Moon tonight

[sirch]

Not the best conditions but the first time in weeks we have anything like a clear sky and I'm quite pleased with the result

Moon by Chris H, on Flickr

 

[Bobsyeruncle]

Cool shot.
Noticed this was at 500mm rather than 600mm. Any reason for that?

 

[sirch]

Cool shot.
Noticed this was at 500mm rather than 600mm. Any reason for that?

Hmm, no particular reason, lens creep or may be I moved the zoom whilst focusing I guess or something lost in translation between a Tamron/Canon fit lens on a Sony body

 

[4wd]

I just took a near identical shot about 30 minutes ago but not downloaded it yet, will compare in a few minutes.

 

[4wd]

Sony A7iii with FE200-600 at 600mm + AFC mode
Stabilisation off

The moon is bright when it fills a good part of your frame
1/80th
ISO125
F6.3 (widest it goes at 600mm)
Manual Focus

moon_shot by Colin Grice, on Flickr

 

[4wd]

Mars was less successful

 

[sirch]

Great minds and all that

The moon is bright when it fills a good part of your frame
1/80th
ISO125
F6.3 (widest it goes at 600mm)

Given that the A7iii has two base ISO points, 100 and 640, I decided to shoot at 100 iso, 1/400 sec to reduce the effects of camera shake and brighten in post

Mars is not bad with no specialist kit.

 

[Norkie]

Excellent