I was doing some idle poking around on ebay, KEH etc. for some wishlist
items and one thing that I'm actively looking for.  I figure that it's
worth mentioning them here in case anybody is looking to sell one of them,
or has some important advice about any of these.

The one thing that I'm actively looking for is an equatorial mount.  I'm
planning on heading out to visit my sister and catch the total eclipse in
April.  At the 2018 eclipse I just used a tripod and had to keep adjusting
it every few minutes to keep the sun in the frame.

There are a couple of lenses on my wishlist. I don't have an immediate
need for them, but they're always on the back of my mind and I could be
motivated by a particularly good deal.

85/1.4  I can find an FA* 85/1.4, with hood on ebay (from Japan) for $650,
which is about half of what a dfa 85/1.4 would cost, even used.  I love my
77/1.8 but when photographing musicians I always seem to want a bit more
reach and a bit more speed.

Sigma 18-35/1.8  Now that my K-3 III is my daily driver body, and my K-1
is my special purpose body, the 18-35 would be very handy for shooting
indoors and save me from swapping between my 20/1.8 and 31/1.8.

24-70/2.8  I've got the tamron 28-75/2.8 and it's a great fair weather
daily driver, but for foul weather I'm stuck with the 28-105 which is
generally fast enough for outdoors which is where I usually need weather
sealing.

A modern "long" lens.  My 50-500 bigma has given me many years of good
service, but its focus is a bit slow and a bit noisy.  There have been many
times that I've tried to photograph a critter and as soon as I tried to
autofocus the noise of the lens scared the beast away.

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On Dec 5, 2023, at 8:50 PM, Alan Cole wisselstroom8@gmail.com wrote:

Go for one of these:

https://aas.org/files/cfht_star_trails.jpg

Alan C

I was doing some idle poking around on ebay, KEH etc. for some wishlist items and one thing that I'm actively looking for.  I figure that it's worth mentioning them here in case anybody is looking to sell one of them, or has some important advice about any of these.

The one thing that I'm actively looking for is an equatorial mount.  I'm planning on heading out to visit my sister and catch the total eclipse in April.  At the 2018 eclipse I just used a tripod and had to keep adjusting it every few minutes to keep the sun in the frame.

There are a couple of lenses on my wishlist. I don't have an immediate need for them, but they're always on the back of my mind and I could be motivated by a particularly good deal.

85/1.4  I can find an FA* 85/1.4, with hood on ebay (from Japan) for $650, which is about half of what a dfa 85/1.4 would cost, even used.  I love my 77/1.8 but when photographing musicians I always seem to want a bit more reach and a bit more speed.

Sigma 18-35/1.8  Now that my K-3 III is my daily driver body, and my K-1 is my special purpose body, the 18-35 would be very handy for shooting indoors and save me from swapping between my 20/1.8 and 31/1.8.

24-70/2.8  I've got the tamron 28-75/2.8 and it's a great fair weather daily driver, but for foul weather I'm stuck with the 28-105 which is generally fast enough for outdoors which is where I usually need weather sealing.

A modern "long" lens.  My 50-500 bigma has given me many years of good service, but its focus is a bit slow and a bit noisy.  There have been many times that I've tried to photograph a critter and as soon as I tried to autofocus the noise of the lens scared the beast away.

It seems that the two most recommended for work with a DSLR are that one and the iOptron
https://www.ioptron.com/product-p/3550.htm

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Larry Colen
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