will it get 500mm zoom exactly? how it will be for moon photography?&eth;&#159;~&#132;
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You are not looking at very expensive optics here, and you can't compare the performance of this lens to one costing thousands of dollars. That being said however, this lens will perform pretty well shooting the moon. You will find it hard to get perfect focus on infinity. If you have the extender, which will double your length, you will get even closer shots. Also, some people can't stand that this lens is all mechanical, just like the old 35 MM lenses. I love shooting with this thing. You can actually hand hold to get some very good bird shots. I hope this answers your question. Good luck. For the price, you should do okay!
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The lens is a 650 x 1300 mm and comes with a T ( thread ) 2 x adapter. I wased the adapter a dew times, but really only for awesome Moon shots. Now I have that adapter on another lens and just use my 650 x 1300. This lens is more of a telescope than a zoom, but takes great bird pics. Enjoy.
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no,it is manual focus, and lets in a lot of light under certain circumstances. It is awesome for close up shots of the moon or stars.
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While it is NOT a telescope I have used mine to look at the moon and Jupiter. You will need a good tripod of course. But it was quite clear at looking at the craters of the moon. A bit shaky if bumped. Like I said, it is not a telescope.
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525x supposedly but its very hard to focus anything, even the moon, at 525. Plus there's no stabilizer or anything to keep it from moving/shaking when trying to focus on something specifically, making it even more difficult
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Im not exactly sure but one thing I know for sure is you will need a reducer. This camera will magnify the image the same way a 5mm lens would. The big question you want to know before you buy this is if your telescope can move the camera close enough to the focal plane.
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Saturn's rings are always a treat! Glad you saw them. A 2x barlow and 4mm eyepiece will give you 200x on this scope, which is about the theoretical maximum usable magnification for a 100mm aperture scope like this one (about 50x/25mm). But in my experience with these smaller scopes, the image is rather poor at maximum magnification; you can see something, but very dim and very grainy, for instance. For my eyes, the max usable magnification is closer to 40x/25mm..... I think it's fun to use the max magnification (esp. on the Moon!) But I usually get the most satisfactory viewing at a lower power. Enjoy your telescope! Saturn's rings are always a treat! Glad you saw them. A 2x barlow and 4mm eyepiece will give you 200x on this scope, which is about the theoretical maximum usable magnification for a 100mm aperture scope like this one (about 50x/25mm). But in my experience with these smaller scopes, the image is rather poor at maximum magnification; you can see something, but very dim and very grainy, for instance. For my eyes, the max usable magnification is closer to 40x/25mm..... I think it's fun to use the max magnification (esp. on the Moon!) But I usually get the most satisfactory viewing at a lower... » Read More Saturn's rings are always a treat! Glad you saw them. A 2x barlow and 4mm eyepiece will give you 200x on this scope, which is about the theoretical maximum usable magnification for a 100mm aperture scope like this one (about 50x/25mm). But in my experience with these smaller scopes, the image is rather poor at maximum magnification; you can see something, but very dim and very grainy, for instance. For my eyes, the max usable magnification is closer to 40x/25mm..... I think it's fun to use the max magnification (esp. on the Moon!) But I usually get the most satisfactory viewing at a lower power. Enjoy your telescope! « Show Less
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It does well on the moon but not so good on planets. It also lacks a finder type tube to look through to locate the stars and finding the planets is challenging. It's not a bad question. I do use mine primarily for spotting when shooting.
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That's exactly the camera I'm using it on! It works great. I love this lens. I use it regularly to get amazing shots of the moon. It's a serious, sophisticated, dependable lens. JF
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The zoom isn't too bad. I can see the moon very clear and the crators if the sky is clear. But you cannot zoom in as close as you would like. I'm happy with the zoom myself since it's a simple telescope.
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No problem at all. This lens is a quality piece of glass. I took pictures of the moon hand held and they turned out great. On a tripod they would be even better. Hope this helps.
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Well I must say I love my G1!! I was thinking the pancake 20mm f1.7 should be my next purchase, it just hard to convince myself about cashing $400 for it, but for what I have read it's the most versatile of them all. Now that the EZ zoom is based on digital zoom right? I try not to use the digital zoom since I don't like the lost of quality. I'm not big into telephoto as of now at least, so I think I'll go for the pancake. It's suppose to be 40mm as equivalent to a 35mm camera. And the reviews say it's versatile enough for dimly lit scenarios.Thanks for your reply!!
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thanx a lot for your response! i already ordered the 55-210 mm lense, lets see when it arrives.
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Unlikely with much success. Astrophotography requires a motorized mount for long exposures. I've held my cell phone to my SkyScanner for rudimentary snapshots of the moon and Jupiter (with it's moons), but that was it.
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Definitely probably. Depending on your application, you may never need less than about 15mm focal length. I'm not familiar with the hyperion zoom. Normally zoom eyepieces are more expensive and give a lower quality image than similar fixed focal length eyepiece. But they are popular for their convenience. I bought an orion sirius plossl 17mm eyepiece that is about as much magnification as can be used on a normal sunny day due to mirage and thermal effects. If you plan to seek and find those occasional days with perfect seeing, either at dusk or dawn or at night doing astronomy or similar, then you can possibly find a use for more magnification. In mornings with my 17mm eyepiece I can resolve a 1/4" hole in a piece of paper at 600 yds. This is only 73x or 15x/in. Theoretically, with good seeing you might use up to 50x/in or 250x. So to achieve 250x you'd need a 5mm eyepiece or a 10mm eyepiece with a 2x barlow. High power and barlows work best with bright objects--the moon or planets, bright double stars, etc. I think the 8mm of the zoom will likely be all you'll ever need. OTOH, you might find using the zoom, or a longer focal length eyepiece, with the barlow to achieve higher magnification to be more comfortable. So yes, they will both work. they are both designed to work with a scope like this. But they might be overkill. --Jerry
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I really can't help with this. I did take a picture of the moon with my "point and shoot" camera by just pointing it through the eyepiece and it was quite successful. I think it is possible to buy attachments that will allow one to attach a DSLR in place of the eyepiece and take pictures, but I have never tried that - would need some research.
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a friend suggested the Fz70. He has a lot more experience than I do. I find it amazing! I can take hand held pictures of the moon and you can see all the craters and the mountains around the edges. Its a little slow for most of my work but Iif you want great close ups (I've taken images on pill bottles within an inch of the label) I don't think you can beat it even if you wanted to pay a lot more.