Anybody out there dabble in a bit of star gazing or astrology?

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    I-S Good Evening.... Infidel

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    michael - no. That was 1344mm FOV equivalent lens on my D30, monopod at 1/80th. Image Stabilisation is a wonderful thing.
     
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    F**k me where did you get a 1344mm FOV equiv lens for your D30? They must cost an arm and a leg!

    Is that the full frame or is it a crop? I've taken pics of the moon on my E-10 with a 420mm FOV equiv. lens and they weren't terribly good. The size of the moon was way to small to be useful.

    Michael.
     
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    I already had the glass:

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    300 F4 + 2X + 1.4X TC is 840mm.

    The D30 has a 1.6X FOV crop because of its sub-frame sensor, which gives 1344.

    It was the 1/80th on a monopod bit that I thought impressive.
     
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    I took this a few months ago with a very cheap digital camera:

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    -- Ian
     
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    A later version of mine:

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    OK, you were using TCs. The maximum I could get using TCs on my E-10 would be roughly 600mm FOV using a 3x and a 1.45x TC:

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    Looks ridiculous. Mind you just the 3x is almost as bad:
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    No image stabilisation so you really have to use a tripod.

    Michael.
     
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    Never been a fan of add-on stuff on the front of lenses, but obviously there's no choice on the E10.

    If I borrowed my dad's 400mm and his 1.4X TC, along with a 12mm extension tube to stack it to the other 1.4, I could get well over 2000mm equiv FOV. Using his 20D for 8MP, and my tripod (when manfrotto get around to sending it back to me), might be able to get something even better...
     
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    The quality of the add-on lenses for the E-10 is unbelievably good. I've now got the 3x TC for 420mm FOV and the 0.8x TC to get me 28mm wide angle FOV and am very happy with both.

    Michael.
     
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    I find this a great website for seeing whats going on at night. The Iridium flares are always a good one for 'creating' a shooting star bang on time, especially with the kids, or how about impressing the new girlfriend :) . I've even got to the stage now where i can actually spot the planets that are in view, before i stumbled upon this website Mars was the only one i was sure about, check here:
    http://www.heavens-above.com/
     
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