[Leica] Moon & Jupiter with 135mm Apo-Telyt-M

[Paul Roark]

I used the infinity stop.  I've set that using the Voigtlander adjustable M
to FE mount system.  I should publish a PDF on how to do this.  I think
people could probably just clone my system.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Very nice work, Paul.
>
> Just out of curiosity, is the infinity stop accurate enough for this sort
> of work, or do you have to try to focus with the camera's focusing aids.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
> On 3/22/2016 5:17 PM, Paul Roark wrote:
>
>> There was a nice full (or close to it) moon last night.  So, I was curious
>> how the 135mm Leica Apo-Telyt would do when shooting it with the Sony.
>> The
>> result, cropped to show just the moon at 100%, is here:
>>
>> http://www.paulroark.com/Moon-at-100pc_DSC0769-1000iso-1000th-f45.jpg
>>
>> This was taken hand held with the Sony a7rii at 1/1000 second, IS enabled,
>> 1000 iso, and f/4.5.
>>
>> There were some small, light clouds drifting by, and Jupiter was rather
>> prominent in the sky just above the moon.  So I wondered if I could make
>> something out of this combination.  See the shot I just put on my web home
>> page here:
>>
>> http://www.paulroark.com/
>>
>> The clouds were quite a bit darker than the moon.  They needed 1/15 of a
>> second exposure.  So, I was able to catch both the moon and the clouds by
>> setting the speed to 1/125 and using the auto bracketing set to cover plus
>> and minus 3 stops.
>>
>> The frame is cropped to an 8x10 ratio with pixel dimensions 5303x4243.
>>
>> You might be interested to see what viewers of a very large print might
>> see
>> if they focus carefully on Jupiter and the dark night sky around it.  Here
>> is the 100% view of that part of the file:
>>
>> http://www.paulroark.com/Jupiter-3-21-2016-at-100pc.jpg
>>
>> I'm having my fun with this new Lecia M lens.
>>
>> Paul
>> www.PaulRoark.com
>>
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