APRIL 22ND - WRINKLE RIDGES GALORE, MOON 76.1%, 10.75 DAYS, CAMERA VS SMARTPHONE.

[paulastro]

I was out from 9.00 to 10.20 pm.  Observing with the Tecnosky 102ED F7.  I wanted to take some pics to compare using a smartphone's camera  through an eyepiece against  my Olympus mirrorless macro 4/3 at prime focus for taking close-up pics.  As I suspected it would, the phone camera provided better close - ups.

The full disc pic is a single frame using the Olympus.  The two close ups are single pics using the phone's camera (Samsung A40) with a Celestron phone holder into a 17.5 mm Morpheus and x2 Celestron barlow.

It's evident that cropping the whole disc frame with the Olympus just cannot produce the same detail as shooting through the eyepiece into the smartphone.  If you try enlarging the full disc pic to anything like that given by the the latter combination you'll be able to see this for yourself.

I'll still use prime focus  for whole disc and larger scale views, and try and home my skills with the camera phone to improve on the close ups.

 

 

 

 

 

[vlaiv]

25 minutes ago, paulastro said:

It's evident that cropping the whole disc frame with the Olympus just cannot produce the same detail as shooting through the eyepiece into the smartphone.  If you try enlarging the full disc pic to anything like that given by the the latter combination you'll be able to see this for yourself.

Maybe try camera at prime focus with barlow first before you dismiss prime focus in favor of eyepiece projection.

[paulastro]

8 minutes ago, vlaiv said:

Maybe try camera at prime focus with barlow first before you dismiss prime focus in favor of eyepiece projection.

Vlaiv, I have done this in the past, but I'm not a great fan.  Also, you couldn't get anywhere near the same image scale using a 'standard' barlow - x2 or x3. So not 'dismissing'  it, it just wouldn't do the job I want.  Thanks anyway. 

[kirkster501]

Your disk is nicely done.  The bottom two are much too over-sharpened/posterised.  Good work all the same!