Re: [APML] Results vs. expense (was New Pix by Robert Gendler)

["Andy Wallace" <andywallace@home.com>]

One has to wonder how much time some of our colleagues put into
astrophotography and how many hundreds of pics they take to get the few they
want to exhibit ( see our recent thread about the dozens of rolls of film
per year many go through ). If you value your time at anything over minimum
wage, there would seem to be  no "cheap" way to get good astropics. However,
if you enjoy this sometimes tedious process--and most seem to--then cost
would not seem to be that big of a factor. Try to keep up a boat, or worse,
a small plane!! :-)

Andy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Vaughn" <aa6g@aa6g.org>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 7:38 PM
Subject: RE: [APML] Results vs. expense (was New Pix by Robert Gendler)


> Wil,
>
> >One might expect that such a contest would turn into a showcase of
expensive
> >gear, with the best equipment turning in the best results. But that is
not
> >what happened at all. Here are the entries submitted to the contest:
> >
> >http://www.astrophotographer.com/M1_comparison.html
>
> This kind of contest is very good because it stimulates improvement
> in those that didn't fare so well. You can't fool yourself when the
> images are side by side.
>
> >The thing that I most notice about the results is that there is very
little
> >correlation between the expense of the equipment and the quality of the
> >results. To my eye the best image there is one by Benoit Schillings,
taken
> >not with any kind of expensive refractor or fancy Ritchey but a humble
C11,
> >and from a city location at that.
>
> Benoit does an amazing job with what he has and where he is but I like
> Brad Ehrhorn's image the best.
>
> Chuck <aa6g@aa6g.org>
>
>
>
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