It’s a little telescope! A reflecting telescope much like the basic structure of the Hubble space telescope. I have read up a little about it, particularly the links below and decided to look for one. I found mine on eBay, cheap. I am primarily going to use it as a telescope, but I have to purchase a Nikon Lens Scope Converter first.
I’ve read the details on this lens, it uses mirrors, does not have an aperture, slow at f8, donut bokeh, hard to focus but fun!
I bought this for fun and because of the mirror construction. Also, it was inexpensive and complete with all the filters included, which I will never use.
The Reflex-Nikkor 500 C has a tripod mount which I’ll use quite a bit. Also, astrophotography is in my future and a tracker will be in my quiver as well.
In a nutshell, I don’t need this lens, I want it so that I know what it is and use it myself to understand it’s function and construction.
I cleaned it, checked reliable resources to know it is compatible with my cameras.
I put in the non-CPU lens data in my D780 and took a picture (below) to see if I can get anything out of it. I will try to use the live view with magnification or focus peaking. It has a thin depth of field and the focus is tough to nail.
But it’s cool!
…and fun.
I’ll add in more photographs as I take them here.
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My Complete Nikon ~ Nikkor Lens Collection
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Resources
HoaiPhai: Nikon Reflex-Nikkor C 500mm f8Edward Dozier: Reflex-Nikkor C 500mm f8
Ken Rockwell: Reflex-Nikkor • C 500mm f8 - Nikon Lens Scope Converter
Tai Shimizu: Reflex-Nikkor C 500mm f8
MIR: Reflex-Nikkor C 500mm f8
Nikkor - The Thousand and One Nights No.13
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| First image with the Nikon Reflex - Nikkor C 500mm f8 ~ handheld |
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