RASC Hamilton Pics of less than 24hour old moon

[Scott Barrie]

I trust you'll be providing warmer viewing conditions...:-)



On Feb 20, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Roger Hill <Roger.Hill at hiteach.net> wrote:

> Also, don't forget about this evenings nice photo-op with Venus, Mars and the Moon!
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> Subject: Re: RASC Hamilton Pics of less than 24hour old moon
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> Thanks, Muhammad (and Murray, Roger and Gary!).
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> I used a Nikon D600 with an f4.0 200-400 zoom lens.
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> Exposure for both shots was 1/13 sec at f5.6.
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> ISO on the wide shot was 2500 and it was shot at 260mm.
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> The closer shot was at ISO 1250 and the lens was set to 400mm.
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> I did try a variety of different settings. 1/30 sec was slightly sharper at the expense of increased noise, although I was always surprised at the amount of detail that could be found in the files.
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> Here's one shot a little bit later at 1/30 sec at f4.0, ISO 5000.  The white dot above the tower is a plane.
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> On Feb 20, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Muhammad Basil Ahmad <bscphm at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Very nice, Scott. I saw it when I got home from work, but I was too cold to shoot.
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>> What was your camera set up?
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>> Muhammad Basil Ahmad
>> HonBSc, BScPhm, RPh, CDE
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>> On 19 February 2015 at 20:27, Scott Barrie <barrie_62 at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>> I braved the cold tonight to try and get a shot of the new moon. Had just about given up - thinking I must have had the wrong night - when I spotted it, a little lower than I anticipated. Managed to get a few shots.  Too darn cold to stay out very long.
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>> Scott Barrie
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>> <New moon and wires wide 2-6538.jpg><New moon near wires 2-6544.jpg>
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