A6500 - Massive 500-1000mm Lens - It's 80 Bucks, Does it Suck?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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TO ANSWER IF IT SUCKS OR NOT: It doesn't suck for the price. I was impressed with the sharpness that could be achieved.
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Christopher Burress it looks pretty decent at 500mm (when watching on my phone, anyway). But it's pretty atrocious at 1000. The only use at 1000mm would be for surveillance of some sort.
Thanks for the video! Definitely an interesting lens.
It does look atrocious at 1000mm because of the heat-shimmer in the atmosphere. a still image would remove that element. I'm not defending the lens, just adding some insight.
Why is the price so cheap on this lense, what is the catch?
The catch is that its made from cheap plastic and elements but for sucvh a price you really cant bitch.
Owen Chase science channel probably because its aperture starts at F8
Finally found a good vlogging lens. Thanks
Varga Dániel you happen to be a vlogging giraffe?
Varga Dániel 35 foot monopod? That's the minimum focus distance
Varga Dániel 😂🤣😂🤳
😂🤣😂🤳
who said he was vlogging himself? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
lol "whoa there's a sniper on the roof"
wackerr seriously, got to be careful with a lens like that haha
wackerr that's what I was thinking the whole time. As a brown person, I feel like it would be wise for me to keep away from this lens.
wackerr of when you really badly need tot spy on someone
@ wackerr, lol, "Let's see, over here we have a police station, then a nuclear power plant, over there is the Governors mansion, a church and lastly my ex-wife walking the dog" yeah sounds legit :-D
Haha you should check out the "Novoflex Noflexar 400mm/f5.6, 600mm/f8 pistol grip" or the more professional grade and vintage TAIR-3S Photosniper
Finally some good lens for selfie’s
Gud luck finding a million mm selfie stick 😂😂😜
I take it your shirt-sleeves are always too short?
Are you taking those selfies with a drone that's 10000 feet in the air?
If you are on two continents at once
Set that timer to 30 minutes and run.
dang. that turned out way better than I would have thought.
When the first sample picture of his wife came up I literally said wow, pretty impressive sharpness. I suppose considering my expectations were very low.
AgriVideos1 same here!
Marcus Nixon same here. Quite surprising.
Heck even with low expectations that was INCREDIBLY impressive. The city shots were less impressive but that's mainly due to atmospheric effects, the actual air puts a limit on the sharpness that can be achieved, but the portraits literally blew me away. I was in no way expecting to be able to discern individual hairs, there's very little or no chromatic aberration at all... Unbelievable deal for certain situations.
Crazy. On that close-up shot of the AT&T logo, you can tell the faint markings of an older logo that used to be there next to it! lol
Oh yeah, you can!
They probably had the old logo there before but off to the left and probably had the actual words AT&T next to that!
Are you sure that's the old logo marks? The marks disappear a few seconds later. I thought it was an artifact of the lens somehow.
Native Texan, no, there's a very clear super thin upper left circular arc section outline to the left of the round AT&T logo carved into the concrete and a diffuse unevenly darkened patch of concrete, like moisture damage, in the lower part of the same circle and they certainly don't disappear. The circle is about the same size as the logo too. It looks like they had the logo moved to the right.
Similarly, dark spots to the right of the current logo spell "&T".
I stand corrected. In my honest defense...i wasn't lying. When I first posted that reply, I watched multiple times to be sure. I swear to god it disappeared a few seconds later. 110% positive. I just rewatched all the scenes with that building, nothing. Didn't disappear. I'm going to chalk it up to monitor issues I guess. I dunno. But it DID disappear a few seconds later every time originally. *shrugs*
That's actually way sharper than would have expected. The vet seen a few reviews for these kinds of lenses and none of them looked that good.
Kinda surprised how well it actually came out. I just recently ordered another more expensive lens but kinda regret not watching this one first lol
Whats the moon and saturn look like with that thing - that's a good benchmark test.
That's what I was thinking I'd use it for
The moons not real you idiot.
You guys expect too much off of 80 bucks!😂
I guess you can expect seeing a planet made of 99% chromatic aberration and 1% atmosphere.
As for the moon, depends on the phase. Full moon - Most likely chromatic aberration all around the edge, and too bright to get any natural color and depth.
Crescent - chromatic aberration along the edge, the rest too bright except for the darkest visible parts left.
New moon - most likely just chromatic aberration.
Hazy and blurry with lots of chromatic aberrations...I'm guessing :|
Ideal for horizon shots for Flat Earth research
Zippy, we need folks like Dave. Makes the normal people seem intelligent.
I bet it can be used to prove you have a flat head
It's obviously banter, calm down guys.
Get the P1000
What you see through the lens is a government conspiracy though
Did you by any chance manage to take a photo of the moon? Someone I know wants a cheap way to be able to take picture of the moon.
lightningwave I actually have a similar lens and took a picture of the moon that didn't turn out half bad. I used crop mode so it was effectively 1500mm. You can see it here instagram.com/p/9VLNY0Sk_c/
Airplane Emoji Thanks a lot for the link, looks quite good :-) Is this with editing afterwards or straight out of the camera? And do you have a link to the full size file by any chance?
lightningwave you don't need this long of a lens to take great shots of the moon. I took this image with a sigma 70-300mm cropped in post. instagram.com/p/BSzfsH9DWNg/
mirror lenses are also fun for this. i had a 500mm one with a x2 teleconverter. But the image quality was terrible, this lens looks a little better, but it's hard to objectify quality on a UA-cam video.
300 mm lens ? How ?
As a professional photographer, I was expecting horrid things, LOL!
The big drawback is starting at an f/8, that's where more expensive lenses exceed. But other than that, it was really impressive!
I figured barrel distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting would be really bad.
But for an $80 zoom lens, this really surprised me!
I have a 500mm lens that cost me $500+, and while I can see the limitations of this lens, it wasn't a $500 Olympus lens, LOL!
The one that really impresses me is the lack of barrel distortion. I figured the 1,000mm views would really show this flaw, but the lens did very well! If you didn't tell a professional photographer, they would be hard pressed to judge this lens badly.
Although chromatic aberration is present, it isn't that bad. In fact, most wouldn't even notice it.
And vignetting is almost non-present! One has to look at the really bright scenes to see it, and only when one looks close can it be noticed.
This lens really blew me away! And I'm hard to please, LOL!
P.S. The CCD needs cleaning. Telephoto lenses really bring out the flaws in a CCD's cleanliness, LOL!
I think I'll buy it thanks to your mini professional review. It should help me out. Thanks LOL!
Starting at F8 isn't all the best but most kit lens go to F5-F8 at full zoom so you are still better off with this.
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL SO HARD
Kentucky Ranger LOL!
Shut up.
Is it normal for photographers to slam their stuff on the table so brutally?
I think brutally might be a strong word, it was filmed in a kitchen with hard surfaces everywhere, a wooden table, and I microphone about 14 inches away. No camera gear was harmed in the making of this film.thanks for watching though!
Christopher Burress :)
DasEtwas You should see Linus Tech Tips! Dude smashes everything! lol
you should look at Casey Niestat dude literally throws everything
DasEtwas for ne I am very careful with camera and lens because if you do it it could cost you way too much
People bash cheap lenses, But if you compare a $100 lens to a $1500 lens, you'll see minor improvements all across the board. at the cost of another fourteen lens's. it's just not worth it unless you're a full time professional.
+Probably Not A Chicken there we go, some common sense! Some comments here bashing it aren't considering the fact that this is a 500mm lens, and I would NEVER spend $2k+ on a lens that would be this specific of a use case. So no matter how bad the $100 version is, it's better than any alternative on my radar.
Why would I want 15 lenses? I have three and that works for me.
@@ArthurEmbleton and you have your reasons for that just like he has his reasons for a 100dollar glass. The only question should be what do your pictures look like and what type of work do you do?
@B Roli well that 400 becomes 520mm on a 1D body or a 640 on a crop sensor. There you go...😎
@@juanpena5797 1d? you mean a full frame camera? no it stays at 400mm
There must be a factory somewhere in Asia that churns these lenses out, and it's been doing it since the days of film cameras and wet processing. I've seen them with a dozen different brand names but the performance was always the same... slightly muddy image with less than ideal contrast, which was not ideal with film. Digital however makes these lenses great value for money as any shortcomings can be corrected somewhat in post. Another advantage of these lenses is you'll get to see how much use you'll have for a long lens without spending, and possibly wasting, a lot of money.
Not sure you'd add sharpness in PP.
More than half of the shots I have taken with mine have not been recoverable in lr. I pretty much just use it on rare occasion to shoot the moon lol
Perfect stadium graduation lens
+King Flip all except for that stinking f/8
can't help but ask...it can only be used in broad daylight right? and is f/8 available @1000mm?
With a 2x teleconverter, you lose 2 stops. (1,4x would be 1 stop). Forget 1000mm. You should use a solid tripod and a protected place where is no wind, then you are safe.
For what purpose this lens is used , for photography or vediography
See that vibration in the video, well that's the reason I bought a remote control for my Nikon camera. When you are using it on a long zoom, the least camera movement is magnified.
(PS. The price in Australia was close to $350.00. plus postage. Why is Australia called the lucky country again? And of course, there is also a 10% tax on top of that).
This lens FINALLY helped me find my pecker ! I couldn't afford the microscope !
Love how the "@500mm" and 1000mm text wobbles as well, the little things lol
Nay, i think he accidentaly put the text on the footage, nest both of them, then warpstabilized it.
Usually the text shouldnt be stabilized altogether but it do make sense in this context.
so this is a wide angle lenshood on a 500mm lens? :D
No, its a lenshood , to prevent glare
@@BigBadLoneWolf petal hoods are wide lenses. The tube type would be more appropriate considering its a 500mm le s
"Im gonna show you a few of the things im planning on shooting at" Man, that sounds wrong when you are sitting on top of a parking garage.
Exactly ! Haha :D
1000mm in urban environments is really tricky. The air convection becomes really noticeable. For wildlife work, and long distance stuff in clean air its not bad. Need the WiFi remote trigger though. Besides bird hunting, I really haven't found a use for the 1000mm capability (I own 6" and 9.5" telescope's so astronomy work gets done with those).
500mm... Now, that's a lot of fun. For $80.00 its worth it I think. Its a lot of fun, and if while you are playing it gets mangled you haven't lost next months mortgage payment.
-But didn't you hired a photographer to the wedding?
-I did, he's taking the photos from home
Now I want this for my G85. 2000mm equivalent. I bet it would look terrible.
dave091790 it shouldn't look any worse than this does, just the shake from the camera will probably be worse. If it's on a weighted tripod though it should be very similar quality in both stills and video.
The G85 has Ibis too. Not that it will be enough at these focal lengths.........
If there's an adapter, it should be possible without any problems. Because of that small sensor, only the sweet spot in the center of the lens is used.
That LENS needs it's own tripod
If you look at large lenses, cheap to expensive, the tripod mount goes to the lens instead of the camera. Especially when shooting football, they have massive zoom lenses with heavy glass. Try to hang that lens from the camera without being supported, and you'd mess up the mount hole.
I nearly peed myself lauighing at the silly petal shaped lens hood,probably off some 24mm lens !
I have one of those cheap 500mm lenses. It's pretty good; doesn't focus very close and wide open it is f8. Completely manual of course and some cameras handle it better than others.
Prepares to take a portrait picture.
Sends the model in a train to the next town.
Perfect.
For the price this is really cool to play around with. Nothing though I would post on my main Photography page.
Agreed, once the moon comes back out i'm going to see how it does with shooting that. Those might make for some pretty good shots.
I like shooting the moon too. It's funny how fast the Moon moves across the viewfinder so fast at those focal length.
For sure! You have to frame and shoot fast otherwise it'll be halfway out of the frame.
Can you upload pictures of moon somewhere and share it later ? Thanks
KOMAD sure thing!
My fear of heights would make this video completely different.
You : *stood near wall* "We've got a church down here" *leans camera over the edge*
Me : *stood spot on in the center of the car park* "We got a nice safe wall right there, and juuuuust over that wall we're not approaching is a hill we're not photographing"
Lol nice
Loved the video, BTW. : )
Seems like a pretty decent lens, for so cheap.
It's like the old Zenit-E lens. No auto diaphragm! Open to focus, close down to shoot.
Not nearly as bad as I expected! It was kinda surreal once I recognized the buildings (the ambulance gave it away) plus, I thought I recognized that vintage Honda - I see it parked downtown all the time!
1:45 It's a locking nut, thread it further on to the hood, thread the hood onto the lens until it is oriented in the desired direction, then turn the locking ring off until it locks against the lens and holds it in the right direction.
Also most filters have threads to stack them together, or have both a filter and the hood attached to the filter.
I own this lens for my Nikon d800 and it’s the cream/white version. It’s absolutely worth it for the price. The images are more than useful and it just looks so damn cool when you’re shooting with it.
The little thin gear ⚙️ cicle on the lens hood is meant to be put on with the hood and then tightened to secure the lens hood in an upright way
it looks impressive. I did not take this lens seriously before, but now that you have shown what it can do, I think I going to get one for me👍
its called a spotting scope...
You need a walkie talkie for your wife,or scream for her to smile😂
I got one thats similar for my Canon T7 and it does pretty good. I havent used it for anything other than moon shots and those come out very well for what it is! Mine came with a X2 converter and the T adapter.
I have an Opteka 6.5mm f3.5 fisheye for my DX Nikon, works great for the few times I need that shot for under $100!
You can attach the lens hood to the filter.... And the screw ring thing on the lens hood is meant to be on it.
First time watching one of your videos. Shocked to see someone else from Greenville South Carolina. Thanks for posting this video.
Then set the a6500 to jpeg and used the Sony digital zoom and you will be at 4000mm. lol
This was fun. I worked in that Bank of America building in Greenville for 20 years.
An excellent lens for landscapes and street scenes if you are lazy or go outside the house
Please turn off that Autostabilisazion
I live in the city where the shots were taken. I used to work in the building attached to the garage.
The transition from your happy wife to your sad dog I'm dead 😂😂😂
That's ballin'. I can't come up with a reason not to get one. Sure, I might never use it after the first giggles, but it'll look neat on top of my shelf.
Tbh the lense is suprisingly good for some broll. I have no idea how you contained the shake to be that minimall tho!
It feels so cheap??? It is, it's only $80 lol
Keep the lens, toss the Stills tripod.
I'm tempted to grab one of these for laughs now - I shoot with a Global Shutter camera, so never have Jello wobble.
Looks like most of the times where there lack of clarity, was due to all the haze in the air.
What is it with this warp-y video? It's like the whole world warps around you.
+Silvan Schier I accidentally put rolling shutter correction on my b-cam footage that didn't need it... Woops.
Silvan Schier to prove that the earth is round
To prove that the earth is round? To a flat earther? Good luck with that, they're proper deluded 😂😂😂
Its the gravitational field of that lens that warps the space around it. Happens everytime.
@@PhenixDj killed me😂😂😂😂
I could shoot an entire weeding staying at my studio 🤣🤣
Christopher Burress, You Rock! 🔥Huge Fan of Your Channel 🔥Looking Forward to Watching Your Next Video
So much money need..I can't buy but felling better after watching this video ❤️❤️
I'm getting into this hobby with birds, crocs and moon watching for UFOs !
Thxs for the posting. 👍👍👍
I live in Greenville also. Do you ever get hassled by the parking garage security patrol about not being able to take pics on top of one of the public parking garages? I have been told I need a special permit. They said I was loitering.
These cheapo 500mm f/8s and 400mm f/6.3s have been around at least since the 1970s. I remember, when I first got interested in photography back in the early 1980s, seeing these lenses advertised in the backs of photo magazines for like $69. Back then a test of the 500mm f/8 that Modem Photography conducted with excellent results was often cited. So yeah, within is limitations, this lens can do a good job.
Keep in mind though when you slap that 2x teleconverter on the end, you now have an optic with a maximum aperture of f/16. Pretty dim. Also, that's probably a terrible TC, so since it's aT-mount lens, you're better off using, say, a Nikon or Canon FD T-mount adapter and then mount a good TC for one of those systems, then an adapter for that system to Sony. You do have Nikon and/or Canon FD adapters for your mirrorless Sony, don't you?
I took a bird from around 200 yards with this and faked it to be a Nikkor and believe it or not everyone praised it and got a lot of likes. After that I confess and lost my audience. That's sarcasm. I love this lens it's great to play with it.
Classic
Iris Cheran
upload some pictures taken through this lens please ....
Haha that's downtown greenville, home town
Nice!
motoxcal249 I thought I recognized Paris mountain.
Looks like the rooftop for Georgia Public Broadcasting on 14th Street.
I think this is a good camera lens at this price point.
At least it has a cool shield thing for the front. And that’s important.
just the fuel savings alone make this worthwhile...no more driving to the next town over to take photos, just get on a ladder
Thumbs up for Benchmade Mini Grip. 👍
I can see how this lens could be usable on a body with very good high ISO performance and ideally a stabilised sensor. I only have cameras with an optical view finder but I imagine a good electronic one with focus peeking would help massively.
The portrait IQ was surprisingly good. For me the point of long telephotos is to shoot small things close up, like birds. Then you truly see how the optics perform without atmospheric distortion.
The trouble is I think you need a very expensive body to make this lens work and if you can afford that, why look at an $80 lens? Saying that I'd be tempted to buy one for a laugh and the challenge of shooting with it.
Does IBIS work on a tripod though?
For 80 bucks it's damn good for your bucks. Like, WOW the results are amazing.
The DisturBing Part OF ThIS Is, THat THe WObbLLEING SHakY CAm is MOre AperEnt In THE MAin VlogginG SEtuP THen THe ActuAL ZooM LENs. Horrible.
HandsomeHolland MotorV what’s more disturbing is that you feel the need to use lower and uppercase in one sentence.
As it is cheap it has colour abrression issues otherwise good lens
Pretty bad rolling shatter though
That was 80 dollars well played, surprisingly effective.
When you want to take photos at the park but you hate everybody
So I was watching and when you got to the top of the parking garage I realized you were in Greenville and I was like, “That’s my town!!”
Nice! Maybe you will see me around...
It is nice you have the freedom to shoot that lens from where you want..here where I live (Long Island NY..or in NY city), I bet that within 20 mins of breaking this out..the cops would be there...especially being on a roof, but the lens dont...I thought it was very good lens for that price.
It would have been nice if you could have taken pictures with different lenses to compare the zoom.
Wow, that is surprising quality. I didn't notice any purple fringing or anything, unless it was removed in lightroom. I looked at similar lenses on ebay and always passed because I didn't think they would be good quality, and the lens is so slow I thought there would be either unavoidable blur or high ISO noise.
Most important things then, is the focus adjustment smooth? Good depth of field?
I wonder if this is overkill for portraits of birds in my backyard.
Il be honest, the music in the background and editing are sub-par at best but good content
keep up the work and youl go far
and OUCH the frengeing is REAL
more like a 1980s home VHS video
No picture of the moons surface? I can see the moons surface with my Coolpix P900.
great video, but mate, the wobble on this is so hard I thought I thought the DJ hit the tremolo to an 11.
Great video either way.
Perfect for selfies
That lens hood doesn't look like it's made for a 500. It looks like it's made for a wider lens.
It for sure is lol
someone would have called 911 if they thought there is a sniper😂😂
I was waiting for some zoom in and out to see how it is, or is that impossible because it only stays at 500mm or 1000mm?
It's fixed at either 500 or 1000
4:20 I don't think I have ever seen so much disappointment in any one being 😂
Steven Shores GOOD OBSERVATION!💎
It's pretty cool, but refraction + Rolling shutter is a killer.
This is perfect for searching Jupiter’s red spot for signs of life!!!
Need to edit cross hairs on this and you'll be good 🤣
Dude what an awesome deal !!
Umm hello 911 i think there's a sniper on the roof...
The 500:1000mm is so dope
Bro first pres is my old church 😂 I don’t know if you’re looking to teach anybody but it’d be awesome if you want to meet up sometime!
Find me on instagram and we will chat!
Note to self: never go to a downtown rooftop and say "....that I'm planning on shooting, 'with this lens' " because although he saved it nicely by adding "with this lens" of boy, can someone just use the other part against you.
Will they be fit in with canon camera?
Lol, just love how this lens has brought out everyone's latent depravity 😄
That bit like a telescope 😂😂😂😂
This will allow photographers to work from home.
OOoh you're from Charleston? My grandma was born there!
My new creep lens!!!
Wait, you have an old creep lens.