Another of those 'My very first pics.'

[RAJAH235]

Hi guys. These are the very first pics. taken thru my DOB, tonight at 6.30 pm. (Ripley's)?
Shot with Canon A75, afocal, handheld, thru an MA 18mm, with .96ND moon filter, 63 x mag, 1/60 @ f6.3. Manual settings. Some of the others didn't come out so good. Tried 1 or 2 more with 15 mm S/P & 2 x barlow,(150 x), 1/125 @ f4. Not sure about these. Just caught the edge of the FOV. Thoughts/comments? :D L.

[acropolite]

Nice shots Laurie, I like the middle one best, sharp and lots of detail.:D

[[1ponders]]

Welcome to the club first old timer :) Glad to have ya with us. I really like that middle on. very nice and clean and clear. :thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

:thumbsup: Yay, way to go Laurie. Now you can get hooked like me! That middle one IS a corker :2thumbs:

[RAJAH235]

Thanks guys. Didn't realise how 'EASY' this Astrophotography is!!!!!!!!! Just point & shoot.:P :P I got 3 or 4 reasonable shots after nearly an 1 1/2hrs. in the cold night air. Blokes gotta be nuts! :D L.

[ballaratdragons]

WHAT!!!!

One and a half hours to take a photo of a Moon poster stuck on a wall! Gee Laurie, bit slow.

[RAJAH235]

Aww gee, Ken. I had to get the lighting JUST right, didn't I? :P :D L.

[cahullian]

nice one Raj the last one looks like my old girlfriend he he she was cold and frustrating too.
The middle shot is a smasher you should safe it as your wallpaper : )

[Dennis]

Hello, Rajah

Nice images. The first one has 3 of my favourite craters, Tycho, Gassendi and Copernicus. The 3rd shot shows Sinus Iridium and Mare Imbrium with a good shot of the crater Euler. I used to avoid the Moon until I got my Meade LPI and now it’s like an old friend who has returned from the wilderness.

Cheers

Dennis

[RAJAH235]

Thanks for all the kind comments, guys. As I said, I wasn't sure if the 'barlowed' ones would work. But they seem to come out reasonably well. Now all I have to do is make a camera/focuser attachment. I don't plan on going the 'whole hog' just yet. Will start slowly methinks. Oh, BTW, I asked this in another post, but if you set the camera to video/multi-image mode can you get reasonable pics.? Or does quality etc etc suffer? I think I'll re-read Mike's instructions again. Ta again.
Regards, L. :D

[ballaratdragons]

Laurie,

I don't think you can save/post pics from video on a digital camera????

Mine won't. Maybe some can.

[[1ponders]]

You could probably registax them though Ken.

[RAJAH235]

Thanks guys. In multi-image mode I can take a series of shots, until the 256/512 meg card fills up. Can these be utilised/stacked or whatever? Might try one night. What prog. to process? Regards, L. :D

[iceman]

Yes Laurie, as I said in the other post, I use the "burst" mode of the camera to take a series of 5 shots in quick succession. I can then use those to pick the sharpest, or if they're all good, stack them in registax.

[RAJAH235]

Ta, Mike. :thumbsup: :D L.