Sigma 600mm mirror lens

[guest4]

Just bought one of these off ebay, £102 which I think is pretty ok. I really like taking pics of the moon and I reckon this will do just fine for that as the main prob with mirror lenses ie the weird doughut shaped out of focus highlights won't really be an issue.

[guest4]

Lens has turned up, looks very good condition. Crazy lens though, about the size of a dustbin.

[Mick]

Crazy lens though, about the size of a dustbin.

  Got a pic of it on your camera, just to get an idea of size etc?  Look forward to seeing some pics from it. 

[guest4]

Here it is



Put the little 50mm prime next to it for comparison. The GX10 isn't a particularly small camera.

[Mick]

Nice one Andy.  Looks shorter than I'd imagined, what's the diameter? and what does it weigh. 

[guest4]

Diameter? 90mm at the front end. Weight, not sure, prob a bit over half a Kg, not as much as the GX10 body which is about 750g approx. Mirror lenses are shorter, I think thats the point of them, a 600mm prime whould be fairly shocking 

Anyway, here's what it can do, after a bit of trial and error was pleasantly surprised