Imaging with a DSLR 70-300 APS-C

[Earl]

Is there much joy to be had with this?

[RT65CB-SWL]

I have a ‘cheap’ Tamron 70-300mm [Nikon mount] and I am getting reflection when shooting the Moon. I have a feeling it maybe due to my UV filter. I have not tried it without the filter in place. If not that, then it maybe from an internal lens element. It does not happen when I use the lens on terrestrial/daytime/aircraft photo-shoots.

BTW… the lens is the Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD macro and I use it with my Nikon D80 and/or D40x.

I have an old Photax/Paragon 400mm telephoto lens [with M42 thread and ‘slim’ Nikon type T-ring… note: it does not focus with a conventional T-ring] and will give that a try too.

Edited April 7 by RT65CB-SWL

[Earl]

16 hours ago, RT65CB-SWL said:

I have a ‘cheap’ Tamron 70-300mm [Nikon mount] and I am getting reflection when shooting the Moon. I have a feeling it maybe due to my UV filter. I have not tried it without the filter in place. If not that, then it maybe from an internal lens element. It does not happen when I use the lens on terrestrial/daytime/aircraft photo-shoots.

BTW… the lens is the Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD macro and I use it with my Nikon D80 and/or D40x.

I have an old Photax/Paragon 400mm telephoto lens [with M42 thread and ‘slim’ Nikon type T-ring… note: it does not focus with a conventional T-ring] and will give that a try too.

digging into the back of my memory is not an IR filter a better choice?

 

[WolfieGlos]

Are you looking at single shots or stacking?

These are single shots with a Canon 77D + EF 70-300L lens.

I captured this 18 months ago from Uluru on our Honeymoon. I can't recall if it was edited at all, but if so, it would have been for sharpness only.

And this one last year with the partial lunar eclipse, with Jupiter in the frame for reference at 70mm.

You can just capture the Galilean Moons at 300mm if your exposure is high enough and you crop right in: 

 

Hope that helps.