Category Archives: Canon 200mm prime lens

Altair (centre), Tarazed (with Barnard’s “E”) top and Alshain (bottom) – the main stars in Aquila. Imaged using the Canon 5D MkII and the Canon 200mm prime lens at f#4. ISO 400, 4-minute subs, 24 subs in total – 22/07/2014. … Continue reading →

A lot has happened since the last post on this topic. First off, I decided that rather than putting this lens on the mini-WASP array, I would piggy-back it on the C11 as I did originally.  Why?  Because otherwise I … Continue reading →

Beautiful clear Moonless sky last night and I took the last shots with the 200mm and M25C as I am so impressed by this lens that I will shift it to the mini-WASP top-plate and put an M26C on it. … Continue reading →

Got out on 23/11/2013 with the Canon 200mm prime lens and the 6-Megapixel M25C one-shot colour camera to do some imaging on the California nebula.  Managed 12 x 5-minute subs before the cloud came in.  Very pleased with the result … Continue reading →

I recently fitted the M25C 6-Megapixel one shot colour CCD to the Canon 200mm prime lens.  Took around an hour to flatten the chip to the lens using CCDInspector, but the time was worth it as I managed to end … Continue reading →

Two nights ago I got the last of four frames for a whole of Cassiopeia mosaic using the Canon 5D MkII and a 200mm lens.  You can see the result here

A beautiful clear Moonless night last night meant I was up imaging until 2:00 a.m. – ah the joys of deep-sky astrophotography. I put the M25C OSC on the back of the Canon 200mm prime lens set at f#4 and … Continue reading →

200mm Canon EF lens with Canon 5D MkII on a Paramount – no overkill there then 🙂