Magnifique, tu dois avoir un gros appareil

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Focal length: 800mm.. since it is written in the EXIF info of the picture, I hope it's not a telelens but a telescope?

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hi ... the focal length is always written in the EXIF from my experience, but only by computerized electronic lenses ... it would be cool to get a telescope to report EXIF though

this was taken with a Canon 1Ds mark2 camera, a Canon 2x II teleconverter and a Canon 400mm f/5.6L telephoto lens, no telescope used at all ... 400mm X2=800mm

however ... I just received my new telescope yesterday but I don't have the adapter to attach a camera to it yet and it was too bright/cloudy last night to play around with it to start to get used to it anyway - real astrophotography here I come!

I'm hoping to get even better lunar photos in the near future using it and my DSLR - keep an eye out for them

pas trop grand, un objectif 400mm principal avec un multiplicateur de l'objectif 2x (teleconverter) - le secret est se focaliser presque parfait et pour utiliser un trepied rigide lourd ... la partie la plus difficile est se focaliser

pour etre honnete, je ne suis pas tres bon encore, mais j'apprends plus chaque fois photographie de I notre lune

n'importe qui avec un trepied, appareil-photo, un objectif de 300-400mm et une certains patience et desir peut probablement produire une bonne photo lunaire comme celle-ci

il est beaucoup plus facile que beaucoup de gens croient

Amazing shot!

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WOW! Amazing!
I need to get some better lens

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Your moon shots are awesome. Have you ever considered making some of them available as stock? Their size and (especially) clarity exceeds most of what I see available here.

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thanks a lot for the compliment ... I've never really thought of submitting them as stock, but then again I never thought anyone would want to use them ... so I think I will somehow list them as stock too - thanks for the advice, I really hope somebody will use them for a cool manipulation - that would be a huge compliment in its own way

do you think I should resubmit them on here in the stock category, or create a separate stock account?

so far all of these have just been with my DSLR and a long telephoto lens (usually a 400mm or a 600mm lens with a 2x teleconverter) ... I now have a good sized Meade LX200GPS Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope that puts these to shame ... I'm still trying to figuring out the best way to get photographs with it - I'm not sure if I am going to buy the adapters to hook my Canon DSLR directly up to the telescope, or if I am going to get a dedicated astrophotographic CCD imager for it that would be installed on the telescope all the time ... but once I get it all decided, purchased and installed, I am planning on having a LOT more images ~~ the moon has always been my favorite sky subject, and I don't see that changing - but my scope is large enough to get amazing images of Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus and even Neptune and Uranus if the skies are clear out, so there will hopefully be a lot of good planetary and nebular photos on here before too long as well

thank you so much ... yes, a good lens helps a lot, but don't let that stop you ... I started doing this a long time ago with a Minolta and a much lower quality lens and it still gave amazing results ... the biggest challenge by far is to get the focus just right - if you have a 300mm lens with a 2x teleconverter you will be amazed at what your camera can produce ... with a 400mm lens and a 2x TC you will really see it shine

in fact, I've seen some really impressive lunar photos come from point-and-shoot digital cameras lately - like I said before, the equipment certainly does help a lot, but it's what the photographer does with it to get the photo that makes the biggest difference ... GO TRY IT!!

just make sure to take the photos when the moon is NOT full, that way you will get the most detail out of the craters ... and make sure your camera can FOCUS very well and I think you will be surprised at what you can do even without high end expensive glass ... I have a good friend with an Olympus E-500 (which is what I am assuming that you are thinking about using for this based on the EXIF from some of your deviations) and there are some really good lenses available for it - look for a Sigma 400mm f/5.6 prime - they are relatively inexpensive, have excellent image quality and can be found used on ebay most of the time - with the Sigma 400/5.6 and a 2x teleconverter (any brand) you will be able to see crater and lighting detail similar to the work in my gallery ... it might not be exactly like mine (it might even be better ) but the focal range will be very close to this one (which was shot at 800mm) - in fact, it will look even closer because of the crop factor of that camera, which works to your advantage when it comes to work like this ... best of luck, let me know if you decide to give it a shot, I would love to see what you can come up with

thank you for the nice compliment - I'm glad you liked it - hope to have more coming soon when I get this telescope figured out and talking with my camera