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Andrew M Astbury · December 6th, 2006, 09:13 AM

Hi guys - just thought I'd post this link to a clip I shot the other day

http://wildlifeinpixels.com/clips/moon1MbStream.mov

XL2 with an Optex mount converter, 500mm Sigma 4.5 + a 2x t/c all held together with one of Ron Armstrongs ronsrails.

1/25th sec @f8

Only problem is the rig is that sensitive if you sneeze the cam ends up recording another point in the sky with no moon in it!
I thank Strauss for the audio..

Cheers guys

Andy

Mike Teutsch · December 6th, 2006, 09:29 AM

Andrew,

Very nice video, I enjoyed it!

Mike

Mark Utley · December 6th, 2006, 11:12 AM

Wow, that's unreal!

Graeme Nattress · December 6th, 2006, 11:39 AM

Wonderful. I love shots of the moon.

Andrew M Astbury · December 7th, 2006, 01:09 AM

Thanx guys

Andrew Clark · December 12th, 2006, 11:18 PM

Just curious, have you tried looking for the space station or shuttle?

Excellent footage though mate!! Must have been tough to do that slow panning movement...or was it just the earth's rotation?

Andzei Matsukevits · December 16th, 2006, 10:06 AM

wow, i didnt know that 500mm can get that close...
do you know why picture is kind of breathing, i mean its not perfectly still, something like hot air around moon or something?

Mike Teutsch · December 16th, 2006, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andzei Matsukevits

wow, i didnt know that 500mm can get that close...
do you know why picture is kind of breathing, i mean its not perfectly still, something like hot air around moon or something?

I'm affraid there is no air around the moon, but there is plenty in our own atmosphere.

Gilles Guerraz · December 16th, 2006, 10:35 AM

Wow !

Awesome !

Make me wanna go for a ride up there...

Kevin Randolph · December 17th, 2006, 09:02 PM

the "breathing" of the picture looked to me kinda like when heat is rolling off the pavement in summertime. I wish you could've gotten the shot without it... but it truly was awesome. Made me want to buy a lens adaptor and go see what I could find...

thanks for the post Andrew

Andzei Matsukevits · December 18th, 2006, 07:00 AM

but if were shooting out in the country side, could you get a clear picture?

Mike Andrade · January 11th, 2007, 12:17 PM

Wow that was some beautiful footage. Have you had any luck with planets or other moons?

Michael Pulcinella · January 16th, 2007, 10:49 AM

Gorgeous imagery! I loved it.

I just wish you had chosen different music. Also Sprach Zarathustra can no longer be used to evoke the same feelings it once did. That piece of music, as glorious as it is, has been used up. Wrung out. All it does now is conjure up images of the movie 2001 or the plethora of commercial and ironic uses it has been abused by. It can only be used ironically now, for comedic purposes. Not that it made your images funny. It didn't. But it didn't add to them either...for me. There are many pieces of music, classical or modern, acoustic or electronic, that I feel would have really enhanced your clip.

My $0.02.

Christopher Hughes · January 23rd, 2007, 03:43 AM

Very nice shot!

I wonder what shoots could be done with the Canon 1200mm lens with x2 converter.

Would be nice if it were possible to have a camera mounted through a telescope and record footage of Apollo capsules on the Moon. Then the did they/didn't they moon-landing theories can be laid to rest.

Viktor Bludov · January 31st, 2007, 11:05 AM

Christopher,
I'm originally from Russian Federation and I have never heard of this theory till I moved to USA.
Who are these people who come up with this nonsense?
Do you really think that a footage of moon-landing mission would look more credible if it was filmed from the Earth and Moon at the same time?
I can give you a dozens of scenarios in which it's a conspiracy linked all the way to JFK assassination.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christopher Hughes

Very nice shot!

I wonder what shoots could be done with the Canon 1200mm lens with x2 converter.

Would be nice if it were possible to have a camera mounted through a telescope and record footage of Apollo capsules on the Moon. Then the did they/didn't they moon-landing theories can be laid to rest.

December 6th, 2006, 09:13 AM	#1
Andrew M Astbury Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Crewe United Kingdom Posts: 43	Don't try this at home folks! Hi guys - just thought I'd post this link to a clip I shot the other day http://wildlifeinpixels.com/clips/moon1MbStream.mov XL2 with an Optex mount converter, 500mm Sigma 4.5 + a 2x t/c all held together with one of Ron Armstrongs ronsrails. 1/25th sec @f8 Only problem is the rig is that sensitive if you sneeze the cam ends up recording another point in the sky with no moon in it! I thank Strauss for the audio.. Cheers guys Andy

December 6th, 2006, 09:29 AM	#2
Mike Teutsch Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 2,614	Andrew, Very nice video, I enjoyed it! Mike __________________ Chapter one, line one. The BH.

December 6th, 2006, 11:12 AM	#3
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Graeme Nattress RED Problem Solver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,365	Wonderful. I love shots of the moon. __________________ www.nattress.com - filters for FCP

December 16th, 2006, 10:35 AM	#9
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December 7th, 2006, 01:09 AM	#5
Andrew M Astbury Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Crewe United Kingdom Posts: 43	Thanx guys

December 12th, 2006, 11:18 PM	#6
Andrew Clark Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 477	Just curious, have you tried looking for the space station or shuttle? Excellent footage though mate!! Must have been tough to do that slow panning movement...or was it just the earth's rotation?

December 16th, 2006, 10:06 AM	#7
Andzei Matsukevits Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 300	wow, i didnt know that 500mm can get that close... do you know why picture is kind of breathing, i mean its not perfectly still, something like hot air around moon or something?

December 17th, 2006, 09:02 PM	#10
Kevin Randolph Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 423	the "breathing" of the picture looked to me kinda like when heat is rolling off the pavement in summertime. I wish you could've gotten the shot without it... but it truly was awesome. Made me want to buy a lens adaptor and go see what I could find... thanks for the post Andrew __________________ "... the drama is on your doorstep..." - John Grierson www.grvideo.net

December 18th, 2006, 07:00 AM	#11
Andzei Matsukevits Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 300	but if were shooting out in the country side, could you get a clear picture?

January 11th, 2007, 12:17 PM	#12
Mike Andrade Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 136	Wow that was some beautiful footage. Have you had any luck with planets or other moons? __________________ Mike A

January 16th, 2007, 10:49 AM	#13
Michael Pulcinella Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ridley Park, PA, USA Posts: 269	Gorgeous imagery! I loved it. I just wish you had chosen different music. Also Sprach Zarathustra can no longer be used to evoke the same feelings it once did. That piece of music, as glorious as it is, has been used up. Wrung out. All it does now is conjure up images of the movie 2001 or the plethora of commercial and ironic uses it has been abused by. It can only be used ironically now, for comedic purposes. Not that it made your images funny. It didn't. But it didn't add to them either...for me. There are many pieces of music, classical or modern, acoustic or electronic, that I feel would have really enhanced your clip. My $0.02. Last edited by Michael Pulcinella; January 16th, 2007 at 01:21 PM.

January 23rd, 2007, 03:43 AM	#14
Christopher Hughes Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sunderland, England (y Merida, Mexico) Posts: 269	Very nice shot! I wonder what shoots could be done with the Canon 1200mm lens with x2 converter. Would be nice if it were possible to have a camera mounted through a telescope and record footage of Apollo capsules on the Moon. Then the did they/didn't they moon-landing theories can be laid to rest.