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Wow thanx guys.
I used...
Celestron 9.25 with a 25mm eyepiece, making it about
F35.
F3 Nikon Camera.
Exposures were bracketed around 1/2 sec.
I only had 36 shots that I could take in about 15
minutes, so I worked out that I should take X pictures every so
many minutes - this part I screwed up badly. When I actually got shooting I
did not stick to my plan and there are many gaps in Saturn's
approach.
Most of the night there were some high clouds and the wind was
picking up, then at about 5am it magically it cleared up and calmed
down.
Btw Scott thanks again for the info on the gas purge
stuff.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 1:17
PM
Subject: RE: [APML] Film types for Lunar
photography
Hi
Sieg,
Those are awesome shots! What type of equipment
did you use?
Color negative film has a broader dynamic range than
color slide film - approximately 7 stops vs. 4 stops. Kodak Royal Gold
200 has gotten a good preliminary review from Tony Hallas for deep sky
work. But since you're getting obviously good results with E200, why do
you want to switch? The Moon is a rather "monoluminous" object (forgive
the expression) after all, and does not require expanded dynamic range.
In fact, slide film will probably give a better "look" (slightly more
contrasty). Print film would probably require
more post-processing.
Take
care,
Scott
website: http://www.rsiphotos.com/
email:
ireland@gate.net
Hello everyone, Im new here.
I just started into astrophotography about 6 months ago,
and where I live (Whistler in western Canada) the conditions are not so good
for astronomy, very humid and the jet stream is usually directly above
me. So the other week I decided to make a
field trip (My 1st one - ugg 8hr drive) to Table Mountain in central
WA to take some images of the Saturn - Moon
occultation.
I used e200, as it is the only film I have a good amount
of experience with (I didn't want to screw around with something new).
But negative film is said to have a better
bright/dark (is this referred to as fidelity?) range as I understand
it. So I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good film for lunar
imaging.
Here is a link to the images, keep in mind they are
greatly reduced in size and resolution.
Comments are welcome.
As far as this Anacortes thing goes, I have bought *lots*
of stuff from them and never had a problem. They are friendly and try and go
the extra mile as far as I can tell.
Siegfried.
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