Photography with a 500mm mirror lens. What is it like to use? With beautiful & bizarre photos.

Mirror lenses are relatively compact and affordable, compared to conventional telephoto lenses. What are they like to use? What are the pros and cons? How good are the results? This video featuring the Tamron SP Adaptall 2 500mm f8 Tele Macro lens should be of interest to anyone who has never owned a mirror lens. Plus, for owners of mirror lenses, it presents some inspiring and bizarre photographs to review. Here are time links to the different sections: 00:00 Introduction 01:59 How a mirror lens works 03:39 The Tamron SP 500mm’s design 05:02 Long distance photography 08:18 Street shots/portraits 10:16 The moon and stars 11:45 Close-up shots 13:39 Bokeh - the good/bad, including "horror bokeh" at 14:12 15:43 Donuts 18:00 Conclusions If you’d like to contact me direct, or make a contribution to my channel: [email protected] You can see more of my photos with many different lenses on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/95859572@N06/albums/page1