Re: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 10:52:37PM -0400, J.C. O'Connell wrote: Anybody know the correct exposure value ( fstop and shutter speed at a given ISO) for saturn? If its reasonable, I may set up my takumar 1000mm and give it a try. It's too bad you don't have a Q to put on the meter of glass. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: What sort of focal length lens would be needed to clearly resolve the rings on an APS sensor camera? I got an identifiable photograph tonight with a K-7, DA*300, and 1.4x teleconverter, focused manually using live view: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/8684051685/ I wanted to shoot last night and get it in the same frame as the full moon, but it was too cloudy. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
On 27 April 2013 12:07, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: I got an identifiable photograph tonight with a K-7, DA*300, and 1.4x teleconverter, focused manually using live view: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/8684051685/ I wanted to shoot last night and get it in the same frame as the full moon, but it was too cloudy. That's pretty cool, I was thinking of trying the same thing with my A300/2.8 and 1.7AF TC on the K5 and possibly testing the astro tracking on the GPS unit, light pollution here isn't great for night viewing though. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: That's pretty cool, I was thinking of trying the same thing with my A300/2.8 and 1.7AF TC on the K5 and possibly testing the astro tracking on the GPS unit, light pollution here isn't great for night viewing though. Saturn's bright, you don't need tracking and light pollution shouldn't be a big problem. I shot at ISO 100, f/8 set on lens (so f/11 effective), 1/4 second. I don't think you want to go much longer than that without tracking, but there's obviously plenty of room to speed up ISO and aperture from what I shot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
On 27 April 2013 12:32, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: Saturn's bright, you don't need tracking and light pollution shouldn't be a big problem. I shot at ISO 100, f/8 set on lens (so f/11 effective), 1/4 second. I don't think you want to go much longer than that without tracking, but there's obviously plenty of room to speed up ISO and aperture from what I shot. OK, that suits my set-up fine, the A300/2.8 + AF1.7TC combo work best close to wide open so my shutter speed even at ISO 80 should be near or faster than 1/4 sec, thanks for the info. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
Anybody know the correct exposure value ( fstop and shutter speed at a given ISO) for saturn? If its reasonable, I may set up my takumar 1000mm and give it a try. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 10:25 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest On 27 April 2013 12:07, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: I got an identifiable photograph tonight with a K-7, DA*300, and 1.4x teleconverter, focused manually using live view: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/8684051685/ I wanted to shoot last night and get it in the same frame as the full moon, but it was too cloudy. That's pretty cool, I was thinking of trying the same thing with my A300/2.8 and 1.7AF TC on the K5 and possibly testing the astro tracking on the GPS unit, light pollution here isn't great for night viewing though. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/25apr_saturn/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:26:58AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/25apr_saturn/ Very cool, thanks for posting that. What sort of focal length lens would be needed to clearly resolve the rings on an APS sensor camera? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
on 2013-04-25 10:58 Larry Colen wrote On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:26:58AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/25apr_saturn/ Very cool, thanks for posting that. What sort of focal length lens would be needed to clearly resolve the rings on an APS sensor camera? define clearly - here is someone's shot (4th image) where the rings are visible at 400mm with an 18Mpixel APS sensor http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=999801 but i think you'd need a telescope to see detail in the rings -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
From: Larry Colen On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:26:58AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/25apr_saturn/ Very cool, thanks for posting that. What sort of focal length lens would be needed to clearly resolve the rings on an APS sensor camera? FA*600 f/4 should do the trick. The Bigma (50-500) might work. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: See Saturn at its Best and Brightest
From: steve harley on 2013-04-25 10:58 Larry Colen wrote On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:26:58AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/25apr_saturn/ Very cool, thanks for posting that. What sort of focal length lens would be needed to clearly resolve the rings on an APS sensor camera? define clearly - here is someone's shot (4th image) where the rings are visible at 400mm with an 18Mpixel APS sensor http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=999801 but i think you'd need a telescope to see detail in the rings Keep on scrolling down until you get to the lunar libration animation. That's wicked. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
