Mooning With The Q

DrOrloff · 2012-08-07T23:45:05+0100

So to speak. Having glimpsed a bit of the potential for macro and telephoto of using the Q with K mount lenses I thought I'd give it a go for Moon shots hooked up to the telescope. I thought the crop factor of the small sensor combined with a large depth of field at wide apertures might work well. I had a quick go last night after receiving the adapter. I have still to work out how to get the best out of it, I need a remote control for starters. Nonetheless, performance exceeded my expectations and the Q will allow me to do things that I just can't do with the K5. The first shot was in February, K5 with K35mm f3.5: This is from last night, same Moon phase. Q with FA43, uncropped. It is the lower right corner in the above shot: This is a few shots from the same Q setup stitched together: The K5 has it on IQ as to be expected. But not by that much. Furthermore the full sized image with the Q has around 15 times the pixel count of the same thing with the K! The close view I can't achieve with the K5 at anywhere near the quality. The Q opens up a great project, which is to stitch together a full Moon shot with full crater detail from crops of shots like the second taken over the Moon's cycle (it will take several months). I need to get the magnification consistent, which could be tricky. The Q certainly is proving a valuable addition to the bag.