08-15-2017, 04:57 AM
Quote:How about the Opteka 420-800, http://opteka.com/420800.aspx , a bit lacking at the short end, but only 520 g, definitively hand-holdable, no carriage needed.I haven't seen this particular model, 420-800mm, their 650-1300mm model wasn't an exotic piece of kit and was next to useless!
Or the Opteka 650-1300 a tad heavier with 2kg, near hand-holdable. <_<
This sort of product harks back to the days of the small ads at the back of photo magazines in the seventies and eighties, "seedy sketches" of long nonsense zooms accompanied by "wild claims of miracle resolution" and of course a scene of a distance speck on the horizon with the lens's close up view of a small critter in a circle next to it. Next that you find the door viewer "fish-eye lens" adapter for £3.99 etc.
Here's their current blurb:
The Opteka 420-800mm high definition super telephoto zoom lens is perfect for the professional and amateur photographer alike. There is a built-in, rotating tripod mount for easily attaching to your tripod or monopod. It's an extremely powerful telephoto zoom lens with the versatility that you need. This lens is great for the wildlife or nature photographer who wants to be hidden while taking photos of the subject. Advances in ultra high-index / low-dispersion optical glasses, new barrel materials, and exotic anti-reflection coatings, along with the latest in computer-aided-design / computer-aided-manufacturing), are combined to produce lenses of unprecedented quality. Diamond-cut from crystal-clear, water-white optical glass, Opteka lenses are ground and polished to a precision.
Does that read well or what?
So many have been tempted by those attractively described lenses at a bargain price, after the first try of the wobbly barrel and the jerky focus ring, 90% of them are put straight back on ebay where they don't sell, the rest spend a quiet life in the wardrobe.
Love the old photo mags of the seventies BTW.
There's no doubt that Samyang should move on from these embarrassing wares!