Moon shot DA*300mm 1.7 af Adapt

3125 posts
18 years
Sydney Australia

Posted 15/04/2009 - 23:39 Link

I had the chance to take a few moon shots with my DA*300mm with the newly aquired AF 1.7 adapter

[IMG]http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x261/ClarkyinAus/IMGP95312.jpg[/IMG]

This was taken some time ago with the Bigma, for comparison
[IMG]http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x261/ClarkyinAus/ClarkysMoon.jpg[/IMG]

beakynet beakynet

829 posts
18 years
South East London

Posted 17/04/2009 - 20:03 Link

The more I see, the more I think that the 300 should be on my shopping list!

Great shots, how much cropping was involved here?

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Anvh Anvh

10412 posts
17 years
Dordrecht,
the Netherlands

Posted 17/04/2009 - 21:43 Link

Wonderfull shot and the DA300 shines once again.

Stefan

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beakynet beakynet

829 posts
18 years
South East London

Posted 17/04/2009 - 22:17 Link

Anvh wrote:
Wonderfull shot and the DA300 shines once again.

I think that you will find that it is the moon that is shining!

Kenty Kenty

307 posts
21 years
Birmingham

Posted 17/04/2009 - 22:42 Link

Agree - that lens is good. Great detail of the moon.

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RR RR

1030 posts
17 years
South Wales,
UK

Posted 17/04/2009 - 22:53 Link

beakynet wrote:

Anvh wrote:
Wonderfull shot and the DA300 shines once again.

I think that you will find that it is the moon that is shining!

I think you'll find that it's the sun that is shining & the moon is reflecting the light back to earth !

I wonder how marked the difference would be at the same shutter speed & aperture ?

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Mike-P Mike-P

13627 posts
18 years
Hythe,
Hampshire UK

Posted 17/04/2009 - 22:59 Link

This was mine with same teleconverter but older Pentax F* 300mm f4.5.

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Edited by Mike-P: 17/04/2009 - 22:59

jackitec jackitec

1450 posts
17 years

Posted 17/04/2009 - 23:26 Link

I think your is sharper Mike

Clarky Clarky

3125 posts
18 years
Sydney Australia

Posted 18/04/2009 - 01:43 Link

Yours looks extremely sharp Mike, did you do much PP with it : Impressive shot

Mine were cropped by about 40%

Mike-P Mike-P

13627 posts
18 years
Hythe,
Hampshire UK

Posted 18/04/2009 - 08:12 Link

Clarky wrote:
Yours looks extremely sharp Mike, did you do much PP with it : Impressive shot

Mine were cropped by about 40%

Mine was cropped by abut the same and resized for Flickr, there was a fair amount of processing done to get it how I wanted.

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Edited by Mike-P: 18/04/2009 - 08:13

fatspider fatspider

6378 posts
20 years
Leeds,
UK

Posted 18/04/2009 - 10:45 Link

Nice shots guys, I bet your over the moon with them

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golfdiesel golfdiesel

1130 posts
20 years
Netherlands

Posted 18/04/2009 - 11:04 Link

I do find the image from Mike better, not in terms of the final quality but in the composition.
When the moon is not full you can see the globe shape more easily as the shadow from the earth defines it.
All shots are very impressive though. So the next time the moon is nicely visible overhere I will give it a try as well. Luckily there isn't that much light polution here in the village I live in.

My compliments to both Clarky and Mike!

Edited by golfdiesel: 18/04/2009 - 11:04

Mike-P Mike-P

13627 posts
18 years
Hythe,
Hampshire UK

Posted 23/04/2009 - 00:39 Link

Quite chuffed with where my moon shot ended up

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