I usually shoot the moon f8@1/1000th. Dont need much DOF and the moon is moving. Paul
> On Aug 9, 2025, at 12:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > They are all IDed in each photo, but they are in the order listed sigma at > 500, dfa at 450 and finish with the fa at 600. They are all at 1/200 and > mostly at f/16 > >> On August 9, 2025 3:52:26 AM PDT, Comcast <[email protected]> wrote: >> Not ID-ed? All a bit soft. Perhaps too much atmospheric haze. What was the >> shutter speed? >> Paul >> >>>> On Aug 9, 2025, at 6:12 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> When I got home from dancing tonight I noticed that the sky was unusually >>> clear, so I set up my tripod in the back yard, aimed at the most consistent >>> telephoto test subject at my disposal, i.e. the moon, and took photos with >>> the K3-III, mounted on the Bigma 50-500, DFA 150-450, and FA 250-600. I >>> then used lightroom to set them all at the same exposure (they were all >>> bracketed) cropped them all square to the diameter of the moon, selected >>> the best two of each lens, then also made virtual copies that I then >>> applied lightroom's denoise software. I then published them all to flickr >>> at 1024 pixels, down from 1085, 1215, and 1462. >>> >>> There were some inconsistencies, so my technique has some problems. I also >>> had some issues with SR vibrating things. >>> >>> I was a bit surprised at how much weaker the bigma was than the other two. >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720328241235 >>> __ >>> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
