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11 minutes ago, powerlord said:

Oh that's a pity. I 've found most of the old lenses I've bought have been good for astro once shut down a few stops

It may be just my copies of them! and was a few years ago I played with them for astro, but now I have the wonderful Sammy on its way to me, I cannot wait to get out with it. so much info in this thread im overwelmed and excited to receive it.

17 hours ago, powerlord said:

most zooms are not very good for stars. I think this 40 page thread is testament to the samyang 135 being a good buy. BUT, you don't need to spend 400 quid on a samyang. I'm not a nikon man, but if you get yourself a vintage prime lens from ebay - 135-200 or so for 30 quid, chance are good that it will work quite well too. And with the savings, get yourself an L-extreme 2" and screw it over the end.

that'd be my advice anyhoo.

stu

thanks for the reply, I have just placed my order and hopefully the lens will be here within the week on a side note I have plenty of old lenses for my nikon and for my fuji set up but they all have their problems!! I just didnt list them here, I even have the 135 pentacon which is beautiful for portraits but horrible for astro, but I really like the focal length.

Been looking at getting this lens, I have Nikon d7100 and d800, I have been using my sigma 70-200 f2.8 but i dont think its a good lens for astro or atleast my copy as I get weird shaped stars, I'm new to this AP game so still learning!!  and it could be something im doing.

I have star adventure 2i with above cameras, would this be a sensible buy?

I'd be interested in this, just over an hour's drive for me

Thanks, I shall order the star adventurer first and see how things go.

Hi All,

As stated in my welcome post,  I am new to astrophotography, I have been a photographer for a long time, I am thinking of getting the skywatcher adventure 2i, but my question is will my tripod be sufficiant? I have carbon 3 legged thing brian which is pretty light weight but sturdy for my fullframe camera gear.

should I buy a beefier tripod fro mthe get go or see how my tripod handles?

I plan on using my nikon d800/d7100 with my 200mm lens

thanks Ali

28 minutes ago, vlaiv said:

Hi and welcome to SGL.

Take your time and do the research. Astrophotography is quite different from regular photography and that tends to confuse many with experience in regular photography when first starting out.

Thanks, 

Will take my time, gonna be a few months yet before I have money saved for proper setup!!

Was thinking of getting skywatcher adventure mount so I can atleast track and follow using exiting equipment, atleast this way I'm not diving off the deep end 

Love the colors, cracking image.

Just wanna say hi, and thanks for such an awesome forum.

new to astronomy, had a set of bins for a while and learning the skies but now working hard to save up for telescope setup for imaging, I know I know ! but ive been a photographer for many years and now wanting to transfer skills.

Ali

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