Capturing Saturn with a Canon RF 800mm F11 lens once more

Almost three years ago, I had a go at capturing Saturn with a Canon EOS R mirrorless camera and a Canon RF 800mm F11 IS STM lens. The camera combined with that lens doesn’t exactly make for proper astrophotography equipment (the narrow ƒ/11 aperture is particularly suboptimal), and so it was just a bit of fun to see what I could capture given that I already had them in my possession. Since then, I’ve upgraded to a Canon EOS R5 Mark II and I bought an Extender RF 1.4x. I’d also like to think I have a bit more of a clue about what I’m doing, so I’ve been meaning to try again to see if I can get a better result. Saturn is approaching its closest point to Earth for the year – it seemed like a good time to make that new attempt. When a cloudless night came along, I got up out of bed as Saturn approached its highest point in the sky for the night and set up my camera outside on a tripod. The combination of an RF 800mm F11 IS STM lens and the Extender RF 1.4x gave me a focal length of…

Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town