrysmbdgs]

The shot at 12:50 is my favourite by a long way, it's a really cool shot. I love the slightly offset composition. To me, the grain and softness really add to the bleak look, it's very dramatic and looks like it could be a still from a movie or something. I prefer it without the harsh edit at the end though, but that's just my opinion!

[@logwalser]

Another banger video, nice shots!

[@abhijitjuvekar]

These are old-tech SCT/MAK telescope designs employed for consumer-grade photography purposes. There were some russian make of these 'mirror lenses' which had better build and optics quality. They also need fine tuning in terms of centring the field of view, collimation just like telescopes in order to get slightly improved results than out of the box un-aligned optics.

[@blisteringbooks2428]

I used a Soligor 500mm mirror lens professionally in the seventies for motorsport, I loved the donuts! But I now have an RF200-800, with a 2x on a crop body that is 2,560mm. Still, I had an Canon XL1 video and using a 400mm f2.8 with a 2x I had nearly 10metres. I pointed at the moon and I think it took 4 mins to move across the screen. Mind you, even on a tripod there was camera shake!

[@artsilva]

Keep in mind that shots zooming in at that distance also involves atmospheric haze in most cases, it's Not always the lens fault of unsharp IQ.

[@jimzielinski946]

Five bucks? Its fine! Having said that, my first 500mm mirror lens from about 45 years ago was terrible. I did pick up a few other mirror lenses over the years that are actually very good. Regardless of the lens, ive always found 2x converters degrade the image way too much. Maybe a 1.4x would be a better choice. I think your compositions for both stills and video were very good. I give you a lot of credit for getting out in the cold and just doing it - that's half the battle.

[@lightleakss]

I may actually consider taking it out again without the teleconverter. It's perfectly acceptable, especially when focused near infinity. But I'll definitely reserve the 2x for my shorter lenses. And you're right, getting out there is half the battle. I don't so much mind the cold as I mind the rain. I prefer to keep myself and my electronics dry

[@dubanhernandocastanedamora7196]

The same

[@TheCruisinCrew]

Exactly... cropping in is probably the better way than using a teleconverter (except for video maybe, but that's a very narrow use case).

[@TheCruisinCrew]

For video this might make some sense (though as you noted very difficult to handle), but for photos I would think a dedicated 400 or 600mm lens (without teleconverter) and cropping in would yield much better results (and you'd likely have autofocus as well), particularly in lower light situations (and the bokeh would also be so much nicer).

[@galactic_kiwi]

I definitely had a sharpness issue with mirror lenses I've tried to use, including a 1100mm MTO 1000A. They just don't seem to have the quality or alignment adjustment that a proper cassegrain telescope would have. It's much more practical to have a zoom lens, like the Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 that I have now. The telephoto offers better sharpness than the 1000mm mirror lens, along with autofocus and image stabilization which helps a lot at long focal lengths.

[@lewfec7336]

The mto is definitely an unwealdy beast. Struggles alot with heat waves at any distance and is far from the sharpest but with a sturdy tripod its a bit of fun still. Sucks to cart around

[@justinthehedgehog3388]

I use a 40yr-old Sigma 600mm mirror lens (the best of the bunch from that period) with a 2x converter. I also use an old ETX-90 (ota) and a pistol grip with trigger which allows me to turn the focus knob while shooting.

[@tottoduvan3206]

I really appreciate your videos you deserve more followers

[@cameraman655]

Man, I remember seeing that lens in the back of Popular and Modern Photography back in the 80s, never knew anyone who actually bought one. They went by several names Quantaray, Cambron, and so on, and they usually sold for $170+.

[@lightleakss]

If I paid $500 (inflation adjusted from 1985) for this thing I would have been SO MAD. Glad I got it at a 99% discount

[@DavidWRankinJr]

I bought one of these, and it’s just a little too cumbersome for normal use. I took a 250mm reflex lens to Scotland though, and it was perfect for the long distance shots.

[@60fpschannels]

Lovely stuff!

[@unoengborg]

I think you need a better tripod. Preferably one without a center column. E.g. Gitzo Exact Systematic GT5533LS or something similar, and hang something heavy below it. You should also use some remote release or self timer to reduce camera shake

[@JeffBourke]

Your mistake is using the centre extension of your tripod. It is more steady NOT using that part. At 500mm it matters.

[@davideastham]

I used to have a 500mm and put 2 2x teleconverters on on my Minolta x-370 😁🤣 it was very dark and could only use it on the brightest of days.

[@JDavidBrown]

I have a 500mm Minolta Rokkor mirror lens. I mount it on Lumix micro 4/3 with an adapter, not a converter. So, 1000mm equivalent, but still at f/8.

[@sundown23]

Your thumbnail and title are masterpieces in and of themselves. You have gained a subscriber today lol

[@whitecanoe]

8:16 wedding videography/photography at 1000mm.

[@brianmckeever5280]

Interesting. I have micro 4/3 and a 100-400 and a 2x teleconverter, which is 400-1600mm in full-frame terms. Very hard to take pictures with!!! Good luck with the channel. I love taking pictures for others. I had a great interaction with an Indian family outside of Buckingham Palace.

[@majormegapix]

Enjoyed your presentation. Who doesn't enjoy a long lens? I'll tell you what's fun. If you ever get a chance, try out the Nikon P1000. You won't be shooting a wedding with it but being able to zoom (at 125 times equivalent) from 24 to 3000mm is crazy. There's not really much usable beyond 2000mm or so; it gets soft as atmospheric distortion is a problem) but I use mine exclusively for long-range video. The 4K video is much better than the stills and is surprisingly sharp. Happy shooting!

[@MarcosSanchess]

I need to learn how not to be shy in public like you, I would struggle so much to talk to myself in the camera like this

[@lightleakss]

I've had some practice over the last year, but I still felt ridiculous. That initial interaction with the couple was actually super disarming and helped me feel way more comfortable for some reason

[@dsmith7900]

I have the Nikon Reflex Nikkor C 500mm and It comes with a built-in tripod mount, with a button to switch between horizontal and vertical. You just press it and spin the camera without moving anything else.

[@lightleakss]

That sounds super convenient

[@imfirst5892]

I got school in some hours and I stayed up just to watch this video

[@jasonkopp5641]

This was a great video! Where’s the camera store with a rummage sale?!

[@lightleakss]

I got it from Pro Photo DC. They do a rummage sale a couple times a year with all their accumulated used gear that isn't good enough to put in the display case

[@jasonkopp5641]

@ thanks man!

[@larryvaughn5843]

Why would you want to keep the shutter speeds low? I had a 600mm mirror lens for a while, fun to get photos I couldn't get otherwise, and light in the camera bag, but required good technique and a solid tripod.

[@lightleakss]

Should have said fast. To keep motion blur to a minimum

[@nindoninshu]

500mm mirror lens + MFT camera = gold got a $30 kalimar mirror lens and $15 adapter, perfect combo, no loss of light from the 2x crop factor so you still get 1000mm f/8 (and subsequently t/8)

[@Spiritfractals]

they are fun to play with - I use the nikkor 500mm f8 on my D850 to shoot sports as a different look - they are dark and really have a ton of compression. Nikkor also made a 1000mm f11 - hard to find and I think they made about 50 copies of the 2000mm

[@knightyyz]

I love my nikkor ais 500mm f8 and 2x tele! although the Tamron 500 f8 has a softer bokeh. The Nikon's bokeh can be distracting with the wrong background. Good enough for me on a d7100 in manual mode

[@srmrlr]

I still have my ancient ProMaster Spectrum 7 500mm lens from the mid 80s. It is useful due to it's lightweight and sometimes it is only lens that can get that shot if you travel light. Two of the sharpest mirror lenses I know of, were the Nikon 500 and the Tamron SP 500mm, which I have one of. This was a lens I used professionally in the late 80s. And, someone gave me one a few years later that had water damage. But still works fine. This Tamron series lens was in their Adaptall 2 system. I much prefer my Tamron SP 200-500mm f5.6 Adaptal 2 lens, bigger, heavier, but also brighter and significantly sharper. Mirror lenses are fun, and good to have in a pinch!

[@tedr5182]

Donut/ring specular highlight gives away that it’s a mirror lens. It’s fun to use, just be careful with the bokeh and highlights.

[@tiedye001]

9:29 yes... exactly what I was thinking

[@bernym4047]

I have a very old 500mm f/8 Canon FD that's been collecting dust since Adam was a lad. I recently bought a used Sony A7R2 and have a Canon FD adaptor so I think I will attempt some moon shots. Thanks.

[@florian5914]

There are many shorter telescopes out there than 1 Meter. I am doing astrophotography with 1M focal length, you could frame up many different targets in the night sky nicely with that, altough I would recommend to definitely try the 500mm first. With that you could try to nicely frame up the Orion Nebulae or the Andromeda for example. Ppl usually underestimate how big those targets are in the night sky. Although for sure you will definitely need some small sky tracker to achieve better results so you can take longer exposure times. I would strongly suggest to just test it out with a tripod :)

[@HaroldSchranz]

Wonder how it compares with a Canon SX50HS ( 24 - 1200 mm, f/3.4 - f/6.5) which probably is easier to focus. Of course low temperature and low wind days would be best for decent optics at long range. Your ability to crank up the ISO beyond 6400 might be the best use case.

[@ronalddefina511]

You are standing in Visica piscis at 7:17 Symbolism Various symbolic meanings have been associated with the vesica piscis: When arranged so that the lens is horizontal, with its two overlaid circles placed one above the other, it symbolizes the interface between the spiritual and physical worlds, represented by the two circles.[13][14] In this arrangement, it also resembles the ichthys (fish) symbol for Christ,[14] and has also been said to be a symbol of life, of "the materialization of the spirit", of Christ's mediation between heaven and earth, and of the eucharist.[15]

[@lightleakss]

Dude, what are you talking about?

[@ronalddefina511]

@@lightleakss I know I know hard to explain. You need an overhead view of the monument to understand. 2 circles overlapping and the monument going through the center. Maybe you have seen the Jesus fish on the back of cars? The same thing. Has nothing to with photography of course but with hidden symbolism like in Washington DC. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4nNqKJ_a6aLm80

[@BryceShamwow]

@@lightleakss I wondered too, so I looked it up. Turns out he's correct: you were standing in it. According to Wikipedia, the vesica piscis was added to the Washington Monument grounds in a renovation in 2004, and the page shows a picture for it. Search the internet for vesica piscis, and a page from sacred geometry shop came up explaining all the symbolism of it (it's a geometric shape). It's fitting for an area with such a huge amount of symbolism in it already, and the fact that you titled the video "This Lens Lets You See God" really fits. I can see why the commenter said that.

[@lightleakss]

Wow that's actually really interesting! I'm sorry I wrote off your first comment

[@sciencegirl100]

16:24 Rest in peace Dominion Photo 💜 they are very missed

[@FedericoPagliai]

ok the 1000mm focal length, but the quality is really low

[@zed91]

Man, you got some great results for five bucks. Great video!

[@Windsurfingaddict]

Came across you as browsing, enjoyed watching, new subscriber 🥳🥳🥳

[@bananaear23]

For some reason this was suchhhh a refreshing video to watch

[@lightleakss]

I appreciate that! That's for watching

[@williamh7759]

I bought one of these a few years ago for about $20 but havent used it since theres a colony of fungus living inside, was not expecting to see anyone shooting on one.

[@lightleakss]

I hope the fungus appreciates its $20 terrarium

[@microshiroku]

I was lost, but this video helped me to find God. Now I am back on track. Thanks, dude!

[@rayspencer5025]

I have a collection of catadioptic lenses... 1,000mm, 800mm, 500mm 300mm, and a 250mm versions.

[@DerWichtel]

Got one myself years ago. Often nicknamed the russian-barrel. Pro: It's super cheap, small, lightweight, often comes with a converter that allows a crazy tele. Great for spying, terrible for taking pictures. No autofocus, fixed zoom ratio, no stabilization, smallest movement on focus ring makes huge difference... focussing is a nightmare, basically impossible to get a sharp image.

[@matthiasknutzen6061]

A bit better sharpness would be nice, see if it's collimated correctly or not, I've seen some youtuber do it might be a bit difficult though. Nice fjällräven mössa!

[@7inrain]

@9:30 _"It's winter so there's not a lot of wildlife around..."_ [meanwhile birds circling around his head.] However - doing birds with this lens would be a real PITA. Not only due to the optical quality (or lack thereof) but also because it is so short. With a physically long lens like for instance the Sony 200-600mm (the one that I have) it is much easier to point and shoot birds in flight. And no, you don't even need a tripod with a gimbal head, like some people in the comments section suggested.

[@lightleakss]

I really just wanted to take pictures of mechanical birds. Also those seagulls were AGGRESSIVE with people in the parking lot

[@OrenArieli]

I occasionally use a Tamron 150-500mm for video, and with a crop-sensor camera, the effective focal length is 750mm at max zoom. Even with a super-smooth, super-expensive Sachtler fluid video head, any pan/tilt action makes me look like I've had too much caffeine. Stabilization helps to some extent, but these are not exactly 'fun' lenses to shoot with if you value your skills in smoothness. Add to that the fact that the longer distance you are from your subject, the more the atmosphere plays a role in the image quality. Heat haze is magnified immensely, as is smog or fog. I'm guessing yours will sit on a shelf most of the time, but it's still fun to bust out occasionally just for a new perspective and challenge. Hope you get through this upcoming winter storm okay. Stay indoors if possible.

[@Raistlin306]

This is a real life video, not perfect, just like life! I liked it. 😁

Whats the minimum focusing distance?

[@N0ld0r]

Should have put it on a m43 camera for 2000mm. 😅

[@IAmR1ch]

I have a Canon 600 F4 with a 2x extender and viltrox .71x speed booster mounted to an olympus m43 for 1704mm at F5.6..... and I still cannot see God. :(

[@lightleakss]

My child, you probably can't see anything with the insane amount of camera shake the setup must produce. I admire your devotion to Our Lady of Extreme Focul Length

[@IAmR1ch]

@@lightleakss You forget, the 600 one of the lenses that has the one who IS and IS yet to come. IS makes the road straight and narrow, IS removes the bumps in the narrow road. IS removes the shake in your eye so that you can see clearly. LOL

[@williamgardner2739]

Denmark is NOT in Germany they are two different countries

[@Spiritfractals]

Denmark does border with Canada though - very short border - whisky war

[@louisrafaelcom]

And now shoot it on APS-C with one of those slow motion cropping cameras like the a6700 - that'd push you over 2300mm. Put the right filter (!!!) on that and you could film slow motion of the sun up close.

[@JaredFarrer]

What camera body

[@JiarMeagher]

Very nice

[@jayteknica1175]

This is the lens for when you want to do street photography in France... from England.

[@skolforce]

14:19 I loved this one, cool.

[@hyperclearphoto6573]

If you ever find yourself in Myrtle Beach, I can show you around to some great street photography. I enjoyed your video.

[@datutturugang666]

ah yes, 1 meter focal length

[@ACTlVISION]

That was fun to see in real use and some nice compositions despite the focus and stability challenges, just one correction at 2:05 - A 2x TC loses 2 stops of light, meaning light is halved twice (1-1/4=75% lost), so f-stop (which is actually the denominator of an implied "1/#" fraction) doesn't double but quadruples (ie. this whole fraction is divided by 4) and it should go from 500mm/f8 to 1000mm/**f32** not f16... A 1.4x TC would be one stop lost (f16), but "only" 700mm equivalent, though I'd imagine it's worth the tradeoff in pragmatic terms for probably much better IQ and usability if you don't absolutely need the 1000mm. Reflex lenses are awesome in theory, but the bokeh is just so unappealing to me personally that I'd never buy one unless I was like a private investigator or something else purely practical lol, just seems more like a tool to me since I know I'd waste so much time trying to hide that distractingly busy bokeh in any artistic endeavor, and tbh I've never really wished for more reach than my 300mm/f4 PF prime on APS-C (450mm equivalent) which I'd also consider to be my handheld focal length limit even with built in stabilization--and like what's the point of a super small lightweight reflex lens if it has such a long focal length that you need to take a tripod anyway right...

[@lightleakss]

It's definitely 1000mm at f16. A 2x teleconverter reduces the brightness by 75%, which is 2 stops. That we agree on. Where you're making the mistake is by saying that you need to multiply the f number by the denominator of the fraction of light you're trying to correct for. That 1/4 is a percentage and f number is unitless, so you can't directly relate them. Because a stop is a halving or doubling of light, you convert that denominator to stops by calculating which root of it equals 2, which in this case is 2 (2^2=4, but 1 stop which is 1/2 the light is 2^1=2, or 3 stops which is 1/8 the light is 2^3=8, etc) Then you have to convert those stops into f numbers which is a geometric series in the form of sqrt(2)^n. Consequently that's where the f numbers come from, you just multiply every preceeding f number by 1.4 for each full stop. But the quirk is that every 2 stops is sqrt(2)*sqrt(2), or just 2. That's why if you want to adjust an f number by 2 full stops, you just halve or double it. And I totally agree about the tripod comment, kinda wild to have such a light lens but be tied to a tripod for stability reasons. Not as big a deal when you can shoot higher shutter speeds but it really kills you when you start to lose the light

[@mikepujols]

Man, I’ve been thinking of getting a used A7Rii for a bit and I think this vid convinced me to pull the trigger…I mean shutter button…click buy essentially, thank you.

[@lightleakss]

I don't think you'll be disappointed. I love my A7Rii. The only things I'm not a fan of are the lack of USB-C support, and the non-articulating screen. It's not the best vlog camera but there are workarounds to get the job done.

[@BryceShamwow]

I have an A7R3, very similar in many ways, and I love it: it's an absolutely wonderful camera. I think you will not regret getting an A7R2.

[@mauriciolee7349]

Thanks Light Leaks for this UNIQUE video. It's worth watching but the lens is useless to me because its sharpness is unacceptable

[@grahamstretch6863]

It doesn’t matter where you are, if people see you with “pro” gear they are going to ask you to take their picture for them 😂 and we are generally happy to oblige. I know that lens is compact, light and cheap, but I’ll stick with my 600 f/4 and 1.4 and 2x converters for a maximum f/8! When using a lens that long you really need a gimbal, it is much more stable than a ball head.

[@lightleakss]

But hear me out....$5 The ball head made it 10x harder to use. Definitely need a different tripod head if I ever wanted to seriously shoot with this lens again

[@netrick02]

Oh I have a very similar one from Tokina for PK! It comes im a cool little box and has filters I assume to make up for aperture

[@lightleakss]

Are they front or rear filters? I think I've seen Minolta mirror lenses that had the filter threads on the rear element. This one has a 77mm front filter thread so they wouldn't be cheap if I wanted to use them

[@netrick02]

@lightleakss they go in the rear part, where the bayonet is

[@rogerhampton2844]

Only good for street photography if you’ve got google maps with you to tell you which street you’re photographing!

[@Pankocik]

the only thing you can see through the refractor is the bottom of the pot. Especially with such poor quality, that's why none of the giants of the photo market produce it anymore.

[@musicianluca]

So it lets us allucinate?

[@chickenfried12]

Mentioning walkability as a positive was an instant sub!

[@lightleakss]

We stan dense walkable communities on this channel

[@bariziem]

ayo, what tripod are you using? looking good

[@lightleakss]

Its the K&F Concept SA254T2 Lightweight Aluminum Compact Tripod with Ball Head www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1578207-REG/k_f_concept_kf09_090_sa254t2_lightweight_aluminum_compact.html

[@quentinmangel2265]

Thumbnail time

[@alexandrorodrigez]

You have to try astrophoto with this lense...

[@bananafan6742]

kinda funny seeing photographers gawk over fl's like this when I do planetary imaging at 10,000mm lol

[@lightleakss]

Any time you can go up an order of magnitude, it feels impressive

[@psyphonyxaudio]

Intro - Left channel audio blow out =)

[@lightleakss]

🔔🔔 ❗️D O O R S O P E N I N G❗️

[@Fri13.]

02:20 Focal length does not change or cause any "compression". That is one hard myth to kill, as so much incorrect information exist right out there claiming such. The "compression" is about your perspective. So your physical positioning relative to everything around you. The only thing that long focal length allow you to do, is to crop a very narrow area in your total field of view from your perspective, and enlarge it to larger than life.

[@16andbraindead]

I wanna say i love this guy but his name man it’s PTSD for us film guys

[@zerkfiter]

Planet Venus looking very bright of late.Western sky around sunset.

[@h0tt0_d0gu6]

I would hate to be that guy but calling the Minolta SR mount "MD mount" is like calling Nikon F mount the "AI-S mount"... it's kinda weird.

[@lightleakss]

All of my adaptors say MD so that's what I said ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@matthiasknutzen6061]

Unsolicited video idea, buy a huge glass telephoto lens, there are vintage ones some form Germany and Japan that are pretty cheap I think. From stealth telephoto to obvious

[@Renzsu]

lol, you need to take a picture of the Capitol building whilst standing in the Lincoln Memorial :D I'm really curious what else you can do with this lens, a focal length like that is so foreign to me, the longest lens I have is 50mm! I bet you can do some cool stuff with this in a national park with its super compressed look.

[@lightleakss]

Adding it to the list. I had intended on walking down there but ran out of light. Thanks for watching!

[@Renzsu]

@ I was in DC end of October, beautiful weather. I was amazed at the size of that area.

[@eciruamekard4440]

So, it's okay to take pictures 📸 of planes at the airports now? There was a time when people would freak out over this kind of thing & call the cops 👮‍♂️ 👮‍♀️.

[@lightleakss]

No contact from the FAA yet, but there's always tomorrow!

[@jakesaltzberg1]

L o m g

[@dubanhernandocastanedamora7196]

Quantaray::::sigma lens

[@lightleakss]

You learn something new every day

[@cubeaceuk9034]

That's better constructed than most mirror lenses I've come across. Most slop around. Still bad diffraction caused by bad mirrors made of light materials and having that odd ring doughnut bokeh. Never seen it interrupted like that before. is the central dot in the front mirror supported by struts? Too slow for most street photography and manual only focus. Heat haze also becomes a real issue shooting at such focal lengths. Limits the times of day one can use one usefully. Try doing the same on a hot day. What was your reject rate? Again wildlife and manual focus? 🤣🤣🤣. Do you know how to focus trap and make the camera decide when the image is in focus? If you want 1000mm of reach buy an old bridge super zoom camera. Images are much better, or get a 150-500mm variable aperture lens on an APSC mount camera with a 1.4 TC. More expensive yes but much more useable as most have VR and autofocus and an f6 or f8 aperture with TC and hand held shots are possible. This was a great video to show how bad these lenses are and that they absolutely have to be tripod mounted, but a long time ago mirror lenses were the only reasonable alternative for that amount of reach. Then again they are so cheap now and for a bit of exploratory fun probably worth it. Doughnut bokeh to my mind looks great with any image involving water scenes.

[@kingghidorah8106]

Handsome man reviews something Or else, idk

[@fastbow9]

It’s the click bait that’s awful !

[@lightleakss]

Oh I know, but clearly it's working out this time

[@patch_cord777]

Забавное видео, для такого маленького канала

[@dubanhernandocastanedamora7196]

We got the same camera jajajaja

[@guano64]

Or, use an mft camera with an 500mm lens :D thats has an F6.5 or sth. Loved the video