All good Joe,
I’m long enough in the tooth to be able to laugh at my mistakes, which is a useful trait with astrophotography as a hobby. Thanks for sharing your stories too.
I’m truly riddled with envy though at your Bortle 1 / 2 skies.
Re the lens, I’ve been very impressed with the quality. Dollar for dollar, it’s one of the best bits of kit I own.
Cheers,
Paul
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Originally Posted by OzEclipse
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
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