1680mm moon.

V-Spec · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:30

lol, I was packing my gear ready for tomorrow morning's deer session, kept looking out of the window at the moon and thinking.... 600 F4... + 2x... + stacked 1.4x.... Theres nothing on the telly anyway..

I thought, "Well at least it won't bugger of as i'm about to press the shutter..." I was wrong! at 1680mm I can actually watch it moving through the screen whilst focusing in liveview...
(L33t astro people will probably be saying "Well duh.. it does orbit round the earth at 98459.00947 miles per second......")

Cropped slightly..

Almost 100% crop:

Would like to try this on a full moon, and perhaps in the highlands where theres no light pollution.

Willis · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:36

That's Bloody Ace

orderoftheflame · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:38

Incredible.

A.N.Other · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:40

V-Spec said:
600 F4... + 2x... + stacked 1.4x

Me wants

Great shot, though. That would look cracking on the wall.

famas · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:41

wow amazing!

Russinating · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:45

Great shot - well done!

Isn't it weird how all the craters are generally clustered together?

insane200 · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:46

very nice

syke · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:48

That's awesome. Would be an incredible shot on a very clear night!

Mr Jones · 8 Oct 2008 at 22:31

Just a few more mm and you're be looking at the flag...

SilverPenguin · 8 Oct 2008 at 22:46

V-Spec said:
Would like to try this on a full moon, and perhaps in the highlands where theres no light pollution.

I did just that my first year in the highlands, at the time using my friends 600 with a 1.4 on a crop body. The air is so clear, I've never seen the moon look so bright!!

domthecondom · 8 Oct 2008 at 23:04

you think if somebody landed on the moon you could see them ?

peterattheboro · 8 Oct 2008 at 23:10

THAT is excellent! :eek:

How much was the 600mm? About £3k?

steveo · 8 Oct 2008 at 23:25

domthecondom said:
you think if somebody landed on the moon you could see them ?

you have to think though that them craters are 100 odd miles wide some are bigger the US moon landers were like 4 meters across theres no instrument on this earth yet that can get that close and cancel the distortion from the atmoshere

great shot by the way think its time for me to get my 2000mm f10 telescope out again for winter (meade lx90 if your wondering)

olv · 9 Oct 2008 at 01:18

peterattheboro said:
THAT is excellent!

How much was the 600mm? About £3k?

try more than £5k

Were you not tempted by the 1D for 2184mm?

millsy888 · 9 Oct 2008 at 02:03

Fantastic shot, swear i can see 3 toed foot prints

robertgilbert86 · 9 Oct 2008 at 07:09

Nice idea, so what maximum aperture does this get? f4>f8>f12?
Might even be workable in good conditions...

D.P. · 9 Oct 2008 at 08:37

I think f/11 but might be wrong

robmiller · 9 Oct 2008 at 09:21

robertgilbert86 said:
Nice idea, so what maximum aperture does this get? f4>f8>f12?
Might even be workable in good conditions...

f/11. f/12 isn't an aperture in either a half- or third-stop scale.

colinuk · 9 Oct 2008 at 09:29

Does move fast doesnt it lol... i found the same thing myself, didnt get anything as good as yours, i need more practice.

Great pic though

every turned your lens to a blank bit of sky, opened the shutter for say 30 secs and just see how many stars you get, its amazing!

ColiN

33L · 9 Oct 2008 at 09:52

again V-spec you dont fail to impress! fancy swapping gear!