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Old 26-02-2023, 11:15 AM
tornado33
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New Rokinon 135mmf2

Got this new and remarkable lens. Astounding to be able to buy a brand new 135mm lens for less than $900 that performs near perfectly at f2. At first I thought something was wrong as on live view the stars seemed very faint. But it was because they are so tiny.

I used the duo narrowband clip filter in the Ra camera as its too light polluted unfiltered here. At a dark site this lens unfiltered would be magnificent.

Shot Orion wide field, 30 x 2 mins iso 1600 and 2 x iso 100 for the core of M42. Full size here. https://www.astrobin.com/j04o0d/

Had a crack at the Dolphin Head Nebula widefield. 13 x 5 mins iso 3200. I could see the Dolphin on the unprocessed subs!
Full size here
https://www.astrobin.com/x0o8as/

Both shot with lens wide open.
Scott
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