Is this lens good for star photography?
763258
One of the best, IMO. I have a few different ultra wides and this is the one I keep pulling out for my star photography and star trails.
223904
I would say its better suited for photography. That particular lens is very slow. Unless you're outside or lighting the subject, you'll have to bump the ISO of the camera.
1241574
I do not if this will help you. I use it for portraits, sports and landscapes. I did not have any problems with it. I use it sometimes with my outside toddler portraits. It is not my main lens for portraits. I usually use my 50mm or 28-135mm.
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I really don't know. A faster wide angle lens may be better for that use. It has all of the distortion of a real fisheye, so your images would have that issue. If you're shooting artistically, no problem, but for scientific use, it may well have too much fisheye distortion. It's not particularly fast so you'd have the issue of star trails unless you shot at a high ISO (which you could with your OM-D). It's a good fisheye lens, not a toy, but I'd hate to recommend it for scientific purposes. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
1324234
Hi Brian....I have used the SLY358C for both star trails as well as All Sky Photography, meteor showers, and the Lunar Eclipse. It works perfectly for these uses though I might go with longer focal length and smaller F ration next time I purchase a lens.
466912
Definitely. I bought this lens with that in mind and is very pleased. It takes wonderful pictures with low light and gives you good control over the focus of the image.
1613713
Yes, most definitely. And I was skeptical about the quality of this lens. I was absolutely amazed! I received the lens the day before the full moon in August, known as the 'SuperMoon'. I compared pix from my 300 mm Canon 'L' lens with this lens and it blew the 'L' away. Could see the mountains on the edges if the pix. It takes some care and you loose all the automatic functions and no ability to adjust the apature. I tried a bunch of exposure settings and now know about what I need. I would highly recommend this lens but be aware there are lots of compromises. For example I used the delay shutter function as I was getting too much 'shake' by just pressing the trigger. Good Luck!!!!
1051041
yes! I used this lens for a graduate school project. I had to take pictures of various items at different distances and this lens worked the best. It is a workhorse and would be my choice!
2272800
I used this mainly for street photography. I used it with a 60d. I like it because it's a very fast lens. This is also my go-to lens for vacation. I won't be able to give you an honest opinion on Northern lights.
1414088
I have used mine for astrophotography but it is on the slow end if what is possible. For occasional use it is fine, but if this will be its main use you may well get frustrated. How well does your camera handle noise at high ISO? I don't think 1/3 stop should make enough difference for you to change your mind if this is the lens you prefer. It is very light and the IQ on full frame is fantastic. I have since bought a 24 - 70 f2.8 and despite the longer focal length I use this at night for the extra speed. So for dedicated astrophotography lens consider something faster. For occasional use it will do the job.
725861
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.
464338
Absolutely! It's a great focal length for portraits, and great Bokeh. Take a look at KenRockwell, dot com he has a review and a sample portrait shot, Bokeh and all...
387101
This is a matter of personal choice, and finances....the Canon lens is about twice the price of the Sigma. You gain a stop of light. I use this lens for portraits, and get spectacular results. The bokeh is beautiful. However, at 1.4, it is entirely possible to lose focus on the subject's back eye. I did use it for an event, too....and opened it all the way up....beautiful shots.
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I'm thinking of getting this lens to take pictures of a performance in a theatre, so low light and no flash. I have a canon rebel xsi and need to know if this will help and what kind of settings I should use. Don't know much about photography...I always use the auto sesttings which generally work great but I want to capture the great moments of my little dancer. Thanks
1530821
I use this lens to shoot sports photography and it's a sharp lens. You should have no issues shooting portraits
626722
It's a very good low light lens, however if you use a F/2.8 aperture be very careful with your depth of field. Depth of field is very shallow with that large aperture. Stop it down to f/4 or more if possible.
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I'm also a star gazer and, yes, the quality does translate to astronomy. Just know it will be limited by the 50mm light gathering power; given good, dark sky conditions, it will detect the brighter fuzzy M-objects (though small in the 10x power of the bino).