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GX7 - Lens for taking photos of the Moon

Started Feb 28, 2019 | Discussions thread
DiffractionLtd
DiffractionLtd Senior Member • Posts: 2,836
Re: GX7 - Lens for taking photos of the Moon

Unless you want to just take washed-out full moon shots, the best solution is a telescope, not a camera lens and one with a focal length long enough to fill the frame with the moon.  Good telescopes are Maksutov-Cassegrains from companies like Orion, Celestron, Meade, TS, Agena Astro or longer refractors (1000mm or more).  They don't require collimation like Schmidt-Cassegrains do.  Good camera lenses long enough and good enough to do  the job will generally cost considerably more than most telescopes except the top units.  Old camera lenses generally suffer from aberrations that impact image quality.

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