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     Glenn Tinkerer Username: Glenn Post Number: 798 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A |
If you are really into lunar photography I would suggest you put together a bit of specialised kit. This can be done for peanuts, even if one puts in a digital slr body to compliment traditional silver halide. Have a good look round for one of the 500mm/1000mm telephoto lenses that were very common when film was king. Although these lenses are all in the f8/f13 bracket, with a bit of specification and performance test research you will come up with a cracking lens for your needs. These lenses were all T mount and you can still get adapters to fit any slr. Compliment the lens/body with a really good tripod and you will be set up for life - add a proper tripod with equatorial drive and the world of astro-photography will open up for you. My personal choice is a f8/500mm mirror lens on a Nikon D3x - this is a top end lens well worth fitting to this camera and there is nothing wrong in mounting classic lenses on 'state of the art' bodies. As for landscapes - there is no specific focal length, but obviously large maximum apertures are not needed. When out in the country and not wanting to be cluttered up with kit, I normally use a Canon 35/105 f3.5 zoom for film work, or the equivalent Nikon short focal length zoom for digital. As Mark states above it really depends on what you want to achieve effect wise, I always like the ability to have a wide angle lens's viewpoint available. |