Re: [APML] Going Crazy @ f/22!

["Arne Danielsen" <arnedani@online.no>]

That's a wonderful shot, John! Your long focal-length film shots continues to
impress me!!

Best regards,
Arne
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Boudreau" <jeboud@mediaone.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 7:05 AM
Subject: [APML] Going Crazy @ f/22!


> Hi all,
>
> While most of you were enjoying the aurora tonight, I've been on my computer
> killing time on a cloudy night ;o(
>
> I reshot NGC7662 recently, and since it's an object with such a high surface
> brightness, I decided to get crazy! (Well, actually I already was <g>) I
> attached a 2x teleconverter to my OM1, and exposed Fuji Provia 100F for 2
> hours @ f/22! Even then, it's slightly underexposed but it's a better
> overall result than my previous 30 minute version at f/11:
> http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jeboud/ngc7662.htm
>
> On another night I tried the same setup on the core of M42 for an 80 minute
> exposure. Clouds limited me to only 1 successful exposure, and caused a few
> minor guiding problems so a reshoot is planned, along with some shorter
> exposures to capture some Trapezium detail. But I'm still happy with it. For
> now <g>:
> http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jeboud/m42_core.htm
>
>
> Realistically, stacking two or more f/11 exposures would probably beat these
> shots. And a good CCD camera for these subjects is still a few years off for
> me. But it was interesting giving f/22 a try!
>
>
> John Boudreau
> jeboud@mediaone.net
> http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jeboud/astro.htm
>
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