Tokina SZ SUPER TELE 500mm f/8 Reflex MF is a 500mm super tele lens that adopts catadioptric type optical design with a constant f/8 aperture. The lens offers a compact alternative to standard telephoto lenses as more photographers are looking for easy-to-carry gear. The 500mm f/8 reflex MF is designed keeping in mind active travel photographers seeking for outdoor landscape, wild nature or birds by providing compact and lightweight lens to be rediscovered in a new era of high-tech mirrorless cameras.
Long 500mm focal length of Tokina SZ SUPER TELE 500mm f/8 Reflex MF while being such a compact and lightweight is realized thanks to catadioptric optical design.
Mirror lenses are tele photo lenses that incorporate a combination of 3 lenses silvered on the outside of the glass to reflect light back and forth between the ends of the lens. This structure folds the light cutting the tube length in half. In this way the construction makes the physical size of the lens around a third of the size of a conventional lens and allows a lightweight body, because the mirrors are much lighter than the optical glass.
Lens elements inside the lens are coated with multi-layer anti-reflection coating for effective light intake and as a result, for increasing shutter speed in low light conditions.Mirrored surfaces of the lens elements incorporate high-reflectivity silvered coating and a protective antioxidant layer on the back side for a longer product lifetime.
Compact and Lightweight
The Tokina SZ SUPER TELE 500mm f/8 Reflex MF is suitable for travel photography since the lens is compact and lightweight, and yet will help you to capture far objects that cannot be reached by standard zoom lenses.
Weighing just 310g (without mount adapter) this lens can be easily packed and carried inside a pocket or small bag, suitable for travel photographers seeking lightweight gear.
Macro Option
The field of view is 4.8° and the minimum focusing distance is 1.7 meters. It gives magnification 1:2.86. These properties help the photographer avoid shadows while shooting close up images, and open up creative macro possibilities.
Specific Bokeh
Optical construction of the lens creates specific donut-shaped and super smooth bokeh that finds support among many artistic photographers.
Focus
Tokina SZ SUPER TELE 500mm F8 Reflex MF is equipped with wide and excellent grip focus ring that provides smooth rotation range 270°. Precise focusing could not be easier. Thanks to high quality processed metal parts and assembling processes, the focus ring rotates smoothly, even in low temperature environments, preventing dust from being sucked inside the lens.
Super Compression
Thanks to its long focal length Tokina SZ SUPER TELE 500mm f/8 Reflex MF can create images with a super compression effect, when the background looks close and enlarged compared to the main object. This effect adds to the image enchanting atmosphere.
Versatile Mount System
Tokina SZ SUPER TELE 500mm f8 Reflex MF adopts a T-mount standard (pitch 0.75mm, thread 42mm), that allows this lens to be attached to any camera by using mount adapters.
