Re: [APML] c2001 q4 NEAT and M44

["Rodney Watters" <ryderhome@bigpond.com>]

Kearn,

Thanks for the feedback. I am pleased to be able to exchange ideas with
other Aussies.

Specs for photo are:
Canon F1; 55mm F1.2 lens @ 4.0 (too much coma and vignetting if I don't step
down the lens). Exposure = 10 minutes. Manual guiding on comet core.
Losmandy GM8 mount.
Scanned on my recently purchased Minolta Dimage Scan Dual III. This scanner
has a scanning resolution of 2820 dpi and a quoted dynamic range of 4.8. I
did not do any adjustments at the pre scan stage but simply scanned the
slide at full resolution. The Minolta driver allows one to specify the
output image size which I set to 5x the physical 35mm positive. Resultant
tiff file size was 28.1Mbytes.
Processing in photo shop by simply using auto levels and then adjusting the
brightness and contrast. Image was then resized and saved as jpeg for web.

The purchase of the scanner ($800 AUD) was the best decision I've made as it
gives me a chance to start sharing my work and obtaining critical feedback
so that I can start improving my output. By way of example it is clear from
the feedback I am receiving that I am being too aggressive with processing
the images and need to spend more time looking at the subtleties of image
processing and scanning. I guess I sort of knew this but I was keen to get
some images out there anyway after flirting with this hobby for a while.

Rodney Watters

----- Original Message -----
From: "belatrix" <belatrix@ozemail.com.au>
To: "APML" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] c2001 q4 NEAT and M44


> Hi Rodney and all
> Nice image of NEAT/M44 - I am a little jealous of all these beehive/NEAT
> pics :) , we were unable , for various reasons, to have a crack at this
> scene ourselves (although did get to see the scene on the 20th from a dark
> site through binos - very nice indeed!) . One of the best comet/object
> juxtapositions in years it would seem!
>  As far as i am aware, this is the only such picture taken of this scene
> from Oz - congrats.
>  Personally we have never used slide film ourselves yet.
> Can i ask your camera/lens/scanning details?
> I dont have a scanner capable of scanning slides (i use a 5 year old Epson
> GT-7000 scanner still, with my 5 year old powermac G3 B&W 350mhz - will
> upgrade soon hopefully though) Has anyone on APML used the point and
squirt
> cameras with slide attachment for scanning slides - i am thinking mainly
> about the Nikon CP5400 with attachment 'slide copy adapter ES-E28' are
they
> worth trying? Thanks in advance for any help.
> Cheers
> Kearn
> <http://www.southern-x.org/>
>
> > From: "Rodney Watters" <ryderhome@bigpond.com>
> > Organization: Ryder Homestead
> > Reply-To: Rodney Watters <ryderhome@bigpond.com>, Discussion of Film
> > Astrophotography <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:19:05 +1000
> > To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > Subject: [APML] c2001 q4 NEAT and M44
> >
> > Recent image of c2001q4 NEAT alongside M44 taken on 16 May.
> >
> > Exposure is 10m. Shadows in corner are tree tops. Film is Fuji Provia
400F
> > slide.
> >
> > http://www.ryderhome.com.au/ap/image005.jpg
> >
> > Comments welcome.
> >
> > Rodney Watters
> >
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