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Published: 2011-03-20 05:05:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 236; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 3
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A shot of the "supermoon" using a 1000mm f/8 lens, near Denver International Airport. Probably one of a bajillion that will be added today, but I had to.
Not too bad, but probably could be better (I definitely need more practice with that lens). Still you have to love the detail that came across.
Comments, etc. welcome. Thanks for looking!
- Ken
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1000mm F/8 lens?!
Wait... was this image cropped?
Lens doesn't look that high quality though... moon ain't sharp (unless handshake blur since your shutter speed was only 1/40 - normally I shoot the moon at least 1/160)
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Not cropped, just not as steady as I thought or perhaps not completely in focus all the way. Like I said, it wasn't the best one I've taken.
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Not cropped? Ok... that's the amazing part.
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Yep, zoomed in.
By the way, here's the lens: [link]
I definitely need to play with it more to get used to it.
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Wait... but you can't zoom in on the lens cause it's fixed focal length. (Contradiction?)
I have a feeling it gets down to the optical quality of the lens itself and the teleconverter you used as well... the design is like that of the Minolta/Sony 500mm F/8 reflex which performs less than the 70-400mm @ 400mm cropped to 500mm.
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I see your point, it's more focusing the focal length than zooming in I suppose. The lens isn't bad, just not what I'm used to.
Half the fun of all this is the experimenting.
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