Sun In White Light 25-12-2013. 11:15

[Steve Ward]

Merry Christmas one and all ... 

Awoke to a glorious morning after a very wet night , seeing not as good as the conditions suggested but can't complain .... 

Had a proper play with the 1100D today , the poor old 1000D just clocked up 106,681 shutter operations in two years so it's probably a good time to get ready ... 

Last time out I was less than impressed with it ( to the extent that I was about to pop back to WEX and trade it for another 1000D ) but after a good run through various settings I think I'm getting happier with it.

Spent a good while with the temperamental Reg 6 too , still need to refine things but I've got him round to my way of thinking ... well nearly ... 

1100D Disc.

1000D Disc.

1100D/1000D + ST120 + 1.8 x Barlow + Scopium wedge + Continuum + IR/UV Block .

1/500-1/800s @ ISO 100 , 19/32/100 , Reg 6 , Gimp 2.8.

Day by day album ... http://www.astrobin.com/users/steveward53/

Right , I'm off for a big lump of Christmas Pudding and a nice snooze... 

[David Smith]

The two discs look very similar to me - both loaded with detail.

[Bizibilder]

Much sharper than i could get!

[DrRobin]

You lucky lot, I have travelled a 1/4 of the way around the world for some winter sun and it is overcast, whereas all I really needed to do was pop down to Suffolk/Cambs area. Great capture Steve, glad you have tamed the new camera and Reggie 6.

Merry Christmas

Robin