First Moon Shots

westsiderailway · #1 17-05-2008, 03:00 AM

Don't know if this will work, there is only one way to find out

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21680432@N05/2423121544/

This is a group of shots taken with my Pentax K100D with a 70-300mm flim lens and a Digital X2 AF teleconverter which gives me 600mm.

If i can take such shots with just the camera, i should be able to take even better when i can my telescope up and running.

iceman (Mike) · #2 17-05-2008, 06:34 AM

Nice start, WSR. Have you tried cropping the moon out to give it a little more scale?

edwardsdj (Doug) · #3 17-05-2008, 09:08 AM

Hi westsiderailway,

Nice start

Feel free to ask if you need advice.

Have fun,
Doug

westsiderailway · #4 17-05-2008, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

Nice start, WSR. Have you tried cropping the moon out to give it a little more scale?

Hows this for a bit of scale...

edwardsdj (Doug) · #5 17-05-2008, 02:19 PM

Out of interest, did you use automatic or manual focus?

westsiderailway · #6 17-05-2008, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edwardsdj

Out of interest, did you use automatic or manual focus?

Auto... the teleconverter has thou connections for auto.

edwardsdj (Doug) · #7 17-05-2008, 03:34 PM

I'd probably be tempted to try to find a better focus manually next time to see if you can obtain a sharper image. Just a suggestion.