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Originally Posted by Stephen Fox
Using spot metering 300mm +TC17E II (510mm) and aperture priority at f5.6. I managed to get this one that I am rather pleased with and progress has been made personally. This was also shot handheld.
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Very good Foxy. I guess the X is out from its winter rest for this.
Handheld
just goes to show the advantage of VR, and to think I have been slinging an extra 5kg weight from the Slik for increased stability.
To get Saturn I also draped two 1 Kg bags of sunflower seeds over the scope to damp vibrations.
I am having another look at using the scope ( see if I can improve ). Not nearly as user friendly as using a standard lens though. The scope gives equivalent of 1000mm but with lens + converter I have 400mm. So far image sharpness goes with the lens at 400mm.
Stevie mentioned an upcomming Earth shine event that I will get info on.
Don