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Old 10-04-2022, 02:25 PM
Mickoid (Michael)
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Originally Posted by matlud View Post
Nice image Michael, it turned out very well ����
Thanks Mathew, a quick and easy set up on the night with cheap equipment sometimes works well.

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Originally Posted by Toddylamo View Post
Those are impressive stars with an older lens - especially a third party one. What sun lens is it exactly? I have a Sun 70-210mm macro zoom for OM mount and would be keen to try it out. Might even try out the OM 300mm f/4.5 I have.
I do notice that with a lot of older lenses at all focal lengths that they are as sharp as newer ones when stopped down, but have a lot more purple fringing. I guess that was difficult to control cheaply back in the day.
Thanks Harry, it was a 200mm f2.8 prime lens. Comes good for astro at around f5.6, even better at f8 - f11. That usually reduces the colour fringing. The coatings on newer lenses are much better these days.

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