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GX7 - Lens for taking photos of the Moon

Started Feb 28, 2019 | Discussions thread
thinkinginimages
thinkinginimages Senior Member • Posts: 2,495
Re: GX7 - Lens for taking photos of the Moon

Dykie2000 wrote:

I am looking to take photos of the Moon, I have a few lenses:

Panasonic 14-43mm, 45-200mm and 100-300mm but I want to be able to take closer photos to enable me to see the surface in greater detail.

I was looking at something greater than 500mm or thinking is there a 2.0x teleconverter that would work with my current lenses?

I am new to this and would like to know your thoughts.

D

Hunt around for a 500mm catadioptric (mirror lens). Don't be put off by the F:/stop, usually 6.3 or 8. The moon is a lot brighter than you'd think. On the plus side, they are usually inexpensive pre-owned, they're short and light. Odds are you'll need to adapt it to MFT. That's not an expensive problem.

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