Fisheye lenses for astrophotography

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alvinsclee
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Fisheye lenses for astrophotography

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Hi,
This is interesting...
http://www.astrosurf.com/cavadore/chung ... index.html

I've got the Peleng 8mm. I'm looking for the Zenitar 16mm too. These old lenses from Russia/Ukraine are wonderful ultra-wide lenses, albeit manual. Here is another link to read more about these lenses...
http://home.comcast.net/~dougsmit/fisheye.html

Someday I will try these lenses for whole-sky photography :)
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weehan
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Post by weehan »

Alvin,

I have got the Zenitar 16 (Canon mount) if you want to try it. Can pass it to you when you want to try out the Narrowband (Orion).

Cheers

WeeHan
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alvinsclee
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Post by alvinsclee »

Hey WeeHan, thanks :) I am looking to buy a good M42 version of the Zenitar 16mm, so that I can try it on my Pentax K100D. I have a Sigma 16mm fisheye, yet to try...

These days the clouds are giving us lots of disappointment... don't think I will be able to catch that comet in a whole-sky shot (which was what I planned to do for an unusual perspective of it).
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