LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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Still struggling with uneven illumination.



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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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Dan, great photos.
I struggle with uneven lighting by adjusting the etalon and shooting flats.

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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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Dan,
These look really nice! I love the closeup around AR12833!

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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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Shooting flats is relatively easy. Check out this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6GjwHtRK80


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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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Thanks Ivan, James and Pedro. Yes I need to use flats and will experiment with them next time out. Thanks!


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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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Really nice images Dan.


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Thank you Maurits.


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Thank you Maurits.


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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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Using flats may help me get more even illumination in double stack. I'll have to read up on this.


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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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Looks good, Dan.

Uneven illumination is always a bit of an issue indeed (I have the same with my single stack LS50). But as mentioned already, flats and not exposing to the right too much take care of it pretty well.


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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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ImageSun_2021-06-16 by Dan Kaiser, on Flickr

ImageSun 2021-06-16 AR 2833 by Dan Kaiser, on Flickr

I think they look amazing :bow :hamster: I'm rather partial to the sweet spot, it makes the Sun look nice and round :)

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PS I thought I would share them in the post to display in the forum :)


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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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Thank you Alexandra.


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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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I see the " kitty kitty " plage! :-)


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Re: LS60mm DS June 16, 2021

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Peter:
Very good images, though it is hard to get uneven illumination out.
Sure the flats help a lot.
best regards,
Eric.


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