In April 1996, I traveled to Australia for a two week astrophotography junket. I brought along a SP-C8 and I used it to for piggy-back guided film photography. I used Ektachrome P1600, pushed to ASA1600, a 300mm F4 Super Takumar telephoto lens and a 135mm F2.8 Bushnell telephoto. Exposures ranged from 10 to 30 minutes.


Looking into the heart of the constellation Crux





 The Eta Carina Nebula with a 135mm F2.8





Eta Carina with the 300mm F4




The Large Megallanic Cloud with the 135mm.
(Click on the image for a high res version.)




The Small Megallanic cloud with 47 Tucanae. This image was taken through the tree line as the
SMC was very low on the horizon.