View Single Post
  #2  
Old 25-11-2024, 10:16 AM
OzEclipse's Avatar
OzEclipse (Joe Cali)
Registered User

OzEclipse is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: '34 South' Young Hilltops LGA, Australia
Posts: 1,449
Haven't ordered one. SV Bony are capable of producing excellent optics. I have a pair of SV Bony SV202 10x42ED's that are excellent.

For around that same price, you can get a Samyang/Rokinon 135mm f2, a fantastic tack sharp wide field astrographic lens. They are sharp wide open but with vignetting.

Add a quality 1.4X converter and you have a 200mm f2.8 and a 2X converter and you have a 270mm f4, not that different to the Redcat. Either of these will only have 45-55mm back focus depending which mount you buy so it depends what you want to hang behind it.
DSLR - no problems.
Dedicated Astrocam with filter wheel etc - you'll need to check back focus requirements.
Reply With Quote