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I have been hoping to get a decent shot at the Comet Lovejoy that is with us here for a few more weeks, well visible anyway. I tried when they said it was most visible but you couldn't see a tail really. On EarthSky.org is a chart on where to look. I finally got a decent one last night. I shot with the Tamron SP 150-600mm lens on a Sony NEX-7 via an adapter, Manual Mode, wide open, 6 seconds, 16,000 ISO. Once I located the comet with binos, I set up the camera, did a shot at 150mm to get it centered, then zoomed in increments until I reached 600mm. Little noisy straight out of the camera but nothing that Lightroom couldn't get rid of really. Nothing great, but it is the best comet photo I have...