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Product Details

• Incredibly compact and lightweight
• Has an advanced reflex design
• Ideally suited for wildlife and sports photography
• Includes Lens Adapter & 10 Year Worldwide Warranty
• Designed to maximize day and night shots by providing maximum light and image transmission

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Pretty good value

Review Date: February 17, 2010

Reviewer: Dr. Matt Navarre, Portland, OR USA

Keeping in mind that a Canon brand 500mm lens costs well over $1000, this is a pretty good value. It's very small and pretty light, and has an impressive build quality. It feels quite solid, and works reliably. Since this is a mirror lens, and fixed F8, it does not gather as much light, and thus is mainly useful in bright outdoor conditions. I took some pretty great moon photos with it though.

Uh,,What did I buy from 47th St. via Amazon?

Review Date: March 4, 2010

Reviewer: L. J. Turton, Indiana, PA

I just opened my package from 47th St. Photo. This is NOT a 500-1000mm lens. It is a 500mm lens with a 2x converter, which, of course, will make it an f16.0 fixed aperture lens rather than an f8.0. There are no instructions with it; so, I assume that I will need to use my DSLR Rebel at the aperture-preferred setting. I'll try it tomorrow and let you know about picture quality. I'm not too concerned about that issue because I expect it to function as an inexpensive lens. I will use it when I follow the old adage: "If you want a picture, take it!" BTW, what are ND 2x and ND 4x filters? Notre Dame recruits? Well, I'm a bit late with this addition to my review. BUT, I took several pictures with this lens and was very happy with them. I fiddled with different shutter speeds and ND filters and got good results each time. I Picasaed them as needed, as I do with pics from my expensive Canon lens. I took all my pics hand-held. Some worked, some were blurry--no surprise. I'm very pleased with the purchase.

Very Poor Quality

Review Date: May 15, 2009

Reviewer: Christina Pineiro, Pearl River. La

You really do get what you pay for. the quality of the pictures its tries to take is of very poor quality. to this day I have not had one good picture of any clarity that is good enough to keep . I would not reccommend this product.

POS

Review Date: March 31, 2010

Reviewer: Stuart Bennett,

Don't waste your money dreaming. Get the regular Sony 500 mm reflector which is rated 5 stars and uses the autofocus and stabilization on the camera. This thing is a waste of material that it is made of. It does bring an object in close but the quality of the image is about equal to a POS TASCO telescope.

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