Oops! A couple of errors -- I thought I'd pasted the article title
after the "Semi OT:" in the subject line, and I meant to type Canon
300D. (I'm under the influence of all manner of flu medication at the
moment, so please forgive me.)
I tried using a Promaster EDO AF LD 70-300 f4/5.6 , and also my Asahi
Takumar 135/2.5 with a 2X TC (the camera refused to achieve focus, though).
After looking around for tutorials since I posted the question, I think
I may have been using too wide an aperture. Also, I have a pretty junky
tripod, which I'm sure didn't help matters any. I need to look into
getting a nicer one soon.
Thanks for the response. Now that I've found a few videos about it,
I'll just do some experimentation over the next week to see if I can get
the hang of it.
-- Walt
On 12/18/2010 5:11 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote:
At 3:20 PM -0600 12/18/10, Walter Gilbert wrote:
Just wondered if anyone might have any ideas regarding a good way to
shoot the upcoming convergence between the winter solstice and lunar
eclipse.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Solstice+eclipse+first+years/3983582/story.html
I have some Wiccan friends I might surprise with a photo of it -- if
it's visible in my area that night. I did some moon photos with my
friend's Canon 30D a while back, just leaving it on full auto, and
they turned out pretty well. Unfortunately, I haven't had the same
results using my K-x. What's the best way to go about shooting with
manual settings?
What lens are you using?
I photographed the moon the other night with a "new" used Tamron 500mm
f8 mirror lens that I bought a couple of weeks ago. The image of the
moon was large enough to fit within the spot metering area of my K20d,
so I just shot normally with bracketing.
--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
[email protected]
http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow
the directions.
