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Originally Posted by Plossl68
Hi Joe,
I’m embarrassed to admit this but……
The last time I used the lens was on the beach. To protect it from any mist fogging it, I’d bought an inexpensive UV filter to screw on the front. Problem was that I forgot to remove the filter before packing it away. So, when I pulled it out in the dark at Daylesford 3 months later I didn’t even see the filter was still screwed on. I took some test shots and noticed some slight star shape issues. To try and improve things I stopped it down and ran my sequence. It was only when I was packing up the next morning that I saw the filter was still in place.
Lots of cursing, but I only have myself to blame.
Cheers,
Paul
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Hi Paul,
Don't be embarrassed. We all have our moments. I certainly have.
Going back 45 years to 1979, a friend of mine was using a Unitron 60mm refractor with manual slow motion controls to hand guide a film SLR with 50mm lens. In freezing cold conditions at a winter astrocamp at Cottonvale, near Stanthorpe, he painstakingly turned that slow motion control following that star on the eyepiece crosshairs for 60 minutes. At the end of the exposure, he released the cable release but didn't hear the shutter close. When he checked, the shutter speed was set to 125th of a second.
Before I moved here, I used to observe and photograph from a friends property north of Yass, 1 hrs drive from my home in Canberra. On various occasions I drove out there and arrived to find:-
1. No power supply cable to connect power to the mount
2. No key to the roof boot where the mounts tripod was stowed
3. Had key to the roof boot where the mounts tripod was stowed but grit in the lock and couldn't open it. Didn't have any silcon lube spray.
4. Arrived to find I left battery on charger in Canberra. Property is remote and I didn't like running scope off the car battery. Compact hatch with small battery.
5. No eyepieces
6. No camera battery
and so on.
The really great thing about having backyard Bortle 1/2 is that I can't forget anything at home.
I didn't ask to embarrass you, I only asked you to see if you had a really bad version of the lens. If so, it would be the first I'd heard of. Every person I know who has bought one, has been stoked with the lens quality.
Cheers
Joe