Crux to Carina

[DavidTrap (David)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Sold all your DSLR'S ?! A brave move, as I still like the real world view from a DSLR finder , admittedly more for nature/sports photography, rather than a screen, (which is indeed useful for Astro).

Carry on luggage limits made taking the full DLSR kit impractical for travel. Got a great deal in a Boxing Day sale, and coupled with a manufacturer’s cash back, I came out ahead after selling all my DSLR gear on eBay. Thought I’d sell it while others are still willing to pay a reasonable amount for it! Mirrorless is very close to DSLR for a lot of what I shoot. Will experiment with some wide field Astro shots this winter.

DT

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Very beautiful field. Expertly taken. A nice one for the wall, though You've probably been out of wall space for years now.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Really nice! That 60Da certainly does the job with the Ha. I'm curious about that lens - before softening the stars, were there diffraction spikes from the lens aperture blades?

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Really nice! That 60Da certainly does the job with the Ha. I'm curious about that lens - before softening the stars, were there diffraction spikes from the lens aperture blades?

Thanks. At F2.0 there is nil diffraction....while I haven't pushed the lens stopped down, I'd expect you'd see it at F8.0 and smaller.

BTW I did a write-up of the Sigma here a while ago.