Father Ted

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The second is a crop, but not of the first.
I could either get the whole moon in the size of the first, or add an eyepiece and get a partial moon.

Comment by Father Ted posted on Moon Shot at 30/11/2009 - 23:29

Father Ted
My best shots were prime focus. I did get some with 10mm, 20mm and 40mm lenses, but struggled with focus...I miss my split screen!

I've a few more to work through and might have one or two useable ones with the lenses.

I also found it best to remove the diagonal..which is why my knees are now killing me from kneeling on a cold concrete floor

Comment by Father Ted posted on Moon Shot at 30/11/2009 - 23:17

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From about half an hour ago

Moon was a bit too bright. I'd rather look at a partial moon, you can see much more detail along the divide.
Still, next weekend should be good, if the weather stays clear.

Comment by Father Ted posted on Moon Shot at 30/11/2009 - 23:12

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My first pictures with this camera connected to my telescope.
C&C welcome.
[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/Father_Ted/PHOTOS/moon1upload.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/Father_Ted/PHOTOS/moon2upload.jpg[/IMG]

Comment by Father Ted posted on Moon Shot at 30/11/2009 - 23:05

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One of the best books I read wasn't about taking photographs. It was called "How to Look at Photographs".

Knowing how "experts" look at photos gave me a good insight into what I should be looking for when I take a photo.

Here is a link to the book on AMazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Look-Photographs-Reflections-Seeing/dp/0810925532/re...=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259598987&sr=1-9

Comment by Father Ted posted on Autumn in Nottingham at 30/11/2009 - 16:37

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Daniel Bridge wrote:
johnriley wrote:
In addition, with the K20D and later models the sensor is clamped into position when SR is off.
It is? I wonder how.

Dan
Can't comment on whether or not is it, but if it is, it is probably done with a small solenoid.
Some of the CCTV cameras we use have a green filter over the sensor in daylight and when they switch to mono for low light images a tiny solenoid moves the filter out of the away. Probably the same sort of thing to clamp the sensor.

Comment by Father Ted posted on Shake reduction off for tripod use - why? at 30/11/2009 - 16:26

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Anvh wrote:
*sighs* is this still going on
Unfortunately yes, because it seems to be on the increase.
There have been other incidents of police involvement in things they had no right to. I think the feeling amongst some in the UK is that there is a slow, barely perceptible erosion of civil liberties. That is why this topic keeps raising its head.

Also, as for was he identifiable as BBC? My interpretation from that interview was that he was on his way home and just stopped to take the shot, so I would presume he was just "joe public" and didn't have a "Press" badge

Comment by Father Ted posted on Photographer's rights gets a higher profile at 30/11/2009 - 16:22

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They didn't pick up on the comment made by the police: "Well, we've stopped lots of people this morning and nobody else complained".

That would seem to confirm our concerns.

Comment by Father Ted posted on Photographer's rights gets a higher profile at 30/11/2009 - 12:26

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Thanks for posting that link Dr.

Comment by Father Ted posted on Time to say goodbye at 29/11/2009 - 17:25

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lonegroover wrote:
Would love to know how to inject structure or energy, but I'm sure there's no simple answer suited to a post in a messageboard forum.
Then you've come to the right place
I cringe when I look at what I was posting on here when I joined. I've still got a long way to go, but by taking on board what I've been told by the way of C&C, I have improved by a country mile

Comment by Father Ted posted on Autumn in Nottingham at 29/11/2009 - 17:20

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