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

Adam Bridge abridge683 at fastmail.com
Tue Mar 22 20:12:02 PDT 2016


I’d REALLY like to read about that, Paul.

Adam

> On Mar 22, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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