Lens advice for T4i/650D

I have a canon T4i body and i want to shoot the night sky and the stars. I do have a Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM II, which i have been using but i want to purchase another lens. So i need is some advice on a great lens to shoot with my T4i.

Thanks

I would go wider for sure. Like the 10-18 STM.

http://www.canonpricew​atch.com …4.5-5.6-IS-STM-price.html

Also, people here often sell theirs.

Here's one: https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1465220

sthayer5 wrote in post #18126783
I have a canon T4i body and i want to shoot the night sky and the stars. I do have a Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM II, which i have been using but i want to purchase another lens. So i need is some advice on a great lens to shoot with my T4i.

Thanks

Heya,

Well, there's a few ways to look at this. You could get a fast F2 or F2.8 lens, a prime, that is sharp wide open and fast aperture for night sky long exposure. $300~400 easy. Or, you could consider a tracker mount, around $300 or so, which will allow you to increase exposure time upwards of 4 minutes pretty easily, without trails, even with modest telephoto focal lengths, let alone wide angles, this way you can use all your lenses, not just fast ones, for the night sky & stars. It ultimately opens more doors.

If you just want a lens, take a look at the Rokinon 16mm F2 (this is for APS-C), its' really fast for what it is, and wide enough to get 30 seconds at F2. That extra stop of light is a big deal.

If you want to explore a tracker, look to the Sky-watcher Star Adventurer. Similar cost. But it allows you to do much longer exposures, lifting the need for high ISO and lifting the need for fast aperture, so you can have more fun with any lens basically. It can handle heavy payloads of big serious lenses too, let alone light weight wide stuff.

If you're really into the night sky, go with the tracker. It will serve you more and longer.

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I did similar with a T4i. I still use my T4i for astro. Here's the kind of results I was able to get, without much effort, using a tracker and any lens I pleased (these are all T4i):

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