++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[sdifox]

shooting manual is hard.

i wonder if people shoot it in live view or just eye ball it and take a bunch of photos with slightly different focus values

Lol, damn yutes. I shot manual in 35mm.

 

[sdifox]

Yeah it is hard to get it dialed in just right. I find it's easier to use live view and then zoom in (digitally) to where I want to focus as it lets me get it dialed right in. This is hard to do with a long lens though because it wants to move a lot while I'm fidling with it. I need to figure out a better way to mount big lenses, since a standard tripod screw mount is too finicky.

This is about as good as I can get with my big lens:

Get a bigger tripod.

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[sdifox]

narf

 

[zzuupp]

nef

 

[Pick2]

I'm a fleabit peanut monkey
All my friends are junkieshttps://genius.com/The-rolling-stones-monkey-man-lyrics#note-8587543
That's not really true

but we do do a lot of coke and hookers ...

 

[Pick2]

I have all but a few little spindly trees cut down now. had a 20 cubic yard dumpster dropped off Monday , It's 25% full.
It might kill me by the time I get it full
Best of All , I got to use My pulleys

 

[sdifox]

Flamethrower nef

 

[Red Squirrel]

Get a bigger tripod.

It's not the tripod it's the screw. A standard tripod mount is only 1 screw that holds the lens. That's the weak spot for a lens that is like 3 feet long. What I need is something that clamps around the whole lens. I have an idea to build something in the future, and it would also be controlled via servo motors so I can fine tune the aim. Though it might be better to just buy a telescope and then a camera adapter for it. Telescope tripods tend to be better designed in general and a lot of them can be adjusted electronically or with knobs, so it's easier to fine tune.

 

[Red Squirrel]

UNLIMITED POWER!!!!!!!

 

[zzuupp]

It's not the tripod it's the screw. A standard tripod mount is only 1 screw that holds the lens. That's the weak spot for a lens that is like 3 feet long. What I need is something that clamps around the whole lens. I have an idea to build something in the future, and it would also be controlled via servo motors so I can fine tune the aim. Though it might be better to just buy a telescope and then a camera adapter for it. Telescope tripods tend to be better designed in general and a lot of them can be adjusted electronically or with knobs, so it's easier to fine tune.

My dad bought a reflector and overtime more fanciness for it. We built a brick table in the backyard for stable level surface. He eventually bought a syncho motor and camera mount.

 

[sdifox]

It's not the tripod it's the screw. A standard tripod mount is only 1 screw that holds the lens. That's the weak spot for a lens that is like 3 feet long. What I need is something that clamps around the whole lens. I have an idea to build something in the future, and it would also be controlled via servo motors so I can fine tune the aim. Though it might be better to just buy a telescope and then a camera adapter for it. Telescope tripods tend to be better designed in general and a lot of them can be adjusted electronically or with knobs, so it's easier to fine tune.

https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Wimberley-Tripod-Head-II-Review.aspx

 

[Red Squirrel]

https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Wimberley-Tripod-Head-II-Review.aspx

lol $600. And that's probably USD + customs + shipping.

 

[sdifox]

lol $600. And that's probably USD + customs + shipping.

It's an example. You just need the right gear to mount big lenses.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/554099-REG/Manfrotto_393_393_Heavy_Duty_Gimbal.html

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B016...0_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=heavy+lens+gimbal+head

 

[sdifox]

Ni

 

[sdifox]

Besides, the 600mm L lens is like USD11,500. 600 for a gimbal is nothing if you want to use that lens.

 

[Red Squirrel]

It's an example. You just need the right gear to mount big lenses.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/554099-REG/Manfrotto_393_393_Heavy_Duty_Gimbal.html

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B016...0_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=heavy+lens+gimbal+head

At the end of the day it's still just 1 screw holding it down though. That will always be the weak spot where it's going to wobble every time you go to try to adjust it.

The best success I've had is using two tripods, one on the lens and one on the camera, as that gives two points of hold. The issue is that it's very cumbersome to adjust. The idea I have for a custom build is some kind of clamp system that clamps the lends in two spots so it would be very solid.

 

[sdifox]

At the end of the day it's still just 1 screw holding it down though. That will always be the weak spot where it's going to wobble every time you go to try to adjust it.

The best success I've had is using two tripods, one on the lens and one on the camera, as that gives two points of hold. The issue is that it's very cumbersome to adjust. The idea I have for a custom build is some kind of clamp system that clamps the lends in two spots so it would be very solid.

The gimbals are fine. Though it is surprising they didn't adopt the fishing reel mount for big lenses.

 

[sdifox]

Ni

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[bigboxes]

I am in McCook Nebraska tonight. Was too ambitious today to make it to Oklahoma. I took pics today of Scottsbluff, the bluff overlooking Scottsbluff, Chimney Rock, Ogallala and North Platte. We'll see how I feel tomorrow on Day 14.

 

[zzuupp]

I am in McCook Nebraska tonight. Was too ambitious today to make it to Oklahoma. I took pics today of Scottsbluff, the bluff overlooking Scottsbluff, Chimney Rock, Ogallala and North Platte. We'll see how I feel tomorrow on Day 14.

Scottsotherbluff?

 

[sdifox]

Middle finger mound

 

[FeuerFrei]

Middle finger mound

Quite a landmark. They could ring it with searchlights for night visibility.

 

[zzuupp]

ned