>From: voice_of_reason.TakeThisOut@australia.edu
>
>I'm interested in finding the shortest manual focus "long" lense
>available to mount with a Minolta X-300 and/or X-370 body.
>
>I have a 1000mm f/16.0 lense which is nice but much too ungainly for
>convinient use. So, I'm curious to know what's available out there in
>terms of a good compromise between lense size and focal length.
I used to use Minolta bodies that take this mount (XK-E, X-700, SRT 202) and
owned a couple of Rokkor catadioptric (or 'mirror') lenses. These are really
short due to the mirror construction ... I think I had a 500 mm f/8 and an 800
mm f/8, which I got rid of a couple years ago. You can probably find them at
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.keh.com" target="_blank">www.keh.com</a> (where I sold mine) or similar on-line.
You are limited to f/8 (cannot stop down for extra dof), there's a fair amount
of light fall-off at the corners and you get the funny looking doughnuts with
out of focus highlights, but they were light and small.
Bill<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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