The Moon - July 17, 2019.
Decided to take the new camera (Canon 7D Mark II) out for a spin with my telescope and take a few pics of the Moon. I'd say it worked . You may remember my previous Moon shots showed the entire Moon, however with the crop factor of this camera it gets me in even tighter so I see more details. I do have a couple ways of getting even closer, but I wanted to try this out tonight to see what my camera could do if I used the telescope like a zoom lens (technically a prime lens). FYI, for my photo geek friends, the telescope has a focal length of 2350mm and with the 1.6x crop sensor, that makes this a 3760mm lens (Equivalent of a 75 power binoculars, or 75x closer than we see with our eyes). So, my exposure was 1/250 @ f/8 ISO 200 at 3760mm.
The Moon - July 17, 2019.
Decided to take the new camera (Canon 7D Mark II) out for a spin with my telescope and take a few pics of the Moon. I'd say it worked . You may remember my previous Moon shots showed the entire Moon, however with the crop factor of this camera it gets me in even tighter so I see more details. I do have a couple ways of getting even closer, but I wanted to try this out tonight to see what my camera could do if I used the telescope like a zoom lens (technically a prime lens). FYI, for my photo geek friends, the telescope has a focal length of 2350mm and with the 1.6x crop sensor, that makes this a 3760mm lens (Equivalent of a 75 power binoculars, or 75x closer than we see with our eyes). So, my exposure was 1/250 @ f/8 ISO 200 at 3760mm.