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jcham21
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Reged: 12/02/07
Posts: 362
Loc: Tucson, Arizona
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Hello,
This is my first picture post in this part of the forum. I usually post my astrophotography in the DSLR section as I have made the switch to the darkside.
Before my girlfriend bought me a Canon Xti DSLR, I was into film. I tried my hand at prime focus astrophotography through my C8 and failed. I believe I was too young to be using an off axis guider at that time (13-14). It was a lot of frustration. And Wal-Mart could never process my pictures correctly anyway.
What you see below was one of the best piggyback film shots I have ever taken. This was also from my first roll of E200:
Larger Version: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/3099725136_7bcc6c3e61_b.jpg
Photo Details:
Camera: Olympus OM-1
Lens: Olympus Zuiko MC Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 shot at f/4
Mount: Piggybacked on C8 fork mount
Exposure: 3 x 30 min
Developed at local lab, no pushing
Scanned at local lab (not sure what type of scanner)
Three exposures combined in MAXdslr
Photoshop CS2
I believe the pictures were taken about 6-7 years ago when I was around 16. They were taken from my parents house in Theriot, Louisiana. The skies are pretty dark.
I am now 23 and about to graduate from LSU. I would have to say that I am loving my DSLR. But I will be breaking out the Olympus in a couple nights to help image the Geminid meteor shower. We will see how that goes.
Check out some of my DSLR shots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23148441@N03/sets/72157603787621660/
Thanks for looking!
James Champagne
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James
Canon XTi
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II Camera Lens
Celestar 8
Main Astrophotography Gallery
Comet Lulin Gallery
How To Make a 6" F/15 Refractor
Edited by jcham21 (12/11/08 12:47 AM)
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tommyhawk13
professor emeritus
Reged: 09/28/07
Posts: 739
Loc: Jacksonville, Fl
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Wow! You sure captured a lot!
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Meade Starfinder 8,Meade SN-8 OTA, Orion Atlas, and a handfull of film cameras
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s58y
Postmaster
Reged: 12/12/04
Posts: 5629
Loc: Eastern NY
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Excellent widefield -- you sure captured lots of background stars.
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Hutech 30D, SBIG ST-402 autoguider
SV80S, TV102iis
Old camera lenses: 800mm f/5.6, 180mm f/3.4
AP900, Barndoor tracker
http://www.pbase.com/s58y
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s58y/
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jcham21
sage
Reged: 12/02/07
Posts: 362
Loc: Tucson, Arizona
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Here is another version, processed a little differently:
Larger Version: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/2589461908_3f2e0af268_b.jpg
The stars are smaller in this one. I may like this one better.
James
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James
Canon XTi
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II Camera Lens
Celestar 8
Main Astrophotography Gallery
Comet Lulin Gallery
How To Make a 6" F/15 Refractor
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Nightfly
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Reged: 06/20/07
Posts: 481
Loc: Sullivan, Maine
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Very nice widefield view of Orion and its treasures. For a film image it looks allot like a dslr shot. I wonder if your habits processing dslr images has rubbed off on this film image. The contrast is very high. Just an observation. I like it. Oh, welcome to the "other" side. Jump in, the waters fine.
Jim
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Nightfly Astrophotography
Sullivan, Maine, USA
http://www.fluidr.com/photos/12598495@N08
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jcham21
sage
Reged: 12/02/07
Posts: 362
Loc: Tucson, Arizona
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For a film image it looks allot like a dslr shot. I wonder if your habits processing dslr images has rubbed off on this film image.
Yep I processed this image the same way I would a DSLR one. Except I had to work with .jpeg when stacking.
Here is what I was able to obtain with a DSLR recently:
Larger Version: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2322/2261521096_c73a9cc8c3_b.jpg
Ramah, Louisiana
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens
at f/5.6
Piggybacked on Celestron C8 Fork Mount
Manually guided with 12mm rectile eyepiece
Canon XT Modified
9 X 600 second exposures (1.5 hours)
ISO 800
I really miss the full frame of film!
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The contrast is very high. Just an observation.
Yes I agree I overdone the contrast on the first image. I looked at the image on another computer besides my laptop and didn't like it. I like my 2nd process better.
For reference, here is a single 30 min. film sub straight from the scanner, no processing:
Larger Version: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/3100312639_0dcd1138b2_b.jpg
Thanks for looking!
James
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James
Canon XTi
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II Camera Lens
Celestar 8
Main Astrophotography Gallery
Comet Lulin Gallery
How To Make a 6" F/15 Refractor
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