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Baron von Richthofen
08-08-2009, 02:31 PM
What would be the magnification required to fill a 35mm film of the moon?:hi:

Barrykgerdes
08-08-2009, 02:57 PM
That's an interesting thought.
I think you will get an almost full photo of the moon on 35mm film in a camera with a 1000 mm focal length lens. I took photos of an eclipse years ago and I think I used the 1000 mm lens.

Barry

Baron von Richthofen
08-08-2009, 03:03 PM
I have tried 1000mm, the image is still quite small, 1000mm gives you a mag of only 20

Baron von Richthofen
08-08-2009, 03:41 PM
I worked out that it would require a mag of 57 to fill the 35mm film that is a 2700mm lens on a 35mm camera
That's Big

Barrykgerdes
09-08-2009, 09:39 AM
After seeing some other posts it is quite probable I used a focal length doubler (camera barlow lens) with the 1000 mm lens. All I remember was taking pictures of the moon eclipse with the camera piggy back on the LX200.

To frame the image I was able to use the view finder of the SLR.

Barry