^ Roxsan - were you hiding in the bushes on the above shot...hehe...just kidding.
Here's one from today with an old lens, probably very early 60's Zeiss Flektogon 4/20. Not the sharpest 20mm but known for practically zero distortion and sharpens up stepped down. Mine's in a Nikon mount.
tjack wrote:
^ Roxsan - were you hiding in the bushes on the above shot...hehe...just kidding.
Here's one from today with an old lens, probably very early 60's Zeiss Flektogon 4/20. Not the sharpest 20mm but known for practically zero distortion and sharpens up stepped down. Mine's in a Nikon mount.
Jack. I was in a crowded Plaza of an ancient medieval town in Italy during a spring flowers and plants festival-market
I own the same lens of Yours but 25mm, very good, here far above a sample
I've done quite a bit of DSLR astrophotography (with Canon 5DMK2), but this was my first time with the A7. I was really impressed with the quality and detail achieved with this small package...easy to throw in a backpack and take to some really dark skies.
Stats:
Tracking with Vixen Polarie star tracker
6 exposures @ 6 minutes
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker (with dark frames)
Processing with CS5
This is an extremely impressive job. May I ask how you did the polar alignment with the Polarie. Did you use the scope or just the peaking hole? I really have to try mine again, but as much as I enjoy astrophotography it's been quite frustrating, because more often than not I went to a reasonably dark site and ended up with totally cloudy skies even though the weather forecast was good.
Great images everyone!!! This thread is a wealth of information, and thank you Jack for you advice and knowledge of different lenses on the A7r.
First shot today with the A7r and WATE 16-18-21 @ 21mm, f/4, environmental portrait. Thank you to Rocky, a FM member from Brisbane who loaned this lens to try out
sebboh wrote:
it's been a lowfi weekend for me. all with the jupiter-3 wide open:
Love your pics, especially the one with the dramatic lens flare. Your comment made me laugh because I decided this weekend to use only my sharpest, highest micro-contrast, most technically perfect lenses.
