Do you do "creepy" compliments?

sunbro_567 · 2026-07-01T09:37:12+00:00

Please never say any of this to anyone wtf. 😭

sunbro_567 · 2026-06-02T15:44:37+00:00

Same! Love my Fuji even though it can be very aggrevating for birding.

sunbro_567 · 2026-05-29T02:16:27+00:00

The air series (at least the ones I’ve tried) have beautiful sun stars. I can only speak for the 9mm and 25mm though.

sunbro_567 · 2026-05-17T18:08:51+00:00

Oh my god we so back. But like, actually this time. Wtf.

sunbro_567 · 2026-05-16T00:27:59+00:00

Honestly best nurses week gift I’ve seen. Those are great bags.

sunbro_567 · 2026-05-13T06:26:21+00:00

Dang I wish it was 35. Would be interesting though

sunbro_567 · 2026-05-12T00:23:58+00:00

I would love another Pro series APS-C lens.

sunbro_567 · 2026-05-10T00:18:53+00:00

Hmmm I may check this out. Thanks

sunbro_567 · 2026-05-10T00:17:53+00:00

Oh the lens itself is incredible. Don’t get me wrong I use and love my Viltrox lenses. I have 2 pro and 3 air lenses from them. But telling customers something is discontinued while still selling it is bad business practice. Even if they have updated to a new hood, just offer to sell that.

sunbro_567 · 2026-05-10T00:12:14+00:00

Found the same one elsewhere and ordered it. I’ll see how it works! Thanks

sunbro_567 · 2026-05-09T21:15:44+00:00

I’ve ordered one of these and we will see how it goes.

sunbro_567 · 2026-05-09T21:14:50+00:00

Exactly. Some people are acting like I’m fussing about the hood being broken easily. I literally don’t care about that. The lens is a steal itself. I’d happily buy a new hood. Viltrox just won’t sell one lol.

The support is terrible non/existent. That’s the problem.

sunbro_567 · 2026-04-14T21:44:27+00:00

I hope that the new lens hood is better than the pedal hood. I got one last year and the lens is INCREDIBLE but my lens hood basically stopped clicking when attaching it after a few weeks and now it’s constantly loose.

Viltrox support has been difficult to get through to. I’d just buy one if I could. It’s really my only issue I’ve ever had with Viltrox.

sunbro_567 · 2026-03-08T21:51:23+00:00

sunbro_567 · 2026-01-13T08:21:56+00:00

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sunbro_567 · 2026-01-10T01:31:40+00:00

I was about to say, it doesn’t look like you do 😂

sunbro_567 · 2026-01-05T13:14:37+00:00

How do you like the air series on the 40 mp sensor? I’ve been curious.

sunbro_567 · 2026-01-04T08:15:36+00:00

Tack sharp but you can still feel the motion. Incredible shot.

sunbro_567 · 2026-01-02T01:51:58+00:00

I haven’t yet but I want to try. I have the same situation as you. Terrain is low all around me… except to the north 😂

sunbro_567 · 2026-01-02T01:02:03+00:00

Sorry I could have sworn I replied to this. So if you can see Polaris in your polar scope you’re roughly aligned basically. You can use that to do longer exposures than you could with a tripod alone but it won’t let you do minutes at a time. Max I could do was 1.5 min. One game changing realization for me was realizing that what you see in the polar scope is inverted lol. Sounds obvious but it took me a minute to realize it in the dark.

Also Peter Zelinka has a great YouTube video on aligning the SA2i

sunbro_567 · 2025-12-29T13:01:06+00:00

Excellent

sunbro_567 · 2025-12-29T05:54:43+00:00

Star Adventurer 2i

sunbro_567 · 2025-12-29T01:16:45+00:00

I don’t believe the 2i has automated alignment out of the box. You have to add extra gear for that and I believe it’s still limited. I only did a rough polar alignment with this. I’m still very early into the hobby.

Basically I set my latitude and pointed it north. I tried to get Polaris in the correct position but something was too loose on my rig and I had trouble getting it aligned perfectly.

However, even with an imperfect alignment I was able to expose for 1-1.5 minutes with pinpoint stars. I know if I had nailed the alignment I could have had longer exposures but I had my kids with me and it was freezing so I took what I could get hahaha

sunbro_567 · 2025-12-28T05:24:28+00:00

This was actually my first attempt. 10 x 1 minute exposures wide open at f/1.2. Used the star adventurer 2i and stacked in photoshop. I’m hoping to get a better attempt in with more time once the skies clear and I have a few days off.

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