Another "excess to requirement" optic

[DrEntropy]

It was one of the "nevermind" lenses back-when, too costly to justify for a couple reasons. Now they're cheap in comparison. Not one to haul around in the bag but it may have some uses:



This is with a prime 35mm, approximates angle-of-acceptance with a 50mm on a full-frame camera:



Same "view" with the 500, hand-held so not the best way to check for image sharpness but you get the idea:

 

[DrEntropy]

Tripod mounted, same shot:



And a cropped section:

 

[DrEntropy]

May set a 400mm glass lens on a tripod and see what the difference is in sharpness.

 

[DrEntropy]

Hand-held the glass 400mm ∱6.3 for this, just this AM. First image reduced to post, second cropped with no reduction in resolution from original.

ISO 800, ∱11 at 1/800 sec.




Glass wins!

This is the same lens I used with B&W T-Max to take the photo of the moon posted earlier, BTW.

"Cheap" Soligor Tele-Auto T-4 adapter mount.

 

[Basil]

Speaking of Soligor, my second attempt to snag a 72mm lens cap for my 28-70mm Soligor FD Canon Mount was successful. Recall my first purchase resulted in my receipt of a 52mm not a 72mm cap. This second purchase resulted in the correct size and it fits perfectly and is in excellent condition.

 

[DrEntropy]

Now I'll likely come across the one here. Once again corroborating the "Particle Duality" theory on the macro scale.

You may get a "spare" if it happens.

 

[Basil]

You may get a "spare" if it happens.

That's good, because the chances of me not losing this one at some point is slim.