{"id":332,"date":"2022-12-26T01:40:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T01:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/?post_type=product&#038;p=332"},"modified":"2024-09-17T23:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T03:52:07","slug":"mto-500-500-8-mirror-lens-m39-or-m42-mount","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/product\/mto-500-500-8-mirror-lens-m39-or-m42-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"MTO-500, 500\/8 Mirror Lens, M39 or M42 Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian MTO-500 is a classic sample of Soviet-era engineering and workmanship. It is a 500 mm telephoto mirror lens based on the design of a known Soviet engineer Maksutov. &#8220;MTO&#8221; stands for &#8220;Maksutov&#8217;s Tele Ob&#8217;ektiv&#8221;. This is the original, early MTO-500 design, with the barrel made of brass. Later versions of this lens were much lighter and somewhat smaller, they came is vinyl cases, but this MTO-500 weighs 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) and comes in an instrument-type wooden case.<\/p>\n<p>Lens Specification:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focal length:\u00a0 500 mm<\/li>\n<li>Aperture:\u00a0 1:8 (fixed, this design does not allow for variable aperture)<\/li>\n<li>Field of coverage: 5 deg<\/li>\n<li>Focusing: 4 m &#8211; Infinity (the lenses of this design may focus past infinity, this is to compensate for thermal expansion)<\/li>\n<li>Filter size: M77x0.75 (4 filters are included)<\/li>\n<li>Optical registration (back focus): 45.2 +\/- 0.02 mm<\/li>\n<li>Mount:\u00a0 M39x1 Zenit SLR Mount (can be used with all M42 SLRs with the included adapter)<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions: Max diameter: 100mm (4&#8243;), Length: 165mm (6.5&#8243;)<\/li>\n<li>Weight:\u00a0 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) without case<\/li>\n<li>The glass is coated; the barrel is finished in tough black enamel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This MTO-500 was made in 1966. It is in excellent condition, the barrel shows very little (if any) use. The glass is clear and clean. The focusing is smooth.<\/p>\n<p>You will need a sturdy tripod to shoot with this lens.<\/p>\n<p>Included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MTO-500 Lens<\/li>\n<li>Four filters (Light Yellow\/Green, Orange, Red, 4x Neutral Grey)<\/li>\n<li>Wooden Case<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The lens is shown mounted on a Zenit camera (not included). This MTO-500 can be used with any 39 mm mount Zenit (models Zenit, Zenit-S, Zenit-3, Kristall, Zenit-3M, early Zenit-E). With a 39\/42 mm adapter (included in this set) the lens can be used with any M42 mount camera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian MTO-500 is a classic sample of Soviet-era engineering and workmanship. It is a 500 mm telephoto mirror lens based on the design of a known Soviet engineer Maksutov. &#8220;MTO&#8221; stands for &#8220;Maksutov&#8217;s Tele Ob&#8217;ektiv&#8221;. This is the original, early MTO-500 design, with the barrel made of brass. Later versions of this lens were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6117516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[109],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-332","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-zenit-slr-cameras-and-lenses","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6117516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedka.com\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}