The Official Shoot the Moon Thread

Inspeqtor wrote in post #16321581
Very nice shot Paul!!

I wanted to look at the exif data on flickr, but do not remember how. I am hoping you or someone else can help me on this....

Thank you!

Thank you Charles.

looks like you got your question answered.

here's mine.

harvest moon (or morning after) 09/20/13
mosaic of 26(-ish) images with the 7D and C90 w/ 3x barlow (3750 mm)
resized to 1/16 full image size

ohata0 wrote in post #16323896
here's mine.

harvest moon (or morning after) 09/20/13
mosaic of 26(-ish) images with the 7D and C90 w/ 3x barlow (3750 mm)
resized to 1/16 full image size

turned out well, i like it.

Excellent photo! Crisp and very clear. The C90 I suspect is the Celestron C90. How do you connect your camera to the C90, and do you use your camera tripod to mount the C90 to it? I would be very interested in getting a C90 for myself.

EDIT: The 3x Barlow, can you give me a link to that as well? Thanks

First shots of the moon with 7D 100-400 and x2 extender. Really pleased with these, hope you like also.

Inspeqtor wrote in post #16324009
Excellent photo! Crisp and very clear. The C90 I suspect is the Celestron C90. How do you connect your camera to the C90, and do you use your camera tripod to mount the C90 to it? I would be very interested in getting a C90 for myself.

EDIT: The 3x Barlow, can you give me a link to that as well? Thanks

yup, i have the celestron c90 i got from a friend.
i use a Fotodiox Lens Mount Adapter. You connect that directly to the back of the c90.
For the X-Cel 3x Barlow, i also use the celestron universal t-adapter. The Fotodiox T-ring screws on to the end of the universal adapter when using the barlow.

i have tried using my tripod and the c90 before, and i used that before with shots of just the c90 (without the barlow), but for this one, i used my celestron advanced vx mount. that's also why it's so clean--i shot 0.5 sec exposures at iso 100.

i did attempt doing a mosaic w/ the c90 and 3x barlow before using a normal tripod, but it was harder to do since i had to take pics as the moon drifted across the sensor, and i couldn't accurately reposition the camera for the next "row" of shots. so i ended up with a lot of gaps in the middle of my moon.

you should have a decent tripod if you want to take pics with the c90...slight wind could ruin your shots if your tripod barely handles the weight.

the c90 may not be that sharp, but a little sharpening in photoshop helps it out. the nice thing about the c90 is that it's pretty fun to use in the daytime...it's got pretty close focusing considering it's 1250mm focal length.

the c90 is a nice, cheap way to get close up shots of the moon and planets. it may be at it's limit with the 3x barlow though. the c5 with it's larger aperture should resolve details better than the c90 (they have the same focal length), but is larger and heavier.

How much DOF can you achieve with the C90?

Pax2You wrote in post #16325887
How much DOF can you achieve with the C90?

Many light years!

ptcanon3ti wrote in post #16320189
Waning Gibbous

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/petshots/990898​3794/
Waning Gibbous BW c 9.23.13 3276 by ptcanon3ti, on Flickr

Beautiful shot! This is how the moon should look. Well done.

Inspeqtor wrote in post #16324009
Excellent photo! Crisp and very clear. The C90 I suspect is the Celestron C90. How do you connect your camera to the C90, and do you use your camera tripod to mount the C90 to it? I would be very interested in getting a C90 for myself.

EDIT: The 3x Barlow, can you give me a link to that as well? Thanks

One of the best full moon shots I have seen. Great job.

cmosman wrote in post #16324979
First shots of the moon with 7D 100-400 and x2 extender. Really pleased with these, hope you like also.

More great shots. In the second one you have stars off to the right? I've never seen that, always thought the correct exposure for the moon would not capture the much dimmer stars.

Pax2You wrote in post #16325887
How much DOF can you achieve with the C90?

according to DOF calculator online, at 15 ft, dof is roughly 0.02 ft with my 7D. at infinity, it's...infinite (hyperfocal distance is around 17500 ft).

don't know if i posted this one on here already, but here's a mosaic that i did back in may using the c90 and 3x barlow on my normal photo tripod...it's noisier because of the higher iso and shutter speeds, and i didn't realize i didn't get enough for the bottom. oops :P

IMAGE LINK: http://farm3.staticfli​ckr.com …82715364_d2a61b​bee9_o.jpg

the jimmy wrote in post #16327817
Beautiful shot! This is how the moon should look. Well done.

Thank you Sir! I appreciate it.

the jimmy wrote in post #16327822
One of the best full moon shots I have seen. Great job.

Thank you for the compliment. However, I did not take that picture.

You need to be complimenting ohata0 post #1848 right above my post.

Inspeqtor wrote in post #16328466
Thank you for the compliment. However, I did not take that picture.

You need to be complimenting ohata0 post #1848 right above my post.

thanks guys!

ohata0 wrote in post #16328760
thanks guys!

Oops, credit to you sir.