Canon lens 75-300 lens advice

[WilliamAstro]

Does this camera lens fit on my Rebel XT?

And does is it capable for photographing the moon?

Edited July 16, 2020 by WilliamAstro

[dobblob]

The EF lens should fit on the XT no problem.

Be aware that the field of view (image width) at 300 mm on the sensor will be about 4 degrees wide while the moon is only 1/2 degree wide. The moon will look a little lost in the image.

Zooming the image will reveal that the lens is not really great at that extreme 300 mm and the image will not be crisp. I have used this lens on the moon with a 3 Ti canon and not been impressed with the result.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

The various 75-300 mm zooms Canon makes are not that good. They do not get very good reviews. I would much rather have a second-hand Canon 70-300mm zoom, than the 75-300. Yes the 70-300 is more expensive, but it is a lot better.

[WilliamAstro]

I personally think that it can still be good to take shots of the Moon, you can just crop the image down and stack some of the images to get a sharper detail.

It can be good for taking sunrises, moonrises, sunsets, moonsets.

Edited July 25, 2020 by WilliamAstro

[Dave Baxter]

I used this lens to take pictures of the Comet NEOWISE without a tracker.  8 second exposures seemed to be the best (single image attached).  It's an all around good lens, IMHO.  There are definitely better lenses out there, but for what is essentially a kit lens, it does well.

 

 

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[MarkAR]

Another alternative is an M42 lens. Theres a few on Ebay 400mm and 500mm.