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Spot The Dot

Post by norwichmike » Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:52 am

Morning all from a wet Norfolk.

Took a few high level shots last weekend at 2400mm so thought I would post up a couple up....

TC-JOL A330 THY
ImageTC-JOL by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

PH-CKB B747 KLM Cargo
ImagePH-CKB by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

D-ALPI A330 Air Berlin
ImageD-ALPI by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

And a sneaky one :ninja:
05-5144 C17 USAF
Image05-5144 by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

Still need to get more practice in to make these better.

Cheers

MB
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Re: Spot The Dot

Post by pig hunter » Sat Nov 07, 2015 4:59 pm

how do you achieve 2,400 mm please?/

camera??

thanks

ph

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Re: Spot The Dot

Post by norwichmike » Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:27 pm

pig hunter wrote:how do you achieve 2,400 mm please?/

camera??

thanks

ph
Hi Pig Hunter.

Well lets start with the easy bit shall we..........

Camera is a Canon EOS

Now to achieve the 2400mm I have a Sky-Watcher Telescope which when I connect my camera to it equals 1200mm. Which allow shots like this....
ImageA7-AED by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

I then decided to purchase a 2x Barlow to make the telescope 2400mm and allow shots like this...
ImagePH-CKB by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

It is all manual focus and with the air conditions you will end up deleting many images and saving a few.

Hope that helps a bit?

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Re: Spot The Dot

Post by Paul Zietsman » Sun Nov 08, 2015 2:32 pm

Mike, I am amazed at just how sharp the images are. How do you keep the telescope steady as I assume it does not sit on a tripod. I find the concept of photographing aircraft at altitude fascinating.

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Re: Spot The Dot

Post by youth » Sun Nov 08, 2015 6:24 pm

'SPOT ON' ; )

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Re: Spot The Dot

Post by norwichmike » Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:37 am

Paul Zietsman wrote:Mike, I am amazed at just how sharp the images are. How do you keep the telescope steady as I assume it does not sit on a tripod. I find the concept of photographing aircraft at altitude fascinating.

Paul
Paul,

The scope is in a stand on the ground
Image

Once you connect the camera it's hard to find the aircraft and the manual focus makes getting a sharp image difficult. I have only used this a few times and the panning and keeping the aircraft centered in the screen is hard work and will take lots of practice to get better.

I enjoy taking the photo's of the overflights it brings a different side to the hobby.

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Post by PorkScratching » Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:59 am

I have a smaller version of that telescope for astronomy. It's difficult enough keeping stars, planets etc. in the frame as they move across the sky, so I can imagine how difficult it is to track an aircraft, plus keep it in focus and take the shots!

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Re: Spot The Dot

Post by pig hunter » Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:13 pm

Thank you

that is pretty amazing

very clear shots for such an arrangements....

well done

ph

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Re: Spot The Dot

Post by Wallie » Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:09 pm

Don't often see such pics. Nice !!
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Re: Spot The Dot

Post by Paul Zietsman » Mon Nov 09, 2015 8:03 pm

Mike,

Thanks for the answer. It makes your images even more remarkable, you must have patience to have developed the skill.

Paul

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Re: Spot The Dot

Post by norwichmike » Tue Nov 10, 2015 9:43 am

Thanks all for the comments. Hope to share some more soon.
Paul Zietsman wrote:Mike,

Thanks for the answer. It makes your images even more remarkable, you must have patience to have developed the skill.

Paul
I have only used the 2x connection this once and It was all test work but happy they came out half decent. Hoping the weather gets better soon so I can practice some more.

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