86% Moon

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Comment by John Read on July 2, 2011 at 10:40am

Thanks again, Dave!

Comment by John Read on April 15, 2011 at 1:41pm

LOL Well it is the weekend, hopefully you can get out, either to a pub or to take some more of your wonderful photos!

Best,

J

Comment by Steve Barr on April 15, 2011 at 1:34pm

Cheerz again John, you are obviously right - i just poorly explained myself again!.. the end to a stressful week!. 

Comment by John Read on April 15, 2011 at 1:01pm

Hi Steve, thank you for commenting!

Yes, this was taken with just the 800 mm f8 Soligor lens (an antique film lens of 1970's vintage! lol), without any converter, but it was cropped a little.  I did shoot a couple with both my 2x, (a cheapy and a nikon TC series) but was not happy with the results.  Using the converters, actually reduces the light to the camera, so you have to slow up the shutter speed.  Hope this helps?  Thanks again!

Comment by Steve Barr on April 15, 2011 at 11:47am

Amazing detail John, was this taken with your 800mm Soli ?... it would be interesting to put a 2x telecon on it to see what you get....or would the double increase in shutter speed result in the motion of the Moon being rendered?.

Comment by John Read on April 14, 2011 at 6:21pm

True enough! Thanks for commenting!

Comment by Alpha Universe on April 14, 2011 at 6:18pm

exposure brought by sun light