Here is to hope that more cameras will ad astronomy related features in the future.

I just got a 7-14 myself. Hope to use it in the morning.

This 645 lenses have always had great optics. I miss my Mamiya 645

@@TheNarrowbandChannel I was a Mamiya C330 shooter since 1971 . . . loved that camera. But the Pentax 645z, even with a pixel pitch of 5.39 to the latest Olympus 3.76 nm, is impressive. I resolved Saturn's rings with the 400mm f5.6 Pentax (don't recall if I had the 2X on it). The Nikon P1000 has a killer zoom. One day, will T-Mount the 645z to a telescope.

@Alis R Lenses make more of a difference it seems. Even with the finer pixel pitch on the Oly, and Zuiko optics, the Pentax lenses resolve better. I got a new 645z for $3000. At that price, I couldn't pass it up. And the legacy 645 lenses are dirt cheap.

I totally agree. The new Stary Night focusing is a really luxury though. Wish it worked with my ASI 1600MM though.

@@TheNarrowbandChannel Dont get me tempted to swap the mk2 with the mk3...

You know i have never modified one. Simply because i have dedicated mono ones so there is really little to no point.

Yes i covered that in my camera settings videos.

Excellent question Hans. So right now you cannot use a filter wheel. However the 1600mm comes with a filter adapter that can be placed over the front window. It allows you to put in a filter to capture say LRGB or SHO narrowband. The only downside to this is you have to remove the lens each time to change filters. This is not a limitation to just MFT though. Other lenses require the same treatment although I have seen some people retrofit EOS adapters to put a filter wheel in between. I have machining skills so I may in the future make a filter wheel of my own that will work with the MFT lenses..

@@TheNarrowbandChannel Are you sure about that? There are bundle sets one the ZWO homepage for the ASI1600MM Pro with two kinds of filter wheels, thus I had the impression that a setup with filters would be possible not only with a telescope but also camera lenses. At least there is a diagram on the product page that shows the necessary parts required for a filter wheel (EFW) setup with Canon EOS lenses. astronomy-imaging-camera.com/wp-content/uploads/20180131_100949_112.png I assumed that this should also be possible with MFT lenses but it would require either a differently designed filter wheel or an adapter to compensate for the difference in flange focal distance. (Basically a modified EOS-MFT adapter like you said or a filter wheel with integrated MFT adapter). Am I missing something? I own all Olympus MFT PRO prime lenses (f1.2 trinity, 8mm fisheye, 300/f4 and a Samyang 135/2.0) as well as a startracker and would like to get further into astrophotography. The obvious choice would be to use my existing lenses with a dedicated astro camera like the ASI1600 as I am not willing to get a telescope atm due to lack of space. Unfortunately I live in (rural) central Europe with medium light pollution everywhere which would require narrowband filters to get at least a chance for good results. The obvious solution would be a filter wheel with a cooled monochrome astrocamera and narrowband filters, and then maybe an upgrade for the mount and some guiding solution. I also looked at the STC clip-in filters but I have read mixed reviews about their impact on image quality. Do you have a final opinion on those? Unfortunately they cannot solve thermal noise on the Olympus bodies, thus we are at the ZWO camera with filter wheel again... MFT lenses that do not have a manual focus clutch mechanism are impossible to focus when paired with a ZWO astrocamera, did I understand that correct? This would mean that my Oly 8mm 1.8 would be incompatible (just like your 75/1.8). Do you have a website or something like an astrobin or Flickr profile with some sample pictures from an Olympus Pro lens + ASI1600 setup or in general some more Olympus / MFT astrophotography?

@@schbasdy Hans sounds like you are off to a good start. So to use filters with the 1600 without a filter wheel use the T2-1.25 Adapter that comes with each 1600. I will have to do a video on this soon. 1600-294-183冷冻包装清单11.jpg Using the 300f4 would be awesome. the only downside is changing filters. As for clip in filters the dual narrowband filter is probably the best but you need a modified camera too. I do not think modifying is worth it. STC filters are good but stars doe get a little bigger do to halos. I have a video on the STC filter.

Yes I did. The picture did appear in one of my video. You can also see all my photos on instagram. Grimstod is my handle.

Here you go. astronomy-imaging-camera.com/product/m43-adapter-for-asi1600

@@TheNarrowbandChannel - Thank you Ben! So I never knew this was possible - so how would you mount this combination? I'd love to use my 300 PRO and Rokinon 135 in a setup like this. Haven't yet purchased a dedicated astro camera, but would this enable me to use my Olympus lenses in place of a telescope?

@@blackice5649 They make a tripod ring sorta like what goes on a lot of larger telephoto lenses that fits around the round body of Zwo cameras.

Good question. Have both myself. The 75mm f1.8 needs to be stopped down to f2.8 to give you good stars. However the 40-150 needs to be stopped down to f4 at its wider and and probably f3.5 at 75mm. So really it comes down to is it wroth it to gain 50%.

I use the skywatcher adventurer pro. You can see the full setup in this video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbyEp7B40Z-9kmw.html

I believe you. With the old 43rds lenses this was true but with the MFT lenses just about all are electrical.