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Anybody using MFT bodies for astrophotography?

Started Oct 8, 2016 | Discussions thread
MNE Senior Member • Posts: 2,472
Re: Why not? It’s easy now!

I’ve heard some astrophotographers prize super fast telephotos, like the old OM 250mm f/2, but I can imagine the new super zoom would do ‘as well’ on a tracking rig, etc, but that specialized type of narrow angle type of photography, certainly gets much much more demanding, in terms of optics, at which point, I’m not even sure that the sensor is such a factor, relatively.

Once, I (briefly) had a nice Questar mirror lens, I’ll never forgive myself for letting that thing go before testing it on one of my cameras! Ugh, regrets. 😩

Jan,

The “old” 200 f2 worked well because it had a large aperture. You must maximize light-gathering capability. A super zoom is likely to be too slow for any deep sky Astro photography.

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