K10D shoots The Moon

Driving home from work tonight the sky was crisp and clear and a great
big orange moon was hanging just above the horizon, great I
thought...lets see if I can get a decent moon shoot with the K10D.
When I arrived home I had to attend to the invalid (Flu = dying ) which
took up some valuable shooting time but the moment duly came when I
was free to go and do some shooting

Massed the gear together in the kitchen, stepped outside......jeez where'd
them clouds come from , un-petered I set up waiting for breaks in
the cloudcover, first with the Sigma 70-200, then the Sigma + 2x APO
then DA50-200 and last the A400 and A400 + 2x APO. The clouds didn't
really break any but I got a few brief glimses through whipsy clouds.



Full frame, K10D SMC-A400 f4 + Sigma 2x APO 1/4s f/8.0 iso100



100% Crop

The K10D is not a bad tool at all.

that may possibly be the understatement of the year

That, my friend is tremendous.
I am insanely jealous, as soon as I get a decent tripod my K10D and Sigma 50-500 will be pointing skyward.

The exposure is spot on, three cheers for the K10D and McBrians capable hands.

Just superb.

Dan

Excellent work Brian......now whereabouts did they supposedly leave all that 'lunar-lander' stuff?

Lunatastic

Don't believe him folks!

Just like the lunar landing back in the 60's, the whole thing was shot in a studio!!

Shame on you, Brian!

"One Giant Leap for Pentax!"

Really - Good on ya! That'll be tough to beat!

Lovely shot.

A testament to the camera or the photographer?

Here's a quote from Wikipedia:
"12 Modified Hasselblad 500EL bodies and attached lenses remain on the moon."

Lunartics...

Hi all, thanks for the nice words, think I just got lucky but I will say the SMC-A 400 is a beautiful lens to use, the focus action is so smooth and you get a nice bright viewfinder image....it all helps I suppose.

So if we go to the moon we can get free cameras?

To the rocket ship!

Yes but it'll cost more than a couple of new K10D's to have all those 'blads serviced. Just imagine all the dust that must be inside 'em by now. I'll bet all of the seals are perished.

Cheers,

What great shot's.

I'm no expert and I wish I could get as good shots as these. However do I detect a slight green tinge? Is it my monitor or is the cheese starting to go rotten.

Definitely no criticism intended.

Howard

It sure is, my post processing skills with SP3.03 need more work, will see if i can lose it.

I dont beleive any of it! you got the pix out of a book, didnt you? Cmon now own up! OR have you got a lunar telescope hidden in you shed?

Well done McBrian, hoots toots the noo, & a" that!

You could always help NASA out, they are asking for volunteers http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070104_moon_meteors.html