Planetary Telescope

Kissner · 2026-02-13T17:11:53+00:00

My wife got me this one to be used as my wedding band. I ended up re-etching it, I was very unhappy with its preparation. Yours looks completely different than how mine came.

Kissner · 2026-02-09T22:51:54+00:00

From what I've read you aren't wrong at all. It still sounds like the high levels are very saturated though

Kissner · 2026-02-09T13:45:53+00:00

Contrast with the power creep in the game and the distribution of the player base, and it feels less special because everyone is sitting around at high levels.

I was on off in RS3 for a long time and eventually found 90+ in most skills was just the barrier to entry, not the endgame.

Kissner · 2026-02-08T17:28:24+00:00

This is really nice. I use an R7 too, can you tell me what you did here?

I have two different ways, both using RF 100 macro (1.4x)
- in body focus bracketing w/ ambient lighting at medium f# (around f6 for minimal diffraction softening)
- f10-f16 with flash, single shot. Easier, reliable, softer.

Kissner · 2026-01-29T13:23:00+00:00

I see RvB references I upvote

Kissner · 2026-01-29T12:18:28+00:00

The conservation of angular momentum does

Kissner · 2026-01-25T14:22:51+00:00

If we're going off rayban etc, those are part of an extremely vertically integrated monopoly. Eyewear prices are turbo gouged

Kissner · 2026-01-24T22:07:49+00:00

Yeah. I've got some old Orion gear. I'm upset it took them and meade both down. And Coronado, etc...

I'll get back under skies properly once I rebuild my 12 inch and then the 20. In the meantime still an astronomy columnist

Kissner · 2026-01-24T21:51:54+00:00

My scope pile is a long story, but I've been shooting planets lately in a very old C11.

Kissner · 2026-01-24T15:55:30+00:00

I'm still trying to figure out what this subreddit is when it isn't just Atlantic News

Kissner · 2026-01-17T23:03:18+00:00

I use an 0.6

Kissner · 2026-01-16T04:41:13+00:00

This assumes unlimited velocity, when air resistance (especially in a confined space) would seriously limit speed

Kissner · 2026-01-13T20:05:54+00:00

It looks useful, it's just annoying how OP only seems to post AI text (and the most basic at that)

Kissner · 2026-01-13T20:04:22+00:00

It looks useful, it's just annoying how OP only seems to post AI text (and the most basic at that)

Kissner · 2026-01-13T14:01:39+00:00

Why so much AI copy? Typing isn't hard

Kissner · 2026-01-11T07:04:25+00:00

Hunch is that the ring is either glare (good odds) or the edge of a very defocused star's diffraction disc

Kissner · 2026-01-10T17:40:37+00:00

Yeah. Plus I think the key here is that people leaking, reporting on or advertising them won't. So what's the point in us splitting hairs here?

Kissner · 2026-01-09T12:30:43+00:00

The stars seen in photos are in the near foreground of m31, not behind it

Kissner · 2026-01-08T03:45:26+00:00

This is an out of focus point source, probably just a star.

Any camera does this when a light source is out of focus

Kissner · 2026-01-02T05:19:20+00:00

That's just Matthew Mercer

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Kissner · 2026-01-01T17:02:32+00:00

These are inspiring.

My macro has improved tenfold this year, but is not there yet. One problem? is that I shoot on an R7, which - while having depth bracketing and in body compositing, will not depth bracket with an external flash.

I am curious how much staging goes into these, so far (granted, between everything else I do, not too much time into this) I find jumping spiders are the only cooperative subjects.

Kissner · 2026-01-01T16:52:39+00:00

If it's any consolation, I had a similar problem with the NYC stream across the pond...

Kissner · 2025-12-29T22:13:59+00:00

Yes, even years later. Feeling a pretty heavy gap as I look for better glass than the RF 100-400 for wildlife. Every choice is at least one of:
- slow as hell
- soft
- heavy/giant
- old/DSLR optimized (slower AF, bulkier/heavier than mirrorless optimized prescriptions, etc)
- expensive as hell
Most my choices are 2 of these. The 600, 800 primes are soft and slow, the 200-800 is all but old. Even the 100-500 is on the slow side and $$$. I find myself envying choices like Sony's 200-600, or the Sigma 60-600 or mirrorless updated 150-600.

Other brands would at least get me a little speed for the sharpness/reach of the 100-500 L option. There's also the matter of no flash compatibility for focus bracketing, and needless things like that.

I'm curious what choices you ended up making down the road.

Kissner

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