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The Vega picture was taken with a VARI 8000S 420-800mm (zoom) F8.3-16 Kenko (35mm lens intended for Pentax K cameras). I used an adapter that converts it to Canon.
I'm not sure all about lens, but it says it has 4 elements in 2 groups and the front lens is multi-coated a green color.
It seems like a nice enough lens and I didn't pay a whole lot for it. But I'm not sure about it's application in astrophotography.
Do people here think that it would be alright for the Moon, but not for star and deep sky stuff?
Of course at that high F number, it makes things seem dim.
PS: anyway I'll be getting my Meade LX200 GPS 10" F10 repaired soon (the tracking wasn't right, and later on turned the focus knob too many times one way and got the focus lock knob a little loose too). And so after it's fixed, I'd like to try out doing some photos of (astro) stuff like the Moon, planets and then deep space. And I've already got the 2" prime focus adaptor, just need a nice 2" barlow (tele-negative) from Meade and I'd be ready to take some planetary photo's too.
I've already got 2, 2" eyepieces: a 31mm Erfle, and a 56mm Meade Super Plossl.
Does anyone have suggestions for future eyepieces?
David
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