I saw clear sky on Monday night driving home. I thought about the lunar images that I see from others. Last attempt was totally ruined by my ball head that is failing to hold the lens and camera in place. And I have this Kenko/Tokina PZ-AF 2x teleplus MC7 that I have not used it since I bought it from ebay.

First, few quick snapshots about my setup




I shot it around 10:30pm and the clouds moved in after first few test shots. I was initially getting a clear shot with shutter speed in 1/125 sec with f/8 in iso 400. As clouds move in, I slow the shutter to 1/20 ~ 1/60 to get a reasonable shot of the moon. I would attempt it with more needed research and a clearer sky to shoot the moon.








Impressions & Notes

• Not too bad if I don't blow it up in larger size
• Focus point is actually not in infinity
• With the 2x TC, I can actually use AF with the Pentax F* 300mm f/4.5. I am surprised
• The 2x TC won't AF on SDM lens with Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8
• Teleplus, MC7, Tokina, Kenko are on the label of the TC
  
• The cloudy sky poses the most problems in the shooting
• I use 2 sec timer, I should have used the wireless remote trigger
• I crop about 50% on the view from the 600mm lens setup with the 2x TC
• The Linhof ball-head still moves a bit. I will retry the setup.
  

Related:

• Meteor Night Attempt with Pentax 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 fisheye
• Passing Moon YouTube Video by Pentax K-7
• Pentax F* 300mm f/4.5 On Pelicans with Kenko 2x AF TC
• Dynatran AT-CF992 tripod
• Pentax F* 300mm f/4.5
• Tamron-F 2x KR MC4 Teleconverter
• Kiron 2x multipler (m42)
• Pentax-F 1.7x AF TC
  
• Hin's Camera Gear

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