first full moon with WO 66

[Daniel-K]

my second attempt at the moon taken with my modded dlsr with WO 66 it came out pink cause of the mod so just grayscaled it in PS pritty pleased:D

[Dave Smith]

That is fine, but you need to get better focus and then much more detail will jump out.

Dave

[bigal1]

Great attempt , as Dave said focus is slightly out and if you can dial it in perfect a lot more detail will show . Once you nail it your scope will yield some excellent results

[Daniel-K]

it seemed focused to me??

[bigal1]

It does look a little soft tbh i know a nice frac like yours can be very sharp so maybe there was some dew forming on the objective ? , here is 1 i took using an 80mm refractor when i managed to get good focus .

[Dave Smith]

Does your DSLR have Live View with zoom? Using that certainly helps but must admit it isn't so easy on a full Moon where there aren't any shadows. You can focus on a nearby star first with the help of a Bahtinov mask.

Dave

[bigal1]

Yeah Dave has a point , i find full moon pics the hardest due to the lack of shadows to assist focusing so i normally focus on the outer rim area where the craters just start to show some deffinition .

[Daniel-K]

doesnt have live veiw but i have orderd a mask will have try next time now doesnt look like im going to get a clear night thanks for the advice guys

[bigal1]

doesnt have live veiw but i have orderd a mask will have try next time now doesnt look like im going to get a clear night thanks for the advice guys

Ahh i see now , its quite a fine process to focus with live view and as i have never tried without i can only image how tricky it is . I've heard of people using the cam linked to a laptop running a program which helps with focusing when there is no liveview but i'm unsure what its called .

Regards Alan

[Dave Smith]

If it's a Canon, then APT (Advanced Photography Tool) will do it.

Dave

[Daniel-K]

no dave its a samsung gx-1 basicaly a pentax