Hi all,
I was inspired for a couple of nights this week to whip the camera outside when my 10 week old baby woke us up at ~2am. Each night carrying her to be changed I checked out the night sky through the living room window and couldn't resist the allure of a dark clear sky with Orion shining in at me!
This photograph is from the second night which was clearer, and while only a short series of exposures (15 x 60s) it was simple-as to do, and the no-fuss astrophotography I needed at 2am before going back to bed.
I continue to be impressed by the Fuji sensor, and the clarity of this 27mm f/2.8 lens which has no coma or other defects other than a little vignetting.
http://www.astrobin.com/219318/
http://www.astrobin.com/full/219318/0/
Fuji XE-2 camera
Fujinon XF 27mm f/2.8 lens
ISO 6400
15 x 60s
Tracked on Polarie.
Processing: Lightroom, PixInsight, Photoshop.
One thing that does annoy me about the camera or lens (not sure which to blame really) is the ability to focus. It's quite hard to achieve sharp focus - The fly-by-wire lens has perhaps not fine grained enough movements, and the camera needs to provide higher zoom magnification to see clearly when stars are in focus.
I'm on the hunt again for Fuji lenses, inspired by the camera's performance. For now I've settled on a Canon EF to Fuji X-mount adapter to try out my canon lenses for only the $89 cost of the adapter. The decision of which Fuji lens is fraught with danger, having no hands-on access to try them first.
Roger.
