Jeff, I hope this helps, I spend ten minutes on this rough version, you will probably get a better result from the original. I think more work is needed on the top right hand quarter of the moon though.

Regards Graham

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My version

The K7 felt odd at first, however now it feels just right.

Nice one Jeff, your image is better than you think. I have compared your image to mine, the light on the moon is different, maybe the time of day, geographic location and the relationship of the sun to the moon possibly causing that yellow fringing on the right hand side,the angle of view is also different. I had a play with your image, added a little sharpening, adjusted the contrast to bring out the dark areas then converted it to black and white. This produced a more defined image although a little soft on the edges.

I'm not very familiar with this lens, does it normally produce soft images at its maximum length? If this is the case you could try reducing the focal distance slightly. Having said that, I'm no expert on lenses so please if someone knows better chip in!

Regards

Graham

Welcome and enjoy Tim


Regards

Graham

upload the pictures to Photbucket or Flickr then select the "image" button on this page and insert the URL from photobucket or flickr.

My setting are just what I found by playing around and it gets results, so I'm happy.

heft1 is correct, I dropped the camera into manual set the iso & aperture then focused one the moon dead centre of the lens and just kept ramping up the speed. Images at the slower speed were all blown out, and I figured that the aperture would be spot on as the moon was a small area in the lens.

re lost data, I could have recovered the images, but apathy set in and it gave me another excuse to go out and play.

Graham

Yep, that's about right.

Thanks Steve

I used a DA50-300 at F5.6, ISO 200 at 1/1250 with my camera on a tripod. The actual image is a crop of the original and has been sharpened slightly. I ran several experiments starting at 1/100 and gradually stepped up the speed. I found the faster the speed the image became sharper and craters more defined.

Regards Graham

That's a great article it had my wife in stitches, she is a part time conductor and composer who greatly admires Mr Maxwell Davis.

I moved from the K10 to the K-7 seven recently, and don't regret the move. The improved viewfinder, better digital screen and lens correction are worth it alone. One very useful function is the ability to zoom in when using live view, I'm not sure if the K20 has this option. The main gripes I have have mostly been mentioned by Pete (iceblinker) but I would add:

badly designed position of the SD card, it is quite hard to remove.
flimsy rubber covers for the usb * mic sockets.
spirit level function is very useful, however it does not turn off when in manual mode, causing great fun with the spirit level.
different battery to the K10

These are only minor gripes though, I just wish they had managed to reduce the noise more on this model.

Graham