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This Massive 1000mm f10 Russian Lens Has Slots for Color Filters and a Big Case

Chris Gampat
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12/04/2017
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Last Updated on 12/04/2017 by Chris Gampat

With this 1000mm f10 Russian lens, YOU TOO can see Russia from your house!

Every now and again, really cool stuff tends to pop up on eBay; and in the case of this massive 1000mm f10 Russian lens, you’ve got something really big and unusual. You see when you look at it, it’s easy to think of it as a massive cannon of some sort. It’s clearly made of metal, heavy, and even has some very cool features to it.

The lens features an f10 aperture, and it doesn’t have a particular way to control the aperture because it is an MTO lens. That means there are mirrors inside of it. Mirror lenses can have really cool and fun effects. For example, they’ve got some doughnut bokeh effects that can be really experimental and creative in the right situations. They’re designed mostly for astrophotographers; but not in the modernized way of shooting with a wide open aperture and a slow shutter speed. The lens also boasts slots for color filters. In addition to that there is a tripod socket; but if you’re going to use something like this then I’d recommend a very sturdy tripod of some sort. Just imagine mounting this to a Sony a7s II and photographing the night sky. Or imagine using it to shoot wildlife photography with a Micro Four Thirds camera. Of course, you’ll be manually focusing and you’ll need to be careful. But so cool otherwise!

Of course, a lens like this is pretty big despite the fact that there are mirrors inside. To that end, it needs a very big case. Said big, wooden case comes with the lens. Exact measurements aren’t given unfortunately.

You can view the listing all for yourself on eBay.

Thanks to Paul for the hookup

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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