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Moon today ...
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 4:32 am
by InTheSky
This is today early in the morning:
400mm x 2 :
And tonight :
Rising moon :
Wide angle :
And the kit

:
Frank
Re: Moon today ...
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 4:35 am
by InTheSky
This morning, I have also do a very quick movie, to show the angle of view a 800mm with the NEX 7. Even at this angle, the moon is still very small and move fast limiting the exposition for proper shot. There was a lot of interference in the air also (poor city air environment

).
VIDEO : http://vimeo.com/41641048
I think outside the city and with less clouds in the air, the resolution should be better with the NEX 7.
Frank
Re: Moon today ...
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:33 am
by Dr. Harout
I love the second shot.
Re: Moon today ...
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 10:45 am
by aster
Great moon shot, Frank.
Last night the Moon was extraordinarily big and red in Istanbul also. I didn't chance a shot because I knew that I wouldn't get such a good one.
Your set up looks heavy but productive...
Thanks for sharing,
Yildiz
Re: Moon today ...
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 12:45 pm
by mvanrheenen
I like the second and third shot most Frank, although I find the the reflection of the little colored lights in the second image to be a bit of a distraction. Very moody images though!
Mark
Re: Moon today ...
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 5:16 pm
by sury
Excellent Frank. I loved them all. Is the structure in the last shot (showing the kit) lit like that? Just curious.
Sury
Re: Moon today ...
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 6:17 pm
by Birma
Fabulous shots of the super moon Frank

Re: Moon today ...
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 1:02 am
by InTheSky
sury wrote:Excellent Frank. I loved them all. Is the structure in the last shot (showing the kit) lit like that? Just curious.
Sury
Yes, it is a church where they put blue spot light on it at night.
Frank
Re: Moon today ...
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 3:47 am
by Rhtubbs
I liked all these! But the first relly impressed me.
Is that a Minolta 400mm ?
Ron
Re: Moon today ...
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 3:55 am
by InTheSky
Rhtubbs wrote:I liked all these! But the first relly impressed me.
Is that a Minolta 400mm ?
Ron
Yes it is the 400mm f4.5 of Minolta with the 2x II converter @ ~F8. The Sony Nex adapter don't like the tele-converter so I'm using a manual control adapter for NEX mount but the aperture is on a scale from 1 to 8

.
The result should has been a bit better detail because there was some fog and light cloud in the air.
I'm thinking that it is probably less expensive to take a good mirror telescope with a t-mount adapter then using my current setup to get better result.
Regards,
Frank