Despite plenty of setting up and perfect conditions I mucked up my Canon equipment versions, trying to manual focus was a nightmare - I should have set the focus when the moon was brighter
However the Oly equipment was easier to focus, but the noise handling is not so good, Actually I am being kind, despite setting every noise reduction feature I could find I knew it was going to struggle at the 1 second or so exposure as neither sytem is particulalrly effective at that zone of exposre. In the end I must admit to using layers, a black mask and keeping the moon and stars the sky noise was that bad, so a heavily photoshopped version. Also converting to jpeg has lost a lot of the colour saturation? - update tried boosting the saturation now
techs Oly E1, Nikon 300 AIS, Oly E1.4 tc, ISO800, 1 second at F4, tripod, AS1 B1
Final update, the red channel keeps blowing so I assume the Oly sensor also has a reduced dynamic range compared to Canon equipment
I found the EOS 20D coped quite well on autofocus, even when the moon was eclipsed. However it was quite difficult to manual focus when a converter was on.
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4 repliesHowever the Oly equipment was easier to focus, but the noise handling is not so good, Actually I am being kind, despite setting every noise reduction feature I could find I knew it was going to struggle at the 1 second or so exposure as neither sytem is particulalrly effective at that zone of exposre. In the end I must admit to using layers, a black mask and keeping the moon and stars the sky noise was that bad, so a heavily photoshopped version. Also converting to jpeg has lost a lot of the colour saturation? - update tried boosting the saturation now
techs Oly E1, Nikon 300 AIS, Oly E1.4 tc, ISO800, 1 second at F4, tripod, AS1 B1
Final update, the red channel keeps blowing so I assume the Oly sensor also has a reduced dynamic range compared to Canon equipment
I found the EOS 20D coped quite well on autofocus, even when the moon was eclipsed. However it was quite difficult to manual focus when a converter was on.