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 03/20/2007 12:32:02 PM · #26
Thanks! Good tips to remember. Someday I want to get another shot of the moon over DC.

Plus, now I have one more reason to want an SLR. :) My camera doesn't do RAW.
 03/20/2007 01:02:52 PM · #27
My moon. Used a 400mm to compress the distance. Can't wait to try it with a 2x adapter that I'm planning on getting. :)

03/20/2007 01:04:46 PM · #28
Originally posted by rob_banks:
My moon. Used a 400mm to compress the distance. Can't wait to try it with a 2x adapter that I'm planning on getting. :)


Seriously great shot. Great example of my strategy number 2 from previous message.
 03/20/2007 01:23:08 PM · #29
Originally posted by rob_banks:
My moon. Used a 400mm to compress the distance. Can't wait to try it with a 2x adapter that I'm planning on getting. :)

Very nice -- made me realize that my camera is about a 400mm equivalent : )
 03/20/2007 01:29:22 PM · #30
Originally posted by strangeghost:
Originally posted by rob_banks:
My moon. Used a 400mm to compress the distance. Can't wait to try it with a 2x adapter that I'm planning on getting. :)


Seriously great shot. Great example of my strategy number 2 from previous message.


Thanks!!! I've been wanting to experiment with moon timing more, too. I'd like to get it fuller (more full?) :)
 03/20/2007 01:31:46 PM · #31
"Nearer to full" is how I'd describe it. : )
 03/20/2007 01:33:56 PM · #32
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by rob_banks:
My moon. Used a 400mm to compress the distance. Can't wait to try it with a 2x adapter that I'm planning on getting. :)

Very nice -- made me realize that my camera is about a 400mm equivalent : )


Huh. When I put mine up next to a DSLR with a 300mm lens, the frame was pretty similar. Don't the S2 IS and S3 IS have the same lens?
 03/20/2007 01:43:55 PM · #33
According to DPReview.com, the long end of the zoom is 432mm, and probably to a smaller sensor (6MP) than a dSLR.
 03/20/2007 01:45:33 PM · #34
Originally posted by GeneralE:
"Nearer to full" is how I'd describe it. : )


Thank you! You are a master vocabularietician.
 03/20/2007 01:48:19 PM · #35
Originally posted by GeneralE:
According to DPReview.com, the long end of the zoom is 432mm, and probably to a smaller sensor (6MP) than a dSLR.


Oh, I know what it says - that's based on a 6x field of view multiplier, simply from the fact the sensor is 1/6 full frame (physical dimensions matter here, not pixel counts). But when it was side-by-side with a DSLR ( Rex's, I think), the frame was almost identical, fully zoomed, to his at 300mm.

Then again, maybe his has a multiplier, too.

That's the problem with comparing focal lengths across different cameras - the same lens on different SLRs has different effective zooms.

Anyway, I was interested that you seemed to get a frame similar to what happened at 400mm.

Aren't super-zoom P&S cameras great? :)

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