[APML] long fl camera lens recom?

[Alan Jones <ajones@apexsupply.com>]

Can anyone recommend a long (i.e. 400-600mm) camera lens that might be
suitable for wide-field AP?  There are some really inexpensive 500mm mirror
lenses made by Sigma/Vivitar or the 500mm/f8 Olympus mirror.  Would
something like this be a realistic alternative to scopes like the TV85 (for
AP only of course)?  It seems to me that the color correction and coma would
be much better with a camera lens in these focal lengths if AP was all you
were interested in vs. a $2,500 scope, field flattener, etc.  Or am I
totally off base here?

Thanks,
Alan





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