Moon today ...

[InTheSky]

This is today early in the morning:

400mm x 2 :

And tonight :

Rising moon :

Wide angle :

And the kit :

Frank

[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

[Dr. Harout]

I love the second shot.

[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

[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

[sury]

Excellent Frank. I loved them all. Is the structure in the last shot (showing the kit) lit like that? Just curious.

Sury

[Birma]

Fabulous shots of the super moon Frank

[InTheSky]

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

[Rhtubbs]

I liked all these! But the first relly impressed me.
Is that a Minolta 400mm ?

Ron

[InTheSky]

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