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                   Sunday, August 2, 2009 - 11:45PM

Nighttime moon, bright light test

By DAN ROBINSON
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From Dan: How the crime of copyright infringement took $1 million from me and shut down my operation.

In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.

Moon tonight at 650mm, F8, 100 ISO, 1/60 second:


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At 1300mm, F16, 400 ISO, 1/40 second:


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Here are three 100% crops of the above image (click each to view full size):


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Bright light test at 1300mm, simulating a lightning channel with an oncoming car headlight. No flaring or ghosting so far:


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Here is what the lens looks like at the 650mm setting:


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And at 1300mm:


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That is a serious bit of Glass :)
- Posted by Mick from UK

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