Super 500mm/1000mm f/8 Manual Telephoto Lens: I am new to Photography and received a Canon 6T for a present. I wanted to get a 500/1000 lens. I don't have a lot of money and was...

mavrick8019

I am new to Photography and received a Canon 6T for a present. I wanted to get a 500/1000 lens. I don't have a lot of money and was wondering if this lens would be a good one to purchase.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

In a word - no.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Beyond the manual focus limitation, the seller is a bait & switch scam artist. A reasonable choice for a 500mm zoom will cost you about $1000, not $88. For a bit less, you can look for used copies of 150-500/600 zooms from Sigma or Tamron in the $700 area.

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mavrick8019

Thank you, As always something that is to good to be true most likely is.

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

Not only that, the fine print says the 1000mm is with a teleconverter. That means f/16.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

mavrick8019 wrote:

Thank you, As always something that is to good to be true most likely is.

Glad to help, mavrick8019. If you want more background, just use search at the top of the page and try: 47th street

In the same vein of being helpful, what are you looking for photography wize? You mention the camera as a gift, what lens(es) came too? The 500+mm focal length is a professional length for wildlife and the lenses are difficult to design and build. But, a specialized lens of this size and focal length isn't particularly useful unless you're specialized in shooting wildlife in the wild.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

n3eg wrote:

Not only that, the fine print says the 1000mm is with a teleconverter. That means f/16.

They throw in a 47th street branded microfiber cleaning cloth ...

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

You can pick up a cheap used manual focus 500mm telephoto lens with a tripod collar and a Canon mount on ebay for about $30. This is a telephoto lens that is a lightweight 17" tube rather than a 500mm mirror lens that looks like a three inch long telescope. For the money you can have some fun with it as a beginner, though it won't be equal to a 300mm autofocus zoom telephoto lens. Attached is a pic taken on a tripod at about 40 to 50 ft. with my $30 manual focusing f8 used telephoto lens. The picture below it is the same picture with a little sharpening in Photoshop.

You can also use this lens on a tripod for moon shots and close ups of flowers at about 10 ft. away.

mavrick8019 wrote:

I am new to Photography and received a Canon 6T for a present. I wanted to get a 500/1000 lens. I don't have a lot of money and was wondering if this lens would be a good one to purchase.

500mm f8 manual focus telephoto
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RGreenway Loc: Morristown, New Jersey

I would recommend the Canon lens for about $250 used https://www.natcam.com/products/canon-500m-f8-fd/?gclid=CjwKCAjwpfzOBRA5EiwAU0ccNwRvRHDdfLyU8XrcoHih5LWvp1DGS_8ZyJjipLFWxVYg0T1NYZ3WPRoCFHUQAvD_BwE

I am using a Sony 500mmF8 my Sony A7rII and am very happy with the results. You won't go wrong if you get a good used lens made by the camera manufacturer.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

RGreenway wrote:

I would recommend the Canon lens for about $250 used https://www.natcam.com/products/canon-500m-f8-fd/?gclid=CjwKCAjwpfzOBRA5EiwAU0ccNwRvRHDdfLyU8XrcoHih5LWvp1DGS_8ZyJjipLFWxVYg0T1NYZ3WPRoCFHUQAvD_BwE

I am using a Sony 500mmF8 my Sony A7rII and am very happy with the results. You won't go wrong if you get a good used lens made by the camera manufacturer.

I can't tell is RGreenway is joking or just ignorant of the Canon EF mount vs the FD mount used by this 500m FD lens. This lens cannot be used on your EOS T6.

When the lens is used on a Sony body, another piece of equipment is needed to "adapt" the FD mount to E mount used by Sony cameras. Without getting lost in the technical details of a change Canon made in 1987, the older FD lenses work better on other vendor's equipment via these adapters than trying to adapt an FD to the EOS EF mount.

This for-sale listing does serve to show the "value" of a manual focus 500mm lens that dates to 1980. This lens can be used directly on film cameras of the same vintage or adapted to mirrorless digital cameras, but has no effective reuse on a Canon EOS camera. It still costs more than 2x the lens originally discussed ....

Jerry Green Loc: Huntsville, AL

I have a Nikon 500mm f/8 N Reflex lens that works well. Here is my gallery of photos:
https://gofish.smugmug.com/Other/Nikon-500mm-f8-N-Reflex-lens/i-3P4FK87

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

RGreenway wrote:

I would recommend the Canon lens for about $250 used https://www.natcam.com/products/canon-500m-f8-fd/?gclid=CjwKCAjwpfzOBRA5EiwAU0ccNwRvRHDdfLyU8XrcoHih5LWvp1DGS_8ZyJjipLFWxVYg0T1NYZ3WPRoCFHUQAvD_BwE

I am using a Sony 500mmF8 my Sony A7rII and am very happy with the results. You won't go wrong if you get a good used lens made by the camera manufacturer.

This 500 lens you recommend is Canon FD mount - does not fit EOS

The Minolta 500 AF is a GREAT lens - for Sony cameras !

If you are going to manually focus, this is the lens I recommend - Tamron SP 500mm f8 - interchangeable adaptall 2 mount. - get the mount off ebay for EOS - about $20.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TAMRON-SP-500mm-f-8-Adaptall-for-Nikon-Lens-/222671168293?hash=item33d83c6325%3Ag%3Aq9IAAOSwIC1Z2eOP&_trkparms=pageci%253Aa3d1e807-af4b-11e7-b2fb-74dbd180f62f%257Cparentrq%253A10a0fae815f0aa1348df0997fffbeaef%257Ciid%253A9

mavrick8019

I have a 75-300 and a 55-300 that was given to me as a gift. I hunt on my property and I wanted to get pictures of the deer that were 60 to 100 yards away from my stand.

mavrick8019

thank you

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Wildlife photography on a budget can be a challenge. Until you get into the 400mm range and around $700 in price, you're just wasting money in smaller amounts on inferior equipment. A few budget shopping tips: look only at used equipment. Given you'll be shooting at distance and at the maximum focal length of a zoom lens, instead look at prime lenses at that max focal length. Older lenses without IS or similar technology will be cheaper. But, you'll need a quality tripod for wildlife, still another cost / barrier of entry into wildlife photography.