Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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