The Tokina SZ 600mmPRO Reflex F8 MF CF is a rare thing, being a super-telephoto prime that fits in the palm of your hand and tips the scales at just 545g. As a reflex or ‘mirror’ lens, it bounces the light back and forth internally before it hits the image sensor of the host camera body, enabling a much more compact and lightweight design.
It’s designed for APS-C format cameras and is available in Fujifilm X, Sony E and Canon M mount options. The 1.5x crop factor of the first two give it an effective focal length of 900mm, the Canon’s 1.6x crop factor resulting in an even greater 960mm. The lens takes up position in the middle ground of three SZ PRO reflex lenses with the same variety of mount options, the others being the tiny Tokina SZ 300mmPRO Reflex F7.1 MF CF and the frankly bonkers Tokina SZ 900mmPRO Reflex F11 MF CF.
