- Images captured before May 2003 were taken with a Canon EOS D30
digital SLR. Images after that date used a Canon EOS 10D. (Twice the camera at half the price; isn't technology wonderful? :-)
- The following Canon EF lenses were used:
- Zoom 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS
- 50 f/1.4
- Macro 100 f/2.8
- Zoom 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 L IS
- Zoom 17-40 f/4 L
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The astrophotos were done using a 12 inch Meade LX200 SCT (focal length 3048mm, f/10)
housed in my backyard
observatory.
- I frequently use my Celestron 8x56 binocular for locating the easy stuff; my wife's Orion 7x35 binocular gets so much use that it lives on our kitchen table. I also keep a pocket size binocular in my car just in case.
- The Canon CMOS sensors are smaller than 35mm film resulting in a cropped image with a field of view smaller than the would be the case with the same lens on a 35mm film camera. All the focal lengths quoted here are the actual lens focal lengths. The field of view of an uncropped image is equivalent to that obtained with a lens whose focal length is 1.6 times longer.
- Most images were processed with Photoshop's Levels and Unsharp Mask commands; many were cropped further.
Some were modified in more significant ways, not the least of which is conversion to jpeg from Canon's RAW format.
My intention is to create a pleasing image not to document reality.
- All images were adjusted on an Apple Cinema Display using the Mac standard gamma (1.8).
- Please respect my copyright.
- Selected images:
- Astrophotos:
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