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1000mm Yashica mirror lens coupled to Panasonic S1R


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And this is the previously mentioned £125 ebay bargain Vintage Yashica 1000mm f11 mirror lens mounted on the Panasonic S1R via a Novoflex LET/CONT adapter ...  in front for size comparison is a Yashica 500mm f8 mirror lens. Most mirror lenses have inadequate lens hoods ... far too short compared to e.g. those supplied with telephoto lenses ... which is one reason why mirror lenses' images show too low contrast.  The Yashica 1000/11 will be used with the TS Optics (Telescope Services) 'wrap around' telescope 'dew shield / lens hood' to improve image contrast; its diameter adjusts via Velcro tabs.  Yashica 1000mm lens is sufficiently compact for town centre use for proposed Peregrine Falcon project ... they are resident on a local church steeple. Yashica 1000mm focus  is surprisingly smooth and its gearing permits very fine focus adjustment. It's built-in 1/4" thread tripod plate is inadequate; when used on a gimbal, an Arca plate will be added. However, camera / lens combination is usable "semi-handheld" via a Novoflex fork mount on a Gitzo tripod ... fork mount permits very efficient handheld panning and tilt ... and S1R's image stabilisation set to 1000mm works fine. 

The Yashica 1000mm and 500mm mirror lenses were made by Kyocera ... http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Contax/Yashica_lenses

Kyocera also manufactured some of the later Leica R zoom lenses e.g the R 80-200mm f4

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Q&D photo taken with Leica X Vario using its built-in flash with a small 'drafting film' diffuser Blu-Tacked onto the flash head

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Panasonic S1R / Yashica 1000mm f11 relex lens 

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Panasonic S1R / Yashica 1000mm f11 reflex lens 

https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/305981-images-from-panasonic-cameras-merged/?do=findComment&comment=4236309.  ... sample image

Also tried using Contax Mutar II 2x extender ... works fine when can nail the focus ... focus helicoid too coarse to consistently hit optimum focus at 2000mm f22 ... live view image depth of focus at 2000mm is miniscule 

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To the point I would say.

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