Father Ted

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Father Ted
K10D wrote:

Just need to extract the telescope from the loft to get the eyepiece dimensions and then find out what I need.

Regards
Eyepieces tend to come in two sizes ( as far as I'm aware ), 1 1/4 inch and erm...another (Mine are all 1 1/4 ).

You'll need as a minimum, one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pentax-camera-T-ring-T-ring-for-telescope-adapters_W0QQite...
That will allow you to use the telescope as a massive lens, straight on the front of the camera. That works well for the moon.

You could also add one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-25-T-Mount-M42-mount-Combination-Adaptor_W0QQitemZ220534...
This will allow you to fit eyepieces before the camera for extra magnification, but focusing becomes much harder. Hence the second image above


HTH

Comment by Father Ted posted on 3 day old moon at 22/04/2010 - 09:20

Father Ted
K10D wrote:
Wonderful images.

So annoyed at not having a camera adapter for a large Russian telescope that I have.

Will be asking you for advice on that point.

Best regards
Fire away
I'll try to answer

Comment by Father Ted posted on 3 day old moon at 21/04/2010 - 16:57

Father Ted
Funnily enough, Saturday night, about 20:30
It could be you were picking up on the ash.

Comment by Father Ted posted on 3 day old moon at 21/04/2010 - 08:34

Father Ted
I'm forced to agree regarding number 2. I struggled with focus, I really miss my split screen

I get confused with how to define a crop, so here's the image straight off the camera, just resized for the forum.

[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/Father_Ted/PHOTOS/original.jpg[/IMG]

Comment by Father Ted posted on 3 day old moon at 20/04/2010 - 21:23

Father Ted
I decided to charge my battery and get my telescope back out. I discovered that photographing the moon in its early states is difficult as DoF appears to be quite small. I say "appears" as in reality the out of focus area is many tens of miles away from the in focus area.
Still, excuses done
What do you think?
[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/Father_Ted/PHOTOS/moon17_04_10upload.jpg[/IMG]


[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/Father_Ted/PHOTOS/moon17_04_10-2upload.jpg[/IMG]

The orientation is different as a result of the eyepiece lenses I used.

Comment by Father Ted posted on 3 day old moon at 20/04/2010 - 20:20

Father Ted
Well, I haven't got on for a day or two, so there are 5 pages of unread posts. I skip straight ot most recent and...you guessed, this is the most recent unread post. I can't believe it's still going

Comment by Father Ted posted on Another pointless thread at 20/04/2010 - 16:57

Father Ted
Number one does nothing for me, I'm afraid.
But number two!! I like that very much.
I like the contrast/ mono conversion. The composition is, IMHO, very nice, with enough going to to make me look further.
Yep, I like number two a lot.

Comment by Father Ted posted on A couple more from the Seine. at 16/04/2010 - 19:07

Father Ted
PM me with your email address and I'll send you a copy

Comment by Father Ted posted on Help: Pentax ME Super user manual at 14/04/2010 - 09:08

Father Ted
Just to muddy the waters further.
I like the second version, except for the clouds. I think I'd use the original in the sky and only add contrast to the buildings and foreground.

But as this shows, it's all down to personal taste.

Comment by Father Ted posted on Sunday morning by the Seine at 13/04/2010 - 14:24

Father Ted
I agree with Gareth.
The composition I like, but the clouds top right look a little burnt to me and a bit more contrast overall would be nice.
But, yes! Nice image.

Comment by Father Ted posted on Sunday morning by the Seine at 13/04/2010 - 09:43

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