As you all know I have a real problem with fast high quality lenses, I want to use them to get images. I recently bouht this on eba.. $14.99 US a 12.5mm F1.3 lens for a 1 inch format (12.7x9.5mm) so it easily covers the 1/2 inch format (6.4x4.8mm) of the Gstar-EX. here is a video before twilight ended. It starts at the top of Scorpio and ends at Sag star cloud. there is also a satellite along the way.
Video 1MB
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~avan...1844(CVBS).wmv
This shows a field of 28x23 degrees.
today I won again on eb.. this lens a 6.7mm F1.3 for 16mm film. It is of the highest quality. Anyway the field of view is 49x41 degrees with the GstarEX and should be superb for taking either videos or sequential stills of meteor(ite)* showers.
Pics below
Tell me if you think this is a daft idea.
Bert
*edited pending self confessed pedantry but it is important to use the correct terms.