Photography talk , post up your images.

And this one, 47 Tuc, the smaller magelenic cloud , and the little yellow one named after my wife , top left.. I had a great couple of days outback, I will post the rest of the galaxy quest as I process them..I hope you like them..:)
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Really pushed the limits of the gear I have with this one, A severe crop of 20 x 60 seconds. Interesting in that there are no less than a dozen galaxies in this image.
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And this is a single image, that demonstrates the size of this galaxy , if you could see it with the unaided eye. taken at dusk with a tree in the foreground.
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Part of it was lenses. Didn't have a wide fast lens and was reluctant to purchase DX specialist lenses. My lenes resulted in sub 20 second shots to avoid star trails and high ISO to get a good exposure (F3.5 and higher). Was a bit noisy.

Camera worked well on bulb and I did some 2 minute star trail shots successfully.

Camera started to go monochromatic for shots longer than 10 seconds (main reason to change cameras). The colour was orange, like sodium vapour street lights. Subtle at first, then went full monochromatic as you took more >10 second shots. Had to do a full factory reset to clear the problem but it would come back. Camera was great for normal shots.

By memory, mirror up was a menu setting and not a dial setting like my D750. Never used mirror up mode on the D5300.

Sounds like your Sigma 150-600 lens is an FX lens. Yes a DX camera will give you the 900mm view, but at lower pixel/mm count (quality). See if you can find a professional photographer who is going mirrorless and buy a high click count FX camera (I did this) and some extension tubes. You could get the same result with a higher quality photo.

Went to full frame (FX) cameras and lenses and I'm having a great time without any problems.
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Well I found a camera, not really what I was looking for but so far so good, I found a lowish shutter count D800 for a good price, first impressions were that its a beast, bulky and fairly heavy, but stuck on the back of a 150-600 this actually works and balances well. the other benefits are 36mp and the same battery as the Z, also FX. The autofocus is far quicker than my Z too. Not yet tried it for astro though. It is unknown if it will talk to my asiair through a usb cable, and so far I have not found anyone that has tried it on the asiair mini..
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Talking Photography here. It's not normally in my nature to endorse any products, I believe that the product should provide the purpose it built for, a toaster should make toast, and not beautifully cooked rice, However Ill be the first to complain if a product doesn't do as its supposed to . I have bought French stuff made in Singapore, Japanese stuff made in Taiwan, American stuff made in China. I have even been known to buy German stuff made in America :whistle:. But it's not often I come across something that was made in the country it was actually made in, unless its unashamedly Chinese. So I bought a British tripod, because my last one was Italian and made in the Philippines. I was surprised to find out that it WAS actually made in Britain..It is a great bit of kit, it does everything it's supposed to, design and function beautifully integrated with ergonomics, and top quality construction and machining. Easily handling my 600mm on the D800 to my surprise. all three legs come off to make mono-pods, or selfy sticks if your vanity is getting the best you, or your the type that will drive 200km to take a picture of yourself standing by the car :whistle:. Small compact unit. Top marks for the 3 Legged thing, twice the price of a Chinese knock off, but worth every cent IMHO. :thumbsup: to British design and implementation, marketing is pretty cool too...:)
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In a lot of applications you what you get what you pay for or something like that, just so worth spending that bit extra for quality but also knowing what your buying helps as there’s so much over priced and hyped stuff. Research always the key. Nice to see something from motherland :whistle:appreciated. Look forward to your next batch of pics.
 
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