pistola
03-05-2011, 09:04 PM
Howdy IceInSpace people - first time poster here :)
Got up early last Saturday for my very first try at basic astrophotography. I drove around for an hour or two the previous Thursday trying to find a decent vantage point near my house - easterly vantage points from the road are few and far between around here. Eventually found a very small vista quite close to my house in Newmarket.
On Saturday morning I was delighted to find there were very few clouds and a beautiful view of the conjunction. Sadly my photographic efforts are reflective of my beginner status. I found it impossible to get a clear focus on the moon. I'm using a Panasonic LX3, a great little camera which, although fully manual, doesn't provide the flexibility to sharply focus using the digital manual focus.
Methinks I'm going to have to upgrade my camera to a full SLR before they get any better than this. Had great fun trying though! Was even more fun whipping out my new Celestron 25x100s for a look at the moon afterwards...
Got up early last Saturday for my very first try at basic astrophotography. I drove around for an hour or two the previous Thursday trying to find a decent vantage point near my house - easterly vantage points from the road are few and far between around here. Eventually found a very small vista quite close to my house in Newmarket.
On Saturday morning I was delighted to find there were very few clouds and a beautiful view of the conjunction. Sadly my photographic efforts are reflective of my beginner status. I found it impossible to get a clear focus on the moon. I'm using a Panasonic LX3, a great little camera which, although fully manual, doesn't provide the flexibility to sharply focus using the digital manual focus.
Methinks I'm going to have to upgrade my camera to a full SLR before they get any better than this. Had great fun trying though! Was even more fun whipping out my new Celestron 25x100s for a look at the moon afterwards...