Olympus + Canon = space station
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I have taken quite a few shots of it but you really need 1000mm plus ,the hard part is finding it in such a narrow field of view and it does move quite quickly .
a good tripod and Gimbal is a must and setting it up so you don't end up on your knees is key to tracking it once you do find it in the camera.
this is a full frame shot so your looking for a tiny dot of light like a star but one that's moving .
Rob.
a good tripod and Gimbal is a must and setting it up so you don't end up on your knees is key to tracking it once you do find it in the camera.
this is a full frame shot so your looking for a tiny dot of light like a star but one that's moving .
Rob.
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My attempt a few years ago.
500mm on canon 550d, not great, but still a little bit detail.
500mm on canon 550d, not great, but still a little bit detail.
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That's a belter.
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Superb image!!!
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A cracker.
With an SS of 1/1000th and an IS lens, do you still use a gimbal or go hand-held?
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Thanks for comments .
Yes tripod and gimbal Nod you can't hold that rig still enough even with IS to find it in the first place (well I can't ) and you could not focus holding it and I tend to re focus between burst's of about 5 shots .
The reason I do this is because its moving so fast in the VF you don't have time to look at it and say Yes that's in focus, your panning horizontal and vertical, manual focusing half pressing the shutter and looking at a tiny point of light all at the same time .
by the way I took 300 shots and got around 20 /30 sort of OK ones .
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Yes tripod and gimbal Nod you can't hold that rig still enough even with IS to find it in the first place (well I can't ) and you could not focus holding it and I tend to re focus between burst's of about 5 shots .
The reason I do this is because its moving so fast in the VF you don't have time to look at it and say Yes that's in focus, your panning horizontal and vertical, manual focusing half pressing the shutter and looking at a tiny point of light all at the same time .
by the way I took 300 shots and got around 20 /30 sort of OK ones .
Rob.
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I've caught it a couple of times using a Nikon V1 with a 70-300 VR on the FT-1 adaptor. The V1 has a crop factor of (IIRC!) 2.7 so a 35mm EFL of ~800 or so mm. The V1 managed to achieve AF on the ISS and I could find and track it handheld.
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Getting it as it transits the Sun is a bit of a cheat's way really................
Sun spots & ISS by Jannyfox, on Flickr
Sun spots & ISS by Jannyfox, on Flickr