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Lens Recommendation

Started by Yang, 09/01/2006 07:04AM
Posted 09/01/2006 07:04AM Opening Post
In your experience, which lens works best for astrophotography. I have found that some lens that are stellar for daytime photography don't do very well after dark. ie Zeiss 50mm f1.7, Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 and Canon 300mm f4L. What really bothers me are the chromatic abberrations I have seen from many lens, even those that are highly rated. In most cases, even fairly faint stars are surrounded by a blue halo and with some lens it is blue on one side and red on the other. The lens you recommend can be in any mount and I am interested in your opinion on everything from ultra wideangle to supertelephoto.