So it looks like I’m going to be spending some time (up to six nights) up on top of Mauna Kea around the end of November/beginning of December timeframe. This is an extraordinarily rare opportunity, even for an observer working here! I’m thinking hard about what, if any, lenses I might want to rent to bring up with me for that week. My current loadout is:
Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G
Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G
Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Tamron 90mm f/2.8 (macro)
Vivitar (actually Tamron made) 28mm f/2.5
I was thinking about renting something wide and fast to do nice unguided wide-field astrophotos (really, I guess you’d call these astroscapes, since they’re landscapes with astro stuff above). My question(s) are:
1) How are these lenses (listed below)? Anybody have one/has used one?
Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G
Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G
Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D
2) What OTHER lenses (f-mount) should I be thinking about?
I was also thinking hard about a nice tripod, but I’d actually like to buy one of those. That’s contingent on budget, and if I do decide to go for one I’ll start another thread for discussions on that.