Venus?

[ElDude]

Anyone taking any photos? Just been pottering about outside, and it's pretty pointless with a 200mm lens, even with x2 extender.

 

[theheyes]

I tried taking pictures of the moon with my 70-200 once.. it was a bit crop-tacular even though they did turn out alright. I envy people with the specialist kit but couldn't justify investing in any myself.

 

[PermaBanned]

It's not just a question of magnification, if it's detail you're after then you need to make sure you're exposing correctly. It's a very bright object in the middle of a pitch black sky, your camera is not going to do the right thing in that situation. There are probably calculations, but really it's just a case of trial and error with exposure time to see if you actually can see anything other than a point of light.

I needed almost as low as 1/1000 to see anything on the moon a few days ago.