Does someone actually use it to take moon's pictures? How it performs? Do you tried an extender (1.4, 2.0)? Comments?
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Yes I have taken moon pictures with Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 lens. First off ,You MUST use a tripod for stabilization. And I have used the 1.4 extender. I've had some pretty good pictures, but I have done a lot of experimenting to get them. Start buy moving your ISO up to 400 and use a 3 second shutter speed, and keep going up and down with ISO & shutter speed until you get your best pictures. It takes a lot of patience, but you will get some good pictures.
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Yes I did. I believe my shots are in the customer photos. I did not use an extender, just maxed out at 400mm though I didn't calibrate the sweet spot for the aperture for maximum clarity. I shot both handheld and tripod and I was very amazed by the handheld quality. I was very happy with the results.
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No idea about Moon Pictures. I believe it is compatible with the 1.4x and 2.0x converter. However with the 1.4x extender it will become and F/8 which will make only the center AF point available on a 1 series or 5D mk3 body and AF will not work on other bodies. The 2.0x converter will make AF not work on any lenses on any cameras.
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I have used the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS several times in Baja to take pictures of the moon rising over the mountains east of my house. This lense makes the moonlarger and clearer than my 40-200mm. I have tried the 2x extender but did not have my tripod set up when I used the 2x. I used a remote shutter release all the times before that and it gives me clearer photos. hope this helps.
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Katherine: We got this lens for my son who loves to take scenic pictures and pictures of the moon at night. He loves it especially for the moon shots. He also uses it during whale season here in Hawaii and has gotten actual pictures of the whales way out. It is a clumsy lens to work with but once you get use to it it works.
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I am told by my experienced mentor that it is. I've only imaged with it once with the moon and had to turn the gain almost off so it didn't white out the screen. It was a lot more sensitive than my cell phone camera and my large digital camera that is not dslr. It is more sensitive tha. I imagined something I could afford would be. The customer service from High Point was so good they were willing to still take it back into the 2nd month if I could not get it to work because I tried ad tried with Linux and weather was very cold. Once I put Windows on my laptop it worked right away.
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I used it to photograph the moon and it was great. I bought it for long shots at wildlife but the sky shots are great.
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I am taking astrophotographs with this telescope using a Canon EOS REBEl 2Ti coupled to the eyepiece focus. I was able to adjust the balancing of the telescope of the telescope with the camera attached. I so far only taken pictures of the moon because I am in a light polluted area. I am waiting to take the telescope to a dark sky area so a can try photographing deep sky objects. I posted one of my best photographs of the moon on my facebook page if you like to see what the Powerseeker can do.
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The lens is 1300 but it comes with a 2X extender that works pretty well. I have not had a chance to try it on the moon yet, but a handheld shot of a distant tree branch came out reasonably well. It should be adequate quality with a tripod.
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Hi, To be honest I have not had a chance to use it yet. However I will say if your a avid computer user take the time to look up Camerarec Toby in You Tube. He has his own channel and is my and many other go to guy for recommendations. You may also search this site " digital.photorecommendations.com " , this is also Toby's web page. You can ask questions there or even go to his Face Book Page. He will answer any and all questions in a fair amount of time, I have asked him numerous questions just on settings for a certain camera shoot and he responded with articles and video for all my answers. Please I suggest to check him out for your answer.
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Well, I think it works to take pictures of birds. Because I take pictures to the Moon and looks good.
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It should work with your telescope. I have a 70mm refractor telescope and have used the celestron digital camera adapter with it to take photos of the moon with a point and shoot digital camera.
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I have used it with a Sony Alpha A5000 mostly to photograph the moon. The results are very good. But it is heavy and needs a sturdy tripod for best results.
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It should work, though it might be tough to keep things centered if your mount is not motorized. One thing to keep in mind is that the image quality of this camera is not very good. It works well on the Moon, but that is about it. If you can find a used one it would be a much better value. This camera is not worth $100, maybe $30-$40.
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I have been using the Tamron for astro for a while now. I am very happy with the results. I stop mine down to f8 so it is a little slow but works fine. I wish I could post an image here but do not see a way to do so. Moon shots should be no problem.
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S. Albert -I was thinking the same thing - taking the laptop and Minoru webcam out and capturing something interesting (more interesting than my face). But when going through the reviews, a few people have said that the picture gets overexposed easily and it works much better indoors. That's the only reason I'm hesitating to buy this thing. Hopefully they'll get it fixed soon -- someone mentioned that it was possibly just a software fix.
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I've taken pictures of the moon over trees and also sunsets over rice fields in our area. In my opinion, this camera takes great pictures.....
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Hi. I have been playing with this camera a good deal the last couple of weeks but mostly on how well it does bracketing and comparing the exposure control settings vs a true representation of the scene at low light. I will keep a hold of the question and test out the GPS this weekend and let you know. Hope that helps. (Great little camera by the way).
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I have used it with the extender however it does cut down on the brightness of the photos considerably. Also it increases the shakiness so you wont be using it on a day that is not bright sunny and calm. I have only used it with the 500mm lens and I am unsure if it works with other lenses. I do enjoy playing around with the setup but most times I just use the 500mm without the 2x extender. You will also have to experiment with your cameras settings
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Great response, Dave Diode...I have a question about this. Can it be attached only to DSLR cameras or also mirror less cameras? Thanks! (I'm searching for a dSLR quality camera but found out that none can be used at classical concerts because of the loud shutter noise).