Tonight's Moon

[PolynesianMedic]

The only lens I have is the 75-300 on a 1.6 crop frame. ; I don't know if I have enough reach to meter it correctly.

 

[zackiedawg]

I should think the 300mm with 1.6x crop should be enough to cover the spot meter circle. ; Give it a try - unless your camera's spot meter circle is too big or sloppy at isolation, it should meter pretty much like a sunny day.

 

[Roger]

Nice shots both of you!

 

[HW]

thanks Roger. where ya been? don't see much of ya around these here parts anymore

 

[zackiedawg]

Friday's moon at 1500mm

Gave it a quickie test tonight with my Tamron 200-500 and a Tamron 2x teleconverter, for 1000mm, with a 1.5x crop sensor, for 1500mm equivalent:

It's an el-cheapo TC and manual focus only, but still gets pretty decent detail and pretty well fills the frame with no cropping.

 

[HW]

manual focus with the converter ?

 

[jbwolffiv]

Pretty cool Justin. ; I took about 6 shots last night, but have not looked at them on the computer yet.

 

[Scottwdw]

Great detail on the cheap, Justin. ; Clouds came in last night on me. ; Tonight is supposed to be clear, cold and a bit of a breeze. ; Still trying to find a good landscape for the rise.

 

[zackiedawg]

Me too - I don't know if there's anywhere I can go in South Florida where I can see the horizon other than the beach. ; And while that sounds nice, it doesn't come out all that interestingly in photographs - better to have something on the horizon to silhouette or provide scale. ; Being at sea level,surrounded by a tropical jungle of trees and big mansions and condo buildings everywhere, horizons are about as real as the Easer bunny for us.

 

[Scottwdw]

I think I got a location which should work well at moonrise and after it clears the horizon. ; Unlike you, Justin, I will need to be prepared for freezing temperatures. ; Going to put the 80-400 on my D70 to take advantage of the crop factor to get 600mm. ;

 

[Coo1eo]

Very Nice shots Tim & Howie

 

[ddindy]

To get that ultimate moon shot, you can rent an all-inclusive package from BorrowLenses.com that's perfect for the job.

Unfortunately, it's only available on April 1. ;

 

[HW]

thanks Colleo

ddindy with that package you could shoot the Andromeda galaxy

 

[ddindy]

Yeah, but the shutter speed required at f/176 means it would be tough keep it centered in the field of view.

 

[HW]

I was kidding of course. ; at a distance of 2.3 million light years you won't even see it but it would be fun to figure out what shutter speed you would need