I think using a teleconverter adds another factor, so instead I will show you the Rubinar 500mm against cropped shots of Canon 75-300 f4-5.6 IS USM and Canon 70-200 f2.8L USM.
All shot at between 1/1500 to reduce camera shake factor (no tripod cos loaned to friend)
Look at the overall sharpness instead of comparing each screw, edge.....scrutinizing DOF is not the purpose of these quick shots.
First up - Canon 75-300 shot at 300mm f5.6 (so at 1.5x crop roughly equals the Rubinar Mirror f8 DOF):
NExt - Rubinar 500mm f8. Remember I told you chromatic aberrations is well-controlled (compare to the consumer zoom above), but even the consumer zoom when cropped is noticeably sharper.
Lastly - the white long lens ~~~ Shot at 200mm f4 (so at 2x crop roughly equals the Rubinar Mirror f8 DOF). Sharp? This is a 12 year old lens.
Ultimately I don't recommend you get the mirror lens....why:
1. difficult to manually focus....I tried my best to focus at the middle of the lamphead but from the shot seen on PC, I really can't tell whether it's really in focus...
2. other than static shots, you can tear your hair out trying to get your shots....cos so difficult to get the correct focus point, maybe a f5.6 mirror will do better....but...no point...
3. Image quality is very very soft......