Thanks guys, I really appreciate your feedback. It certainly was nice to be back in the saddle after such a long time.
I setup the equipment before dark, went back inside and watched "Iron Man" on DVD (top movie btw!), drift aligned after that (which went quite well and quite quickly for a change), and went to bed. Set the alarm for 11:50pm and then got back up to start framing, focusing and capturing.
Went back to bed around 1am while the capturing was under way, set the alarm for 4:30am and got back up, put the light-box on and took flats.
So it was mostly productive while I was sleeping
I didn't lose any frames due to planes, satellites or anything technical so I was very happy.
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I'll be shooting it with the same setup, except with a G-11. How do you find the William Optics focal reducer on the ED80? Have you had to crop much off the image? Also, is your 350D modified?
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The WO type II is pretty good with the ED80. It is a bit picky with the placement though - there's an adjustable screw which lets you slide it in or out about 5mm (as well as around for framing), and depending on how you position this, sometimes you can still get some field curvature. I haven't worked out the best placement for it yet (i'm too lazy to trial and error it
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In this image there was some on the left but it was acceptable on the right. I cropped some around all edges and a bit more off the left side.
My 350D is not modified, it's stock.
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Well done; serving as an inspiration!
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Thanks so much H, I have used your 50mm images from Zane's as motivation many a time.
I'm sure with your photographic and processing skills you'll produce an absolutely brilliant image and serve as more motivation for me.