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Originally Posted by Don Hoey
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 |
The X was brought out of hibernation for this one. Shutter speed in the order of 1/640 at ISO200 using spot metering at 510mm. It would have been possible to handhold without VR, although VR was ON.
I am impressed with sharpness retained using 1.7X TC with the primary lens virtually wide open (f3.3~ish)
Sadly no Saturn in my shot
