On 4/16/2014 4:27 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> This morning I received a Quantaray 500/1000mm f8-f32 lens that I
> bought last week on the Goodwill auction site. The description they gave was
> not totally informative, but I could tell that it came with the 2X magnifier
> and some sort of bayonet camera adapter. Since these lenses generally came
> with a T-2 mount I did not care at all what the adapter was, which is a good
> thing as it turned out to be for a Canon AF mount. It took me a while and
> some careful effort to get that adapter off, and afterwards I attached my
> telescope T-2 to 4/3 adapter and took it out for a test, which is a line pole
> transformer about 1/8 mile (200m) away:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13904333765/
Is this with the 2x?
> As I expected, the image turned out to be very clear,
Hmmm, I'd call it clear-ish. Am I too picky?
This is shot at a distance of about eight miles, so going through a lot more
air, Sigma mirror 600/8.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Yosemite/Yosemite_2011/Yosemite_Valley&image=_MG_0382oof80m.jpg>
An even larger subject, about 235,000 miles away, Sigma.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Tech/Sigma600%20and_Meade1000&image=_MG_6588croof80.jpg>
Meade 1000/11.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Tech/Sigma600%20and_Meade1000&image=_MG_6617croof2.jpg>
Guess I should get the Meade out and find some closer targets. :-)
Tele Photo Moose
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