FINALLY! The shot I've been waiting for!

I really was not expecting it but there it was in my viewfinder and I
got it!

This is a real-time photo, not faked at all.

http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_11664w.jpg

I used a home-made rig to attach the D80 to view through the eyepiece of
the Fieldscope (instead of replacing the eyepiece with a camera
adapter). Approx f.l.= ~2100mm

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M-M wrote:

> I really was not expecting it but there it was in my viewfinder and I
> got it!
>
> This is a real-time photo, not faked at all.
>
> http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_11664w.jpg
>
> I used a home-made rig to attach the D80 to view through the eyepiece of
> the Fieldscope (instead of replacing the eyepiece with a camera
> adapter). Approx f.l.= ~2100mm

Sweet.

Man, retakes would've been a *****.


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In article
<nospam.m-m-BC002B.00101117072008@cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>,
M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:

> I really was not expecting it but there it was in my viewfinder and I
> got it!
>
> This is a real-time photo, not faked at all.
>
> http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_11664w.jpg
>
> I used a home-made rig to attach the D80 to view through the eyepiece of
> the Fieldscope (instead of replacing the eyepiece with a camera
> adapter). Approx f.l.= ~2100mm

That photo is amazing. Nice work. What settings did you use for
aperture, shutter speed, and ISO? What lens did you use?

In article <srhi-0DFAC7.00240017072008@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
Shawn Hirn <srhi@comcast.net> wrote:

> In article
> <nospam.m-m-BC002B.00101117072008@cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>,
> M-M <nospam.m-m@ny.more> wrote:
>
> > I really was not expecting it but there it was in my viewfinder and I
> > got it!
> >
> > This is a real-time photo, not faked at all.
> >
> > http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_11664w.jpg
> >
> > I used a home-made rig to attach the D80 to view through the eyepiece of
> > the Fieldscope (instead of replacing the eyepiece with a camera
> > adapter). Approx f.l.= ~2100mm
>
> That photo is amazing. Nice work. What settings did you use for
> aperture, shutter speed, and ISO? What lens did you use?


Here is some info about the setup:

http://www.netaxs.com/mhmyers/camera.html#SC

The aperture was probably about f/16 or smaller (no choice), everything
had to be set manually. I used ISO 200 @ 1/125 sec but I should have
bumped up the ISO (It was underexposed but improved with Photoshop)

--
m-m
http://www.mhmyers.com

On Jul 16, 6:10*pm, M-M <nospam....@ny.more> wrote:
> I really was not expecting it but there it was in my viewfinder and I
> got it!
>
> This is a real-time photo, not faked at all.
>
> http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_11664w.jpg
>
> I used a home-made rig to attach the D80 to view through the eyepiece of
> the Fieldscope (instead of replacing the eyepiece with a camera
> adapter). Approx f.l.= ~2100mm

Nice

Scott

M-M wrote:
> Shawn Hirn wrote:
>> M-M wrote:
>>
>>> This is a real-time photo, not faked at all.
>>> http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_11664w.jpg

Congrats!

>>> I used a home-made rig to attach the D80 to view through the eyepiece of
>>> the Fieldscope (instead of replacing the eyepiece with a camera
>>> adapter). Approx f.l.= ~2100mm
>>
>> That photo is amazing. Nice work. What settings did you use for
>> aperture, shutter speed, and ISO? What lens did you use?
>
> Here is some info about the setup:
> http://www.netaxs.com/mhmyers/camera.html#SC

What's the new setup through the eyepiece? Macro lens 'relay' or just
let it crop?

> The aperture was probably about f/16 or smaller (no choice), everything
> had to be set manually. I used ISO 200 @ 1/125 sec but I should have
> bumped up the ISO (It was underexposed but improved with Photoshop)

Any wider aperture and you might not have got the plane and moon in focus.

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In article <MGAfk.13357$cW3.3186@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com>,
Paul Furman <paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote:

> > http://www.netaxs.com/mhmyers/camera.html#SC
>
> What's the new setup through the eyepiece? Macro lens 'relay' or just
> let it crop?
>
> > The aperture was probably about f/16 or smaller (no choice), everything
> > had to be set manually. I used ISO 200 @ 1/125 sec but I should have
> > bumped up the ISO (It was underexposed but improved with Photoshop)
>
> Any wider aperture and you might not have got the plane and moon in focus.

They were both at infinity with room to spare, so they would both be in
focus no matter what lens or aperture. This setup uses the exit pupil of
the telescope to determine the aperture (exit pupil = diameter of
objective lens divided by the magnification, or in this case 82/~32 or
an aperture of ~2.5mm or something like f/28)

The truth is, I would have been better off using the camera adapter
since the increase in magnification was not worth the loss of aperture,
and the eyepiece introduces a lot more glass to look through.

There is still *plenty* of room for improvement so I'll keep looking for
that moon-airplane shot, but this one was the best so far.

--
m-m
http://www.mhmyers.com

* M-M wrote :
> I really was not expecting it but there it was in my viewfinder and I
> got it!
>
> This is a real-time photo, not faked at all.
>
> http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_11664w.jpg
>
> I used a home-made rig to attach the D80 to view through the eyepiece of
> the Fieldscope (instead of replacing the eyepiece with a camera
> adapter). Approx f.l.= ~2100mm

Great capture! Very rare opportunity made the most of. (that
didn't come out right but you knwo what I mean)

--
Troy Piggins
I always appreciate critique.

M-M wrote:
> In article <MGAfk.13357$cW3.3186@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com>,
> Paul Furman <paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote:
>
>>> http://www.netaxs.com/mhmyers/camera.html#SC
>> What's the new setup through the eyepiece? Macro lens 'relay' or just
>> let it crop?
>>
>>> The aperture was probably about f/16 or smaller (no choice), everything
>>> had to be set manually. I used ISO 200 @ 1/125 sec but I should have
>>> bumped up the ISO (It was underexposed but improved with Photoshop)
>> Any wider aperture and you might not have got the plane and moon in focus.
>
> They were both at infinity with room to spare, so they would both be in
> focus no matter what lens or aperture. This setup uses the exit pupil of
> the telescope to determine the aperture (exit pupil = diameter of
> objective lens divided by the magnification, or in this case 82/~32 or
> an aperture of ~2.5mm or something like f/28)
>
> The truth is, I would have been better off using the camera adapter
> since the increase in magnification was not worth the loss of aperture,
> and the eyepiece introduces a lot more glass to look through.
>
> There is still *plenty* of room for improvement so I'll keep looking for
> that moon-airplane shot, but this one was the best so far.
>

Well, it would have been more dramatic if the plane were closer so that
it would appear about twice, to three times, as large as in this image.
A slightly different attitude would help as the wing ****her away
isn't clear. Maybe in 10 years of so of hanging around the airport on
full moons, and you will get another opportunity.

M-M wrote:
> I really was not expecting it but there it was in my viewfinder and I
> got it!
>
> This is a real-time photo, not faked at all.
>
> http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_11664w.jpg
>
> I used a home-made rig to attach the D80 to view through the eyepiece of
> the Fieldscope (instead of replacing the eyepiece with a camera
> adapter). Approx f.l.= ~2100mm
>

Cool!