Samyang is teasing two lenses for astrophotography coming this month, as spotted by SonyAlphaRumors.
I am very interested to see if it’s something faster than the Samyang 12mmF2, a lens that served me very well, but if they’d give me a f/1.4 version I’d jump on it right away.
Samyang lenses for Fujifilm can be found at BHphoto here, AmazonUS here and Adorama here.
I have received an email from a fellow member of our Fujifilm Astrophography facebook group, which said:
I was thinking you could perhaps share some of the pics taken on the FB group “Astrophotography with Fujifilm” that you manage. Lots of awesome pictures there! We often hear you need an expensive full frame camera or big telescope, but that’s just wrong, as this group suggests.
That would be great to attract more Fuji shooters to this group, it’s a very nice community where we help each other and learn from our experiences.
Astro can be daunting for the newbie, but it shouldn’t. Also, there aren’t a lot of Fuji shooters in the astro community, so I’m sure it could spread the virus — the good one!
Oh well, here it is.
Have fun and may this post inspire you to try your luck with the stars, too :).
Al Espinosa, member of our 32,000+ strong Fujifilm X-T group, shared a review of the new STC Optic Clip-in filters here on the group.
Since not all FR-readers are not facebook, I asked Al for permission to share on FujiRumors, and he said that’s fine, so here is what he thinks about the new STC optics clip filter.
by Al Espinosa – check out his instagram page
The STC Optics Clip Filters for Fujifilm are finally available for purchase at the STC Optics shop here, and they come with an exclusive deal the FujiRumors community.
If you buy a STC Optics clip filter, just use coupon code “FUJIRUMORS.COM” and you will get a free stackable aerospace-grade metal clip filter case.
The deal ends July 28. Usage limit per user: 1
Read all instructions to get the deal in this STC article.
The Fujifilm X system clip filter currently provides 11 filter functions. Actually, it should have 12 but the UV-IR CUT of infrared 650nm is not ready yet, so if you guys need it, you can send an inquiry to STC Optics.
STC Optics told me, that the Clip filters for Fujifilm GFX will ready in September and be compatible with GFX50S, GFX50R and GFX100.
STC Optics, an Asian brand that manufactures various kinds of filters, said that clip-in filters for Fujifilm X series cameras are “coming soon“. In the video above they also show a clip filter for GFX, but so far no indications about it on their website.
As far as I know, STC Optics would be the first brand to release such filters for Fujifilm cameras. Other well known brands include Astro Hutech and Astronomik.
The fact that you attach the filter in front of the sensor instead of on in front of the lens, gives several advantages:
STC Optics offers ND 16, 64, 400 and 1000.
Clip-in filters are very popular in the astrophotography community, especially light pollution and narrow-band filters, because they can work with both camera lenses and telescopes.
This is a good news for Fujifilm users, because Fujifilm cameras are very good for astro work, due to their superior sensitivity to some wavelengths (like hydrogen alpha, that most of the nebulae are made of) and good ISO performances.
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thanks to the FR-reader for the information about these filters
