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Agree, even the old Minolta version is a gem. If you can find a good 2nd hand copy it also comes highly recommended:
Thanks Dave.
would love to see some shots with this combo.
gotta get the ISS in there!Nice pics Ed, at first I was wondering what you had to drink before shooting the first one but after a second look I see what's going on.
A little experiment from earlier today... Same scope setup and final crop as above but with about a 16.5-stop equivalent filter. Sunspots anyone?
30mmgreat shots everyone.
would love to see some shots with this combo.
so what's the effective focal length on a 1.5x sensor?
Bingo! Mirex with Mamiya 35 f/3.5 on a900. Only a couple degrees of tilt on each photo, several mm of up-shift on the first one. In that first one, the waterfall is pretty sharp all the way across, as are the bricks at the end. This was just a quickie test t work after hours, handheld SSS off. I think that if I stop down and use a tripod+MLU I can get some nice results with this setup. I also have a Mamiya 80mm macro with the adapter that allows 1:1 that I have yet to try. I'm waiting on some chipped M42 adapters before I begin shooting in earnest with these so I can ID/search each lens in LR.
oh it's actually 35mm to 6x6 is 1.6x so it's a little less than 30mm, 28.125mm.30mm
That should give you almost a standard lens on APS-C.
here's the schedule of when the ISS crosses paths with the moon and sun. I really don't know what's going on since I just scanned it.LOL... that sounds too much like work.
:ROTFL: , you're two weeks late but still not bad for an April foolsday joke.
Actually, thanks for that... that site does all of what I would consider the hardest work, figuring out where to be and when. Looks like you need to be south of the equator this time of year to catch a solar transit. OTOH, it looks like I might be able to catch a lunar transit near midnight April 30 on top of a nearby hill, though it would be tricky with a first quarter moon. Tony are you lurking? Road trip?
