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Lovely sight, shame about the photos!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:50 pm
by F3Hadlow
Well, some of my attempts from tonight. It wasn't too bad but once the moon went red my lack of a shutter release cable ruined any hope of a decent pic. I have no doubt we'll see much better ones on here soon! At least I got to see a wonderful sight.

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Re: Lovely sight, shame about the photos!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:54 pm
by Craig.
excellent. :) what mm is your lense? must be a good 400mm?

Re: Lovely sight, shame about the photos!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:56 pm
by 61_OTU
OOooooohhhh! Great moon pics  :o That 400mm comes in handy for more than planes then  ;)

Re: Lovely sight, shame about the photos!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:57 pm
by F3Hadlow
excellent. :) what mm is your lense? must be a good 400mm?


On all but the second shot, I was using my 400 along with a 1.5x and a 2x converter, which made it approximately 1200mm. It does lower the quality a bit, but it brings it a lot closer.

Re: Lovely sight, shame about the photos!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:05 pm
by Omag 2.0
Splendid detail... To bad there are none on the red moon...but tell me, how did the shutter release cable mess up things... couldn't you just use the delayed shooting option, as I did?

Re: Lovely sight, shame about the photos!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:07 pm
by F3Hadlow
Spledid detail... To bad there are none on the red moon...but tell me, how did the shutter release cable mess up things... couldn't you just use the delayed shooting option, as I did?


Yes, I tried that but the instant I pressed the shutter button the movement instantly ruined an image at that slow speed. I DO have pics of it, but I'm not in the habit of putting the crap I take on the internet lol! ;) Also, at 1200mm blur shows up a lot more.

Re: Lovely sight, shame about the photos!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:09 pm
by Omag 2.0
Hmm... I see... my camera has the option to let it wait 10 sec. before taking a shot, after you've hit the button... so the tripod should be stable by then...

Re: Lovely sight, shame about the photos!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:19 pm
by F3Hadlow
Ah well, that's the way it goes. :)

Re: Lovely sight, shame about the photos!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:01 pm
by beaky
Yarrgh... I forgot about the eclipse.  >:(
Thanks for the reminder... just catching the tail-end of it now...  ;D

Re: Lovely sight, shame about the photos!

PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:05 am
by Willit Run
Awesome shots!!

 I had my old Canon set up with the 800mm lens but, the Mother Nature decided to send some clouds our way!! :(

 Well I'm still set up and if tomorrow night is clear i'll get some moon shots then.  Gee, think we'll have another eclipse tomorrow night!! ::)