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

[Paul Roark]

OK, here's a quick and dirty description of the adapter modification.

http://www.paulroark.com/VM-E_infinity_stop-modification.pdf

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:19 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Thanks, Paul.  That sounds easier than the last one I "adjusted" by honing
> the thickness of the adapter.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 3/22/2016 8:03 PM, Paul Roark 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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