So far out.

Does your Sony have a mirror lock-up function?

mirror wut now? im an amature remember >,> i dont know of all the fancy lingo XDDD

Mirror lock-up is a function that's useful for astronomy photos. Basically, it locks the mirror in the up position a few seconds longer than it normally would before opening the shutter.

This allows any vibrations from the mirror movement to subside before the exposure is taken.

i just use a 10 second delay so all the vibration is gone before it opens the shutter

Since the mirror normally moves along with the shutter, mirror-lock up gives you just a bit more stability. You might look it up in your camera's user guide.

alright..ill look into that ^^ tanks dear`

Live view helps with that, too -- as mirror already has to be raised to enable that. I think the most stable config is a remote + live view (especially if you have live view magnification to help focus better)... But
1000mm... Damn, that's nothing short of amazing. I don't think I'd afford anything like that soon. Have to make do with 300mm + x2 teleconverter so far. In other news, I missed a perfect opportunity last week (on 10th) when Neptune was almost as close to Jupiter as some of its brighter moons and they all together were just "below" the Moon... We were out o the city proper, where the air is way more clear, but my wife was against me taking bulky photo equipment...

Holy ****, I didn't even see this! My mind is so blank. Well this is truly amazing, Never in my wildest dreams could I get this kind resolution of Jupiter or the Galilean system!

And I'm not just saying that because of my avatar!

im hoping for better pics in the future ^^~

This is fucking fantastic. No one knows or really asks, but I've always been a BIG astronomy geek. =3

hah..well expect a lot more from me in the future ^^~ i guarantee you wont be disappointed

amazing shot