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<blockquote data-quote="Felisek" data-source="post: 354453" data-attributes="member: 23887">My old new 1000 mm lensI bought this lens to take pictures of the <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/115200520239414805236/albums/6057354890098439521?authkey=CMbpp4zt_eGe8AE" target="_blank">1999 total solar eclipse</a>. Since then, I moved several times, living in student and rented accommodation and moving countries as well. I left the lens behind, but after a while a couldn't find it, so I thought I lost it. However, to my surprise, after 15 years I found it in my Dad's old apartment (very well hidden).Here it is. Meet the MTO-11CA, a Russian 1000 mm, f/10 Maksutov-type mirror telescope. It's got a M42 mount, so I need to get an adapter, but it should work fine with my D7100. It's use it obviously limited. It is a manual focus lens with fixed aperture. I guess I can use it for astrophotography and take a few pictures of the moon. I don't envisage using it with wildlife <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />[ATTACH=full]112297[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]112298[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]112299[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felisek, post: 354453, member: 23887"] [b]My old new 1000 mm lens[/b] I bought this lens to take pictures of the [URL="https://plus.google.com/photos/115200520239414805236/albums/6057354890098439521?authkey=CMbpp4zt_eGe8AE"]1999 total solar eclipse[/URL]. Since then, I moved several times, living in student and rented accommodation and moving countries as well. I left the lens behind, but after a while a couldn't find it, so I thought I lost it. However, to my surprise, after 15 years I found it in my Dad's old apartment (very well hidden). Here it is. Meet the MTO-11CA, a Russian 1000 mm, f/10 Maksutov-type mirror telescope. It's got a M42 mount, so I need to get an adapter, but it should work fine with my D7100. It's use it obviously limited. It is a manual focus lens with fixed aperture. I guess I can use it for astrophotography and take a few pictures of the moon. I don't envisage using it with wildlife ;) [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]112297._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]112298._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]112299._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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