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

[Jim Nichols]

Quite ingenious, Paul.  I've never paid that much for an adapter, but 
that one has a lot going for it.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/22/2016 10:41 PM, Paul Roark wrote:
> 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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