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Using a Combination of recourses between myself and my Dad we were able to come up with this. It was having to manual focus and was finding it tough but I'm fairly happy with the result

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JStreeter said:
Great shot, with the x2 and manual focus must have been hard to do,
im going to take some moon shots in a minute with my sigma
70-300mm. not quite the same reach as 800mm but I get quite good
results.
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Jason
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Fantastic moon , best ive seen so far ,

Great work

Jules

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Here is one with a preset maunal 500mm F8.


[email protected] said:
Using a Combination of recourses between myself and my Dad we were
able to come up with this. It was having to manual focus and was
finding it tough but I'm fairly happy with the result

Digital Rebel
100-400 IS L @400
2X Extender

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Alan
http://homepage.mac.com/halfmac/
Sony P51, F707, Canon DRebel
 
JStreeter said:
Taken 5 minutes ago at

300mm
iso 100
f5.6
1/200

With Sigma 70-300mm APO MS II hand held.
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JStreeter said:
http://www.pbase.com/jstreeter

Jason
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Nice shot Jason!

may i suggest you also try shooting some at F11 and with a tripod. i say this because with a long focal length like you are using, you really need a faster shutter speed to properly do a handheld shot. since this is not possible at F11 (or F5.6), using a tripod for the shot will help.

anyways, just a suggestion.

here is one from my gallery taken with a 70-200 F4L and tripod:

http://www.pbase.com/image/24029933

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Paul

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From an Olympus C750 on a tripod at F8



And with a 1.45x Teleconverter lens on the C750



Those are both 100% crops.

I need to get out and shoot the moon with my SD10 with the 100/300mm
F4.0 EX Lens + 1.4 EX Teleconverter.

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I am not a Professional but I did stay at Holiday Inn!
Please take a look at my gallery! :)
http://www.westol.com/~brettd/sd10/gallery/
 
I'm still trying to perfect moonshots with the Sigma 600 F8 mirror - tricky to focus but great reach for the buck.

Here's the latest try - see what you think


Brett DiMichele said:
From an Olympus C750 on a tripod at F8



And with a 1.45x Teleconverter lens on the C750



Those are both 100% crops.

I need to get out and shoot the moon with my SD10 with the 100/300mm
F4.0 EX Lens + 1.4 EX Teleconverter.

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I am not a Professional but I did stay at Holiday Inn!
Please take a look at my gallery! :)
http://www.westol.com/~brettd/sd10/gallery/
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Merv,

Looks pretty good to me! Focus at such a distance isn't easy.. I am still
amazed I was able to do it with a consumer camera with a tiny electronic
view finder and the absolute worst "Manual" focus I have ever seen! :)
MervM said:
  • tricky to focus but great reach for the buck.
Here's the latest try - see what you think


Brett DiMichele said:
From an Olympus C750 on a tripod at F8



And with a 1.45x Teleconverter lens on the C750



Those are both 100% crops.

I need to get out and shoot the moon with my SD10 with the 100/300mm
F4.0 EX Lens + 1.4 EX Teleconverter.

--



I am not a Professional but I did stay at Holiday Inn!
Please take a look at my gallery! :)
http://www.westol.com/~brettd/sd10/gallery/
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I am not a Professional but I did stay at Holiday Inn!
Please take a look at my gallery! :)
http://www.westol.com/~brettd/sd10/gallery/
 
Meade Etx 90.

at 1250mm f13.5


[email protected] said:
Using a Combination of recourses between myself and my Dad we were
able to come up with this. It was having to manual focus and was
finding it tough but I'm fairly happy with the result

Digital Rebel
100-400 IS L @400
2X Extender

Click to expand...
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'Juggling is a metaphor for life.. Each ball represents one of life's concerns and the goal is to give each the appropriate amount of individual attention while simultaneously watching and guiding all the others. Life is about balance and staying quick and alert as everything threatens to spin out of control' from Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
 
JStreeter said:
Thanks for the tips, you have a great gallery , lots of wow shots.

I only have a old cheap tripod at the moment, which I havnt had
good results with ( too light ) so I may make a solid one my next
purchase.

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http://www.pbase.com/jstreeter

Jason
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Hi Jason,

thanks for your kind comments. a decent tripod will pay off for you down the road. it will be great for any long night exposures or anytime you need to use a long focal length lens with a slower shutter speed. the general rule of thumb is to use a 1/focal length rule for handheld shots.

so if you have a 300mm lens, you would like to have a minimum shutter speed of 1/300 for a handheld shot to help eliminate camera shake. and frankly, you would probably even want to have double that (say close to 1/600 for a 300mm lens) to guarantee there will be no camera shake on handheld shots.

and with the D Rebel, you can safely increase the ISO to up your shutter speed into that range. that is how i got those handheld hummingbird portraits on my site.

anyways, you did great with your shot and i look forward to seeing more soon.

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Paul

http://www.pbase.com/sdpaul
 
hi Paul thanks!

Yes it is prime focus, but I've found it extremely difficult to focus.. I haven't tried the eyepiece projection, but I hope I got decent results with it.

Your pictures are awesome!

Hmm, saturn must be up above somewhere in the west, let me try to shoot :)

10' LX200GPS ? wow, I'd like to see the pictures..

best regards
SDPaul said:
Nice shot Juggler!

was that prime focus?

it is always nice to meet a fellow ETXer. :-)

i have a gallery of my ETX shots here:

http://www.pbase.com/sdpaul/etx_astro_telescope_g3

my first D Rebel astro shots are here:

http://www.pbase.com/sdpaul/digital_rebel_astro

and i just got a 10" LX200GPS-SMT and will be posting some shots
just as soon as this darned cloud cover goes away! LOL

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Paul

http://www.pbase.com/sdpaul
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'Juggling is a metaphor for life.. Each ball represents one of life's concerns and the goal is to give each the appropriate amount of individual attention while simultaneously watching and guiding all the others. Life is about balance and staying quick and alert as everything threatens to spin out of control' from Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
 
Juggler said:
hi Paul thanks!

Yes it is prime focus, but I've found it extremely difficult to
focus.. I haven't tried the eyepiece projection, but I hope I got
decent results with it.

Your pictures are awesome!

Hmm, saturn must be up above somewhere in the west, let me try to
shoot :)

10' LX200GPS ? wow, I'd like to see the pictures..

best regards
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Hi Juggler,

thanks for the nice words. :-)

yeah the 10" makes my ETX 90 look like a toy...LOL but the ETX is still a great little scope. i was able to take it out the other night and get some shots of Mercury before it set in the west.

what you might want to get is the "Canon Angle Finder C". it sells for $175 at B&H.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=183200&is=REG

unfortunately, it is out of stock now. :-(

but i have it, and with its 2.5x magnification, it can help with focusing and you also won't get such a neck ache either.

i have the off-axis guider and all the stuff i need to do prime focus with the 10". now all i need is some time and clear skies to test it. can't wait!

Clear skies,
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Paul

http://www.pbase.com/sdpaul
 
Another thing to buy... :)

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'Juggling is a metaphor for life.. Each ball represents one of life's concerns and the goal is to give each the appropriate amount of individual attention while simultaneously watching and guiding all the others. Life is about balance and staying quick and alert as everything threatens to spin out of control' from Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
 
Did you really take these pictures of the planets and moon or did you download them? If you really did take these then I would like to know because I am seriously interested in buying a telescope but I do not want to waste my time or money if I am not going to see simmilar images that you seen. Did you really see those images through your scope? It is not that I dont believe you, those look mch like something from tv or from an astronemy book. Any input would be great. If you did indeed see these exact things then wow, those are great. You can email me if you do not want to talk on here. I am very interested in getting into this. thanks
SDPaul said:
Nice shot Juggler!

was that prime focus?

it is always nice to meet a fellow ETXer. :-)

i have a gallery of my ETX shots here:

http://www.pbase.com/sdpaul/etx_astro_telescope_g3

my first D Rebel astro shots are here:

http://www.pbase.com/sdpaul/digital_rebel_astro

and i just got a 10" LX200GPS-SMT and will be posting some shots
just as soon as this darned cloud cover goes away! LOL

--
Paul

http://www.pbase.com/sdpaul
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Nicholas Ryan said:
Did you really take these pictures of the planets and moon or did
you download them? If you really did take these then I would like
to know because I am seriously interested in buying a telescope but
I do not want to waste my time or money if I am not going to see
simmilar images that you seen. Did you really see those images
through your scope? It is not that I dont believe you, those look
mch like something from tv or from an astronemy book. Any input
would be great. If you did indeed see these exact things then wow,
those are great. You can email me if you do not want to talk on
here. I am very interested in getting into this. thanks
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Hi Nicholas,

yes, i shot all of those images. and yes it is possible to do on even a small telescope like the ETX 90. but, it is not easy to do. it takes a lot of time, practice, imaging skill, and processing skill to achieve nice looking images.

it sounds to me like your expectations are a bit too high. you will not see the richness of most deep sky objects or planets just by looking at them through the scope. but your camera will allow you to take longer duration shots which can then be assembled into what you see in my gallery. and with planets, it takes many images stacked and processed together to achieve a nice image.

a good website for you to visit would be Mike Weasner's Mighty ETX site:

http://www.weasner.com/etx/menu.html

there you can see all sorts of examples of astrophotography through small telescopes and also learn about the telescopes themselves and what to expect. please keep in mind that there is a steep learning curve with telescopes and astrophotography so patience will serve you best.

thank you for your comments and good luck,
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Paul

http://www.pbase.com/sdpaul
 
well thank you very much for the feedback. I am willing to learn and I am willing to take the time to do this. I think I will check the site out and buy some books. Give me 6 months or more to practice and then I will get back to you with what I found and what I did. Your pictures inspired me and I think I found somethingnew that I need to try and conquer. Thanks again for getting back to me. Greatly appreciated.
SDPaul said:
Nicholas Ryan said:
Did you really take these pictures of the planets and moon or did
you download them? If you really did take these then I would like
to know because I am seriously interested in buying a telescope but
I do not want to waste my time or money if I am not going to see
simmilar images that you seen. Did you really see those images
through your scope? It is not that I dont believe you, those look
mch like something from tv or from an astronemy book. Any input
would be great. If you did indeed see these exact things then wow,
those are great. You can email me if you do not want to talk on
here. I am very interested in getting into this. thanks
Click to expand...
Hi Nicholas,

yes, i shot all of those images. and yes it is possible to do on
even a small telescope like the ETX 90. but, it is not easy to do.
it takes a lot of time, practice, imaging skill, and processing
skill to achieve nice looking images.

it sounds to me like your expectations are a bit too high. you will
not see the richness of most deep sky objects or planets just by
looking at them through the scope. but your camera will allow you
to take longer duration shots which can then be assembled into what
you see in my gallery. and with planets, it takes many images
stacked and processed together to achieve a nice image.

a good website for you to visit would be Mike Weasner's Mighty ETX
site:

http://www.weasner.com/etx/menu.html

there you can see all sorts of examples of astrophotography through
small telescopes and also learn about the telescopes themselves and
what to expect. please keep in mind that there is a steep learning
curve with telescopes and astrophotography so patience will serve
you best.

thank you for your comments and good luck,
--
Paul

http://www.pbase.com/sdpaul
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