My very first Moon shot

prova · #1 20-11-2007, 08:38 AM

here it is, my first astro photo of any sort taken with a Nikon D50
keen to hear any thoughts/tips

prova · #2 20-11-2007, 02:10 PM

wow, it must be really crap ..

ving (David) · #3 20-11-2007, 02:24 PM

hey, my impatient!

yeah its not too shabby, what fl lens did you use?

prova · #4 20-11-2007, 02:49 PM

err, it was prime focus (that's when you take the lens off right?)

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Originally Posted by ving

hey, my impatient!

yeah its not too shabby, what fl lens did you use?

ving (David) · #5 20-11-2007, 04:05 PM

so the fl was 1200mm? ok

how was the seeing? looks a tad soft sugesting the conditions werent perfect.

I have yet to try prime with my scope so good on ya for doing it!

danielsun · #6 20-11-2007, 04:11 PM

Nice shot there Prova !! I'd be happy with that for a first shot.
Well done.

peterbat (Peter) · #7 20-11-2007, 04:28 PM

Hi Prova, nice photo!
For a comparison, here's one I snapped last year - just to see if it would work...
10" f5 dob, 25mm Bintel plossl, Caplio G4 digital camera set to automatic exposure.
This was hand-held, with the Caplio's timer set to take the image after a 2 second delay. I found that this elimated the camera movement that happened when I depressed the shutter.

Peter

Afatnuglybloke (Jim) · #8 20-11-2007, 05:11 PM

Well Done..congrats

fringe_dweller · #9 20-11-2007, 06:31 PM

now theres a user name! wish i had thought of it tho

hey prova beats my first attempt too lol onya

cheers

prova · #10 20-11-2007, 10:15 PM

thanks all

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #11 20-11-2007, 11:21 PM

Yep, it's the Moon. I've seen images posted on the web that it is hard to tell what it is a pic of!

It's quite a good image Prova. Worth playing with focus a bit more, unless your seeing was terrible.

I too have to say that it is waayyy better than my first attempt, Keep at it

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #12 20-11-2007, 11:24 PM

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tornado33 · #13 20-11-2007, 11:38 PM

Good pic there.
I now always use my modded 350D camera as it has mirror lockup function. My old 300d doesnt, and it often shakes the scope when I fire the remote shutter release when the mirror flies up in the camera.
I dont know if the D50 has mirror lock or not.
Happy imaging

Scott

fringe_dweller · #14 21-11-2007, 01:41 AM

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and are full of ..... ummm, stuff!

and the worst kind too hehe

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