My First Moon

[TonyD]

Hello,

I didn't use a telescope - I haven't got a Canon adapter yet.

So I pulled out my old faithful Sigma 50-500mm "Bigma" with an additional 2x adapter, plopped it on the brand-new second hand 450D I bought today, stuck it to manual, opened out the aperture, ISO 800, shutter speed set to 1/1000, no tripod with me so braced myself against a wall, pointed at the Moon, manual focus and way-hay-hay!

Even the OH was impressed (finally :grin: )

This is going to be FUN!

Tony

[nightfisher]

Excellent Tony, for hand held thats pretty darn good, if you have an adaptor (T thread and nosepiece) for the camera, you will get some good lunar shots with one or all of the Tal`s

[Naemeth]

Great image Tony! I think the focus is a tad off, but for one without a tripod it is impressive (and I've tried no tripod, first time wasn't great for me). You could always use an up-ended chair, although if you are taking a single short exposure, I don't think it's necessary.

[TonyD]

The lens combo is a bit soft, ISO was high. I think the focus was as good as I could get it.

Thanks for the encouraging comments.

As Jules says, once I have the T-adapter and I'm ready to shoot out of my TAL I will really be able to have some fun.

I bought the 450D because of the LiveView feature. My old 10D doesn't have that.

Crazy - I bought the 10D kit from Jessops in 2004 for around £1000 and I just picked up the 450D body for £150. OK, the 450D looks cheaper, but it does the biz!

[Naemeth]

The lens combo is a bit soft, ISO was high. I think the focus was as good as I could get it.

Thanks for the encouraging comments.

As Jules says, once I have the T-adapter and I'm ready to shoot out of my TAL I will really be able to have some fun.

I bought the 450D because of the LiveView feature. My old 10D doesn't have that.

Crazy - I bought the 10D kit from Jessops in 2004 for around £1000 and I just picked up the 450D body for £150. OK, the 450D looks cheaper, but it does the biz!

So far I haven't needed live view to get focus exact, although daytime is a lot easier to focus with than night.

[JamesF]

Under the conditions I think that's an excellent effort. I agree it's a bit soft, but that's how some of these lenses are, I guess.

All you need is a ball-head and bit of dovetail and you can use your HEQ5 as a tripod. Works very nicely for wide field images.

James