Milky way photography - best lens to use

5 years 4 months ago #618052 by Mason Katz
I was doing some homework on shooting stars and Milky Way and came across article on Borrowed Lens website that listed these 4 lenses as best for shooting stars and Milky Way:
  • Rokinon 14mm 2.8 
  • Rokinon 24mm 1.4 
  • Rokinon 35mm 1.4 
  • Rokinon 85mm 1.4
I thought these were a bad lens to buy?   www.borrowlenses.com/blog/the-best-lense...-for-rokinon-primes/


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5 years 4 months ago #618087 by effron
Mixed reviews on Rokinon, my favorite (that I own) is the Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED.
"Best" is subjective, of course....

Why so serious?
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5 years 4 months ago #618294 by ThatNikonGuy
They're supposed to be very sharp from what I understand.  Downside is they are manual lenses.  


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5 years 4 months ago #618338 by fmw
The best lens would be the one you would use to photograph whatever is in the frame with the milky way.  As to Rokinon lenses, they are optically fine manual lenses.  I owned the 85mm f1.4.  It performed very well but was too big and heavy for me to carry around.


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5 years 4 months ago #618916 by Fess Walker
Sigma 10-20mm will work nicely on that camera of yours.  


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