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Tokina 300mm f/5.6 for moonshots
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:37 am    Post subject: Tokina 300mm f/5.6 for moonshots Reply with quote
My first moon shot in 2013 with the Lumix GF1 (2X crop factor), the Tokina 300mm f/5.6 and a Tokina 2x teleconverter, giving a focal length equivalence of 1200mm in FF. On a Fancier 6222 tripod. This is the setup:



And one of the shots:



Slight PP, some noise reduction to get rid of the ISO400 noise, crop and a little contrast enhancement.

Jes.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That actually looks like a fairly decent moon shot.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow, a clear sky. I've forgotten what this looks like. Laughing

That's not bad considering the setup. I bet the camera was dwarfed.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
bernhardas wrote:
The whole set/up looks quite long. How did you mount it on the tripod?


Screwed on the camera. Even if it might look heavy, the setup seems solid.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
LArifleMAN wrote:
That actually looks like a fairly decent moon shot.


Thanks, it looks better than the ones I tried with the Tamron 500mm Sp, the 2x Tamron teleconverter and the same cam...


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
martinsmith99 wrote:
Wow, a clear sky. I've forgotten what this looks like. Laughing

That's not bad considering the setup. I bet the camera was dwarfed.


Thanks Martin. Yes, I would'nt say the same a few days ago, we had an awful weather until a week ago. Now is clear and sunny Smile

The camera looked like the bottom cap of the setup Wink


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not bad at all,its always harder with a TC connected.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks nice and close.
Was it very cold when you took the shot? Here I would be freezing to try a shot like that.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mo wrote:
Not bad at all,its always harder with a TC connected.


Yes, you're right. TC are not the best solution, anyway is the cheap way for long focals. I've tried a few and the Tokina is quite decent.
Thanks for commenting Smile


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
uddhava wrote:
Looks nice and close.
Was it very cold when you took the shot? Here I would be freezing to try a shot like that.


Not here, it was around 13ºC when I took this shot. Smile


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice shot Jes, I have not seen the moon for ages. It's been rainy and very dull over here during the last few weeks. It's also not that cold in NL, where's winter???


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice moonshot, especially for a 300mm lens on a fixed tripod with no stacking.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice shot Jes and nice combo. It gives me some ideas with the Pen E-P2

Spotmatic wrote:
Nice shot Jes, I have not seen the moon for ages. It's been rainy and very dull over here during the last few weeks. It's also not that cold in NL, where's winter???

I also wonder where winter is ! Confused

On the 1st january I heard noise at the window and Shocked Shocked Shocked I saw this specimen :


This butterfly is 6cm wide. I wonder what breed it is.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Olivier wrote:
Nice shot Jes and nice combo. It gives me some ideas with the Pen E-P2

Spotmatic wrote:
Nice shot Jes, I have not seen the moon for ages. It's been rainy and very dull over here during the last few weeks. It's also not that cold in NL, where's winter???

I also wonder where winter is ! Confused

On the 1st january I heard noise at the window and Shocked Shocked Shocked I saw this specimen :


This butterfly is 6cm wide. I wonder what breed it is.

WOW! Shocked


PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Spotmatic wrote:
Nice shot Jes, I have not seen the moon for ages. It's been rainy and very dull over here during the last few weeks. It's also not that cold in NL, where's winter???


Thanks for commenting, Peter. It has been also rainy and windy over the past weeks here, but now we have a really spring time with temperatures rising up to 20ºC at noon.
Global overheating? Who knows...


PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
s58y wrote:
Nice moonshot, especially for a 300mm lens on a fixed tripod with no stacking.


I thought the stacking was only for macro! Sad
Every day one learns something new.

Thanks for telling!.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Olivier wrote:
Nice shot Jes and nice combo. It gives me some ideas with the Pen E-P2


This butterfly is 6cm wide. I wonder what breed it is.


Surprising... I've stopped prunning my garden trees because they are blossoming!. The changeing weather is driving crazy even the plants.

(BTW, in which part of France are you located?)


PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I live near Boulogne sur Mer, 40 km south of Calais. So it is north of France, near Dunkerque, Belgium and UK.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Olivier wrote:
I live near Boulogne sur Mer, 40 km south of Calais. So it is north of France, near Dunkerque, Belgium and UK.


So it's a cold place in winter... or it should be Wink.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, it should be Wink


PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
When you made that picture, took one other without the teleconverter?
It would be interesting to see the difference. I think teleconverter is hurting the final result so remarkable ... I'm wrong?

Saludetes.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice moon shot but I think also than a crop is less "destructive" than a TC2x!


PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
anktonio wrote:
When you made that picture, took one other without the teleconverter?
It would be interesting to see the difference. I think teleconverter is hurting the final result so remarkable ... I'm wrong?

Saludetes.


Hola Antonio, Wink

No, I didn't, I was afraid of not having focal lenght enough to give decent results at crop time.
Anyway I keep the setup and I can try it next time the moon will be visible.
However I trust the Tokina TC, it's not so bad for a TC.
Will see, thanks for commenting.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
pich900 wrote:
Nice moon shot but I think also than a crop is less "destructive" than a TC2x!


Okay, I'l try it, also with the new NX1000 that has a 20Mpix sensor, so the cropping will give a better result. However I'll lose a lot of focal length, the NX1000 is APS-C and it has a 1.5x crop factor, so the final length (without the TC) will be a mere 450mm against the 1200mm of the original shot.
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