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Looking for a small lens for occasional astrophotography. The 17mm 1.8 looks compact, lightweight and large aperture and reasonably priced. Has anyone used it for astro, and if so was it OK?
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It should be a pretty good lens for that.
I tend to use even wider lens length such as the Meike 6mm for sky and shooting star photos...............
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shakyHands If its for occasional use, do you have another wide angle lens? or maybe the 12-40 f2.8? You could use pretty much any lens for astrophotography just depends on what you want to capture?Comment
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As usual, it depends on what you are trying to do.
Like M224, I tend to use a fish-eye lens for whole-sky photos and a longer FL, such as 75mm f/1.8 for specific objects. For me, 17mm FL falls between two stools.
To give an idea of what to expect, I used Stellarium to show the area covered by a 17mm lens on an Olympus (MFT) camera:
For comparison, this is shows the FOV for a 75mm lens on MFT, with Orion as the subject:
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Thanks for the replies.
I do have the 7-14 and have used it for astro. My problem is that when I travel to potentially dark places it is primarily for birds so I'm carting my 150-400. If I'm flying that lens/camera/power banks/maybe laptop fill my backpack and carryon weight limit (and size). The size of the 17mm is attractive - I'm sure I could squeeze that in whereas the 7-14 is just too big. I figure I could get detail shots using the 150 end of the 150-400 and wider views with the 17mm if its not a 'bad' lens.Comment
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You might also consider the Panasonic 9/1.7, it's a rectilinear auto focus weather resistant lens.
I bought mine from the first batch to arrive in the UK and its unique in the m4/3 world.Comment
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