Is Opteka a good lens brand?
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The Opteka 650-1300mm lens is overall a good buy in my opinion, but there are a few things to note before buying it. I took the lens out into several different environments – city, forest, and night photography – and quickly understood how important it is to be far away from your subject.
Who makes opteka?

Chinese
Opteka, a Chinese optical manufacturer, has been producing manual-focus lenses and lens accessories for the consumer market since 2002.
Will Opteka lens fit Canon?
The Opteka T-Mount allows you to mount a T-Mount lens to your camera body. The lens adapter is designed to fit securely to the lens, yet can still be removed easily when not needed….
Brand | Opteka |
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Compatible Mountings | Canon EF,Canon EF-S, Canon EF, Canon EF-S |
Camera Lens Description | 8 |
Maximum Focal Length | 2600 Millimeters |
Where is opteka made?
What is a Canon T-mount?

The T-mount is a standard lens mount for cameras and other optical assemblies. The usual T-mount is a screw mount using a male 42×0.75 (42 mm diameter, 0.75 mm thread pitch) metric thread on the lens with a flange focal distance of 55 mm and a mating female 42mm thread on a camera adapter or other optical component.
What is a T2 camera mount?
✔This T2 mount adapter allows you to attach your DSLR camera to lenses, telescopes, microscopes. ✔Enlargers and bellows attachments that have a T2 universal thread mount. ✔This adapter will work with camera body, and use for all T2 mount lenses.
What is C mount lens?
A C mount is a type of lens mount commonly found on 16 mm movie cameras, closed-circuit television cameras, machine vision cameras and microscope phototubes. C-mount lenses provide a male thread, which mates with a female thread on the camera.
What is a 500mm preset lens used for?
The 500mm f/8.0 Telephoto Lens for T-mount from Vivitar is an ultra-telephoto lens that brings distant objects close and is ideal for wildlife photography. It is also used for landscapes, cityscapes, architecture, sports and celestial photography and multiple general photography applications.
Is Samyang lens Chinese?
Samyang Optics is a South Korean manufacturer of camera lenses for several major brands of third-party mounts for still photography and video cameras. The company was founded in 1972 and has about 150 employees.
Does Samyang make good lenses?
A South Korean lens manufacturer, Samyang is perhaps best known for its affordable manual-focus primes in a huge variety of mount options. However, the firm has expanded its range considerably, and also makes autofocus lenses that can compete with the big boys by virtue of coming with a significantly lower price tag.
What camera uses T-mount?
The “T” is said to stand for Tamron or Taisei, a Japanese manufacturer that released in 1957 the first of a line of aftermarket camera lenses that fit 35 mm SLR cameras built by various manufacturers using their universal T-mount….T-mount.
Type | screw |
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External diameter | 42 mm |
Flange | 55 mm |
Connectors | None |
Should I buy the Opteka 500mm/1000mm lens?
Based on my experience with the Opteka 500mm / 1000mm lens, I cannot in good conscience recommend that anyone buy it without first understanding that they might get a lemon. If you do plan to buy this lens, buy from a vendor with a no-hassle return policy (such as Amazon).
What is the Opteka T-mount lens adapter?
The Opteka T-Mount allows you to mount a T-Mount lens to your camera body. The lens adapter is designed to fit securely to the lens, yet can still be removed easily when not needed.
What is the shortest telephoto lens available?
At 4.7-inches long, this 500mm f/6.3 is one of the shortest telephoto lenses currently available.
What is the Opteka 2x professional multiplier?
The Opteka 2x Professional Multiplier is a high-quality teleconverter that delivers enhanced telephoto versatility. It multiplies the focal length by 2x, providing an affordable and portable way to extend your cameras reach. The specialized lens elements virtually eliminate color aberrations.