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Originally Posted by Don Hoey
Tonights moon taken with 400mm f5.6 and TC201 2x converter. This converter is designed for lenses up to 200mm, and not recommended for the 400 lens so not a bad result. ISO400, lens wide open so effective aperture f11, shutter speed 1/200 to minimise any vibration effects.
Don
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That looks nice and sharp Don, how are you managing that because it is not easy. How do you plan to cope with the total eclipse because it looks as if you may need a shutter speed of around 10s? Because of that I think I will cheat and use my driven mount. I have also been experimenting this evening and have taken some shots through a 400mm lens plus a 1.4TC. The result as far as I can tell is identical with yours. I also took a shot through my 200mm telescope where there is clearly more detail. Unfortunately, although I could just squeeze tonight's Moon into the field of view, a full Moon is too big, so for the eclipse will use the camera lens.
Dave