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Thanks Stuart, I did not push-process this at all.
I was amazed when I got the negatives back to see so much blue. I was
just giving this one a try to see what happens. I also took shots with
Fuji Provia 400F, same length, etc. and had to work to get the nebulosity.
The F-Ratio for the scope is f3.3. I have started to see some sky fog at
20 minutes with some of my films so I now do at least one at 20 minutes when I
go out. Need to join some of the other For focusing, believe it or not, I
eyeballed it through the camera view finder. Basically, I found a bright
star and focused the diffraction spikes. I then refined focus by going to
a dim star and watching it disappear behind the gird pattern in the camera view
finder. (Sort of a cheap quasi knife edge). I think I am a little
bit off with the focus but was surprised to get it that nice. I have
recently gotten an STI Stilletto IV which might make this a little better (or
not). Will give it a try and see what happens. Dave From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org
[mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org] On
Behalf Of Stuart Heggie David, that is a great first post! That Epsilon 130 sounds
like an excellent rig. I believe 20 minutes is a very short exposure time at
that f-ratio and on 200 speed film. Did you push process it? Also, the focus
looks great to me - how are you focusing your scope with the camera mounted? Stuart |
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