Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I re-took Jupiter, its planets and the stars tonight at 400 iso, 1/30 sec., and a tripod. This reduces the noise (which was what most of the "stars" were yesterday) and clearly resolves the Jupiter moons, putting them in correct perspective & relative brightness to the real stars that are there. See http://www.paulroark.com/Jupiter-30th-400iso-135mm-Apo-Telyt-at-100pc.jpg Paul www.PaulRoark.com On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > I just took a few photos with my Hasselblad and 150mm. It will be a while > before I process the film though :-) > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // On Facebook: http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // On Instagram: https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >