{"id":1071,"date":"2020-03-07T15:06:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T15:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starrydave.com\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2020-03-09T14:43:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T14:43:07","slug":"sx530hs-and-tripod-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/starrydave.com\/?p=1071","title":{"rendered":"SX530HS and Tripod Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-200306-rx-cropped-log-ms.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-200306-rx-cropped-log-ms-950x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1070\" srcset=\"http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-200306-rx-cropped-log-ms-950x1024.png 950w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-200306-rx-cropped-log-ms-278x300.png 278w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-200306-rx-cropped-log-ms-768x828.png 768w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-200306-rx-cropped-log-ms.png 1505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click for full size image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The image above was captured using my SX530HS at 50x zoom on a standard tripod. The camera was running a CHDK script which locked it in continuous shooting mode to capture 1400 frames over 17 minutes. All frames were ISO100, f6.5 and 1\/250s with autofocus on. I needed to nudge the camera now and then to keep the moon on screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grayscaled and cropped in PIPP, stacked in AS!3 (75% best), wavelets in Registax6 and polished in MS Photos. Not as detailed as my previous 100x shots but much more convenient to capture. I can just pop out when I see a gap in the clouds. Next stop &#8211; try same method on the Sun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here is another captured in 15 minutes using the method above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1020\" src=\"http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log-1024x1020.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1081\" srcset=\"http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log-1024x1020.png 1024w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log-768x765.png 768w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log-96x96.png 96w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log-24x24.png 24w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log-36x36.png 36w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log-48x48.png 48w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log-64x64.png 64w, http:\/\/starrydave.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Moon-50x-200308-log.png 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click for full size image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image above was captured using my SX530HS at 50x zoom on a standard tripod. The camera was running a CHDK script which locked it in continuous shooting mode to capture 1400 frames over 17 minutes. All frames were ISO100, f6.5 and 1\/250s with autofocus on. 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