Missed the Lunar Eclipse

I missed the lunar eclipse the other night even though I spent some time during the previous two weeks collecting the necessary gear from storage, ensuring everything is in working order, and planning the shots I wanted.  

Unfortunately, I was feeling quite lousy after fixing our neighbor's roof and the weather wasn't ideal for this eclipse project anyway.  We seem to miss most astronomical events here in Waterbury due to what could easily be classified as abysmal Pacific Northwest-type of weather so I can truly say I am not the least bit surprised by another hazy night turning into a cloudy, foggy night.  

On the following night, the moon was shining through our living room window so I grabbed one of my cameras and a lens so I could shoot a few photos through the open window.  

I've been trying to use my micro four-thirds cameras more often lately so that is what I did on this night.  I don't know why I keeping attempting to shoot photos with this format though.  I'm never happy with the results compared to my Sony images.  The results aren't even close.  I'm close to despising this format.

The only thing that keeps me going back to the micro four-thirds format is the fact that I find the Sony APS-C camera bodies to be a bit boring...  well...  actually, very boring.  These APS-C camera bodies produce nice photos and are easy to use but are flat, rectangular little boxes with few external control buttons and dials.  There is no style nor character to this particular line of camera bodies.  They do not inspire me in the least and I get quite bored with one in my hand.  

Consequently, I find myself choosing one of my Panasonic cameras rather than my APS-C Sony camera.  Using my Panasonic camera bodies also presents a bit of challenge to my photograghic abilities and I'm usually up for a challenge.  

That being said, I should point out that I am not referring to my full-frame Sony camera bodies...  those camera bodies are pretty much among the best of what is available today.  The APS-C line of Sony cameras, however, is a lineup of rather boring camera bodies.  This shouldn't be taken that I like the direction the Sony full-frame bodies have gone in the past ten years but they are among the best of the best nevertheless.  

I actually get better images from my Sony APS-C camera (Sony a6000) than my Panasonic camera bodies but the Sony APS-C camera body itself is simply too boring and lack buttons and dial causing me to need to dive into menus to change settings.  It is so boring, in fact, that I simply do not enjoy shooting photos with it.  So, it ends up leaving me with having to make a decision between a boring camera body and the lousy sensors of the micro four-thirds line of cameras (my Panasonic cameras in this case).  

So, I shot the moon photo in this blog entry with one of my Panasonic bodies instead of one of my Sony bodies.  To make things even more difficult for myself, I used one of my inferior lenses too.  In hindsight, I probably should have made things a bit easier for myself by using a better lens. 

I got the shot though and that is what is most important.