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Comment by Spad posted on FS DA 50mm f1.8 Plastic Fantastic at 18/05/2025 - 23:23
Nooooooo.... I am NOT a smegging blood sucker!!!
Comment by Spad posted on Pirate Weekend. Part 1. at 17/05/2025 - 18:48
Evening.....
Heading towards dark, that you lot seem to think I dwell in!!
And thank you
Heading towards dark, that you lot seem to think I dwell in!!
And thank you
Comment by Spad posted on In the golden hour... at 17/05/2025 - 18:47
I took these!
I had to take our lass to work as her motor was being serviced. I decided to stay down in the area she works and headed for the local bone yard and waited.....
When the light was right I started to play! Pentax 135mm f2 & Sigma 20mm f1.8 lenses used, adn also Cokin L Polariser, Defuse, and Star filters used.
I had to take our lass to work as her motor was being serviced. I decided to stay down in the area she works and headed for the local bone yard and waited.....
When the light was right I started to play! Pentax 135mm f2 & Sigma 20mm f1.8 lenses used, adn also Cokin L Polariser, Defuse, and Star filters used.
Comment by Spad posted on In the golden hour... at 17/05/2025 - 18:28
SO...... How many Cap'en Jack Sparrow look alikes were there????
Looked like it was good fun, even tho the horrid light conditions! I hate bright sunshine......
Looked like it was good fun, even tho the horrid light conditions! I hate bright sunshine......
Comment by Spad posted on Pirate Weekend. Part 1. at 17/05/2025 - 18:21
OOOOHHHH I like that!
Comment by Spad posted on Railing abot Cobbles. at 15/05/2025 - 12:40
loadoftripe wrote:
Really good, nice to watch. Did you get much sleep?
Yep....Really good, nice to watch. Did you get much sleep?
I have a reclining arm chair and bed in the back of my van
Comment by Spad posted on 1400 Photos... at 13/05/2025 - 11:33
...created this timelapse of my gear shooting NGC7380 Wizard Nebula.
Shot near Hulme End in the Peak District, with my K3 mounted on a Syrp Genie.
Shot near Hulme End in the Peak District, with my K3 mounted on a Syrp Genie.
Comment by Spad posted on 1400 Photos... at 13/05/2025 - 10:32
loadoftripe wrote:
As said above, awesome etc. I,m tempted to look at the 180 lens but I wouldn't know what to do with it! plus it's always cloudy - that's my excuse!
Would you run it in the Astro tracer thingy in camera?As said above, awesome etc. I,m tempted to look at the 180 lens but I wouldn't know what to do with it! plus it's always cloudy - that's my excuse!
Comment by Spad posted on Spad's latest astro! at 11/05/2025 - 11:19
Thank you everyone!
These clouds of stuff are the building blocks of the universe! Our nearest nebula is Orion, that is a stellar nursery where stars are born. As is M16 Eagle Nebula, this is where the fabled Pillars of Creation are!
Lubbyman wrote:
Impressive photos again.... but of what? Great clouds of stuff floating through space? Or the remains of the smoke from the recent conclave in Rome, hovering in the stratosphere??
Would I be right in thinking that what makes the Askar FMA180 Pro APO Sextuplet Astrograph 180mm f4.5 lens so good for astro is that it's optimised for very distant objects? Much the same in principle as a Sigma 180mm f3.5 EX APO macro lens being good for macro because it's optimised for close objects? So you'd be perfectly justified in owning three 180mm lenses, one for normal use, one optimised for macro, one optimised for astro, just a matter of remembering which one to put in the bag when you go out.
Steve
Yes.... they're both Apochromatic so the SA & CA have been corrected. So as you say.... they're corrected for close up and very far off!Impressive photos again.... but of what? Great clouds of stuff floating through space? Or the remains of the smoke from the recent conclave in Rome, hovering in the stratosphere??
Would I be right in thinking that what makes the Askar FMA180 Pro APO Sextuplet Astrograph 180mm f4.5 lens so good for astro is that it's optimised for very distant objects? Much the same in principle as a Sigma 180mm f3.5 EX APO macro lens being good for macro because it's optimised for close objects? So you'd be perfectly justified in owning three 180mm lenses, one for normal use, one optimised for macro, one optimised for astro, just a matter of remembering which one to put in the bag when you go out.
Steve
These clouds of stuff are the building blocks of the universe! Our nearest nebula is Orion, that is a stellar nursery where stars are born. As is M16 Eagle Nebula, this is where the fabled Pillars of Creation are!
Comment by Spad posted on Spad's latest astro! at 11/05/2025 - 10:49
£60 inc RM SD.