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A camera lens can obviously be adapted for any image sensor but going too far down that road is of questionable worth. Look around the suppliers; if there's a need for it then there must be something on the market.PhysicoRaj said:Is there an adapter that can fit a monochrome atsronomy camera to DSLR lenses directly?
A telescope OTA, is little more than a lens, a tube and a focus arrangement. The optical requirements are based on Astrophotography and not on general photography. A camera lens has an (auto) iris and a focussing arrangement (an internal motor perhaps) that is not intended for five minute exposures. Long lenses use telephoto optics which keep them short but involve several more elements. You are paying for stuff you don't need and you are not getting some of the things a regular scope can give you.
However, the quality of many good camera lenses (cheap and on the second hand market) will be a lot better than many entry level scopes.
One needs to ask oneself why nearly all the best astro images tend to be taken with scopes with large apertures and very simple lenses.