Originally posted by Zav Just to know: what is the shortest mirror lens ever produced?
I guess the Minolta RF Rokkor-X 250mm F/5.6 is the shortest, at least among lenses available to the general public -- there were strange mirror lenses of all focal lengths designed for scientific and military applications.
The
Tamron SP 350mm F/5.6 is also one of the shortest and lightest mirror lenses available. Here are a few pictures taken in Cambodia with this lens (sorry if you have already seen them):
And if you ask me, I don't think it's suitable to remove the donut bokeh with Photoshop. Most of the time, it looks just nice! And what's the purpose of using a mirror lens if you make the pictures look as if they were taken with a not-so-sharp ordinary telezoom?
Cheers!
Abbazz