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Recommendations on taking a picture of the moon
It would be interesting to know if the Canon EOS mount can be used in
a manner like this. Does the body know where the lens "is"? (I'd guess not though.) eawckyegcy- I'm not sure I understand your question. I had a T-Mount adapter for my old telescope (Celestron C-90) from use with the old Olympus OM-2. The Canon Digital Rebel only needed the matching EOS-to-T-Mount adapter, which the camera store had in stock. For pictures of the moon and/or the stars, auto exposure is not likely to work. I used full manual control for the moon shots. For daytime terestrial shots, I use the setting where you select the f/stop and the camera's autoexposure system selects the shutter speed. The camera certainly does not know where the lens f/stop is set. It only knows how much light is hitting the sensor. Fred |
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Recommendations on taking a picture of the moon
"Jeff Durham" wrote in message ...
Thanks for the site recommendation. That is exactly what I was looking for. I was hoping that it would not take a big telephoto lens, but it does. From the images produced, 800mm does a reasonable job, but 1600mm or bigger is much better. Focal length is important but overall optical resolution and subtle color accuracy of the system is the really important thing. See... http://www.pbase.com/imageprocessing/foveon_color_moon |
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Recommendations on taking a picture of the moon
"Jeff Durham" wrote in message ...
Thanks for the site recommendation. That is exactly what I was looking for. I was hoping that it would not take a big telephoto lens, but it does. From the images produced, 800mm does a reasonable job, but 1600mm or bigger is much better. Focal length is important but overall optical resolution and subtle color accuracy of the system is the really important thing. See... http://www.pbase.com/imageprocessing/foveon_color_moon |
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Recommendations on taking a picture of the moon
Georgette Preddy wrote:
"Jeff Durham" wrote in message ... Thanks for the site recommendation. That is exactly what I was looking for. I was hoping that it would not take a big telephoto lens, but it does. From the images produced, 800mm does a reasonable job, but 1600mm or bigger is much better. Focal length is important but overall optical resolution and subtle color accuracy of the system is the really important thing. See... this warning: The person posting under the name of George or Georgette Preddy (and other pseudonyms) has an ungrounded but zealous faith that current implementation of the Foveon chip is superior to all other chip technologies. He will cite portions of reviews to ostensibly support his claims, and will repeat, ad naseum, complete lines of out-of-context material. His claims may well be ignored, or at the very least verified since most of them are extreme distortions and some are out and out fabrications." Moreover, "Mr." "Preddy" has claimed to be a photographer (pro!), but cannot bring himself to post a single picture with EXIF info that he shot himself, in spite of repeated requests and challenges to do so. Apparently he loathes anything related to Canon and loves everything about Sigma cameras and lenses. His "claims" may be ignored, and he is doing Sigma, and anyone related to the Foveon chip, no good at all by arousing ire, increasing the N/S ratio, and generally spamming this newsgroup. -- John McWilliams |
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