Back Yard Saturn Panasonic G6 and Tamron 500mm mirror

A shortened version of the Saturn video with a bit of experimental music (a.k.a. noise) composed in Sony ACID Music Studio. Such fun. Shot with Panasonic G6, Tamron 500mm mirror lense, Tamron 1.4x teleconverter.

[@thegustavodag]

500mm mirror my ass

[@KimLetkeman]

thegustavodag if you have something useful to contribute, please go right ahead. But before you do that, allow me to mention that a 500mm lens on a 2X crop with a 1.4 X teleconverter is a 1400 mm telescope. In effect.

[@thegustavodag]

Sorry for the older answers. "Tamron 500mm mirror" looks like you are saying it is a 500mm mirror, so people expect to see a half meter mirror lens at your camera lol... but it is the aperture, right?

[@KimLetkeman]

1. The lens uses a mirror rather than glass elements.
2. 500mm is the focal length of the lens.
3. 'Focal length' is not the physical length of the lens barrel, nor is it the width of the mirror itself, but rather the distance at which the light rays converge into focus.
4. That particular nit is an irrelevant thing to pick, although your newer answer is indicating that perhaps you were actually looking for information. And the answer is focal length.

[@thegustavodag]

i don't think you understand, alot people are looking for astrophotography and they usually dont care at all to the focal length, just the aperture, so when you write down saturn in a 500mm mirror you are making alot of people to clickbait this video easly.

[@KimLetkeman]

Sorry, but I understand perfectly fine. I make it pretty clear that this is a camera and a lens made by Tamron. I mention telescopes nowhere. Thus, it is quickly obvious that I am talking about focal length and not the diameter of the mirror. The addition of the 1.4x teleconverter reinforces that message and so does the fact that a 19.6 inch telescope would be resolving Saturn a little better than I show here. Anyway, enjoy your search.