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  • It does the job, but this lens is right at the limit of what it can do, especially with the guide scope as well. I also have the counterweight kit.

    It’s not super precise, some adjustments have a bit of play so it takes some finessing but it can produce pretty good results.

    I haven’t looked into is there’s something better out there now however.




  • Yeah, it can be pretty expensive. Some tips:

    • figure out if you want a photography kit you can also use for astrophotography or something more dedicated to astrophotography like a telescope you can put a camera in.
    • camera equipment is a lot cheaper used.
    • A lot of deep space objects are most visible in infrared, a camera without IR filter can capture this but wont be much use for anything else.
    • the old astrophotography reddit is a great place to learn about equipment tradeoffs as all photos are posted with equipment details. Makes it easier to learn what you can realistically capture and what requires 10x your budget.