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Shooting the moon

Started Jul 21, 2018 | Discussions thread
tantalum181
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Re: Shooting the Moon with a 2X extender

DavidWright2010 wrote:

Again, I think that the 2X extender does not gain you any resolution, and the slower f/13 required makes for a noisier image.

Here's a comparison of your result (1200 mm f/13, 1/100th sec) on left, and my result ( 600 mm f/6.3, 1/125th sec) on right:

David

I agree, your result looks better. I will continue to work on technique and with and without the teleconverter. I could drive up to Mt St Helens and photograph at 4000+ feet of elevation, and very dark skies (and hope for clear skies).

Nice job finding an exact match!

bob

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