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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 758966" data-attributes="member: 48483">Keep in mind that the lens is f/8 all the time, so when you are trying to focus in the dark, it is not easy. The moon is a good target, and I used my 500mm reflex lens for a few years mostly for photos of the moon. During the 2017 solar eclipse I wish I had the forethought to use the reflex lens instead of my 70-300mm. The focal range would have been perfect and no purple fringing. It would have required some time on a previous day to find infinity focus and tape the lens into place there.I wish I could say my lens gives sharp images. I think it has acquired some fog inside and maybe a little bit of alignment creep. It's a 1970's version. My Sigma 150-600mm C lens gives images that are obviously more sharp.But I have taken a few photos with my Nikkor 500mm f/8 that I like, but since they are a bit old I don't have them online at the current time to share. An eagle with a fish, a canoeist on a river, vultures on a bluff. Stuff like that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 758966, member: 48483"] Keep in mind that the lens is f/8 all the time, so when you are trying to focus in the dark, it is not easy. The moon is a good target, and I used my 500mm reflex lens for a few years mostly for photos of the moon. During the 2017 solar eclipse I wish I had the forethought to use the reflex lens instead of my 70-300mm. The focal range would have been perfect and no purple fringing. It would have required some time on a previous day to find infinity focus and tape the lens into place there. I wish I could say my lens gives sharp images. I think it has acquired some fog inside and maybe a little bit of alignment creep. It's a 1970's version. My Sigma 150-600mm C lens gives images that are obviously more sharp. But I have taken a few photos with my Nikkor 500mm f/8 that I like, but since they are a bit old I don't have them online at the current time to share. An eagle with a fish, a canoeist on a river, vultures on a bluff. Stuff like that. [/QUOTE]

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