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Nov 19, 2012 20:31:23 #
Nov 19, 2012 20:37:05 #
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The detial in your image is superb. What camera & lens?
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The detial in your image is superb. What camera & lens?
Nov 19, 2012 20:51:10 #
Thanks! It's a Canon 60D connected directly to a 150 mm reflector telescope, in effect using it as a prime lens. Quite a lot of fun to use.
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Nov 20, 2012 13:09:55 #
Straight Shooter wrote:
Thanks! It's a Canon 60D connected directly to a 150 mm reflector telescope, in effect using it as a prime lens. Quite a lot of fun to use.
I take it the 150mm figure used to describe the reflector telescope is a "different" scale from a 150mm figure if used to describe a camera lens? That's a beautiful moon shot! Could you elaborate on the 150 mm please?
Nov 20, 2012 13:57:42 #
I should have posted this in the astrophotography section - sorry about that, I'm a newby. But to answer your question, yes, you are right. With a telescope, 150mm refers to the size (diameter) of the tube - the opening, or light-gathering capacity (as with spotting scopes). Nothing to do with the focal length. I think the focal length of this telescope is 750 mm (not huge as telescopes go). So with the crop factor of the camera, that puts it in the range of about a 1000 mm telephoto lens equivalent. The image is fairly heavily cropped, by the way. The settings were ISO 100, 1/200th, manual mode - arrived at by trial and error.
Thanks for looking!
Thanks for looking!
Nov 20, 2012 14:41:01 #
Nov 21, 2012 21:53:09 #
Straight Shooter wrote:
A moonshot from this evening.
My shots. Having trouble with my tripod, tho'. I have a joystick ball head and it doesn't give me the range I need to tilt the camer up toward the moon. Is there a better ball head/tripod combo? I use Manfroto 322RC2 on a Manfroto 055 tripod.
Nov 22, 2012 10:22:22 #
Thanks Robbie!
Dellen...: how did you manage to get the moon with a background of stars? I don't recall seeing that before. Re. tripod: have you considered a gimbal head? The bees knees for birding, but I don't know how it would work out celestial work.
Dellen...: how did you manage to get the moon with a background of stars? I don't recall seeing that before. Re. tripod: have you considered a gimbal head? The bees knees for birding, but I don't know how it would work out celestial work.
Nov 22, 2012 11:32:57 #
Straight Shooter wrote:
Thanks Robbie!
Dellen...: how did you manage to get the moon with a background of stars? I don't recall seeing that before. Re. tripod: have you considered a gimbal head? The bees knees for birding, but I don't know how it would work out celestial work.
Dellen...: how did you manage to get the moon with a background of stars? I don't recall seeing that before. Re. tripod: have you considered a gimbal head? The bees knees for birding, but I don't know how it would work out celestial work.
I will check the Gimbal out,...thanks so much! As for the stars, that was a "surprise" for me! I live in Texas -- in a suburb of Dallas that is a little remote -- not as much light around. I've never tried to shoot the moon at that phase. When I did PP, i noted that I was able to adjust so that the stars showed up. Way cool! I'll probably never be able to replicate it! :-)
Nov 27, 2012 07:18:50 #
Straight Shooter wrote:
A moonshot from this evening.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Nov 27, 2012 13:59:31 #
Straight Shooter wrote:
Thanks Robbie!
Dellen...: how did you manage to get the moon with a background of stars? I don't recall seeing that before.
Dellen...: how did you manage to get the moon with a background of stars? I don't recall seeing that before.
Don't think that those are actually stars as stars would not be visible behind the shadowed portion of the moon!
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Nov 27, 2012 21:40:27 #
Wahawk wrote:
Don't think that those are actually stars as stars would not be visible behind the shadowed portion of the moon!
Straight Shooter wrote:
Thanks Robbie!
Dellen...: how did you manage to get the moon with a background of stars? I don't recall seeing that before.
Dellen...: how did you manage to get the moon with a background of stars? I don't recall seeing that before.
Don't think that those are actually stars as stars would not be visible behind the shadowed portion of the moon!
Beats me how it happened. All I know is that depending on how I adjust the exposure, they show up in all of my shots from that one night. Never happend before. Instead of shooting at a slight tilt, I was shooting almost straight up with my assistant (. If anyone can explain it for me, please do! :-) Now I'm intrigued! :-)
Nov 27, 2012 21:41:20 #
dellenthompson wrote:
quote=Wahawk quote=Straight Shooter Thanks Robbi... (show quote)
My assistant is my mom. I think I'm her entertainment. :-)
Nov 27, 2012 21:48:28 #
Maybe dust or smoke in the air?? Especially if only from that night?
My other thought is something on the front of the lens??? But something on the lens wouldn't be that defined. I am thinking something in the atmosphere like dust or smoke particles between the earth and the moon.
My other thought is something on the front of the lens??? But something on the lens wouldn't be that defined. I am thinking something in the atmosphere like dust or smoke particles between the earth and the moon.
Nov 27, 2012 22:11:00 #
Wahawk wrote:
Maybe dust or smoke in the air?? Especially if only from that night?
My other thought is something on the front of the lens??? But something on the lens wouldn't be that defined. I am thinking something in the atmosphere like dust or smoke particles between the earth and the moon.
My other thought is something on the front of the lens??? But something on the lens wouldn't be that defined. I am thinking something in the atmosphere like dust or smoke particles between the earth and the moon.
Makes sense! My sinuses have been wicked bad!
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