Phoenix 1000mm f/8 Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS 7D, 5D, 60D, 50D, Rebel T3, T3i, T2i, T1i, XS Digital SLR Cameras

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• ASIN: B000NORYPM
• Item model number: 09-050
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 22, 2007

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This lens is a toy, June 4, 2007

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Catalin D. Voinescu (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Phoenix 1000mm f/8 Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS 7D, 5D, 60D, 50D, Rebel T3, T3i, T2i, T1i, XS Digital SLR Cameras (Electronics)

This is not a serious lens -- it is a toy. Keeping that in mind, it is a decent toy and it works reasonably well for the price. It is rather difficult to focus accurately, but I've got the hang of it after some practice. Like all cheap lenses, it suffers from some purple fringe. This type of lens is much better than the shorter and lighter 500mm mirror lenses that cost about the same. The 2x converter is very cheap, single-element; with it, the lens becomes very difficult to focus and to keep steady enough to avoid blur. Except in the brightest of bright sunlight, you can't shoot with this lens without a tripod. The tripod mount looks good in pictures but it's a joke: it's made of plastic, and it's way too flimsy to keep the lens and camera stable. Just breathing on the camera makes it sway visibly. Mounting the camera on the tripod works much better, and the lens is not that heavy. Note that the 2x adapter works with this lens only -- you can't use it with another lens. The lens has its own threaded mount but comes with a Canon EF adapter; the 2x adapter goes between the lens proper and the EF adapter.

If you want a 500mm lens and can spend a little more money, try a 75-300mm zoom (I have one from Canon, which is ok but not great; I hear that Sigma and Tamron make decent zoom lenses in that range) with a 2x multiplier (get a 7-element rather than a slightly cheaper 4-element one).

5.0 out of 5 stars Lens 500 to 1000 mm, March 9, 2011

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Mas-Lee - See all my reviews

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I am very impressed with this lens by Phoenix it actually performs better then was exspected for the price I paid for it.

4.0 out of 5 stars for people who are questionable, April 20, 2009

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Wesley H. Hall (Holland, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Phoenix 1000mm f/8 Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS 7D, 5D, 60D, 50D, Rebel T3, T3i, T2i, T1i, XS Digital SLR Cameras (Electronics)

I've heard so many bad things about this lens and for what your paying for it isn't bad at all. I will admit the t-mount isn't the best but other than that it comes out with good pictures. You have to learn the tricks on how to focus it but it didn't take me that long at all. It's a good lens