Check out local camera stores. Maybe you can rent a tripod.
How far are you from that volcano that you sometimes post images from when you're in Hawaii? Can you drive up to the top to get above the weather?
Given your available equipment, I'd go with the FA 1:2.8 100 mm Macro, and I think the K-5 IIs has a built in intervalometer. Someone else may know how often you want to set it to trigger the shutter.
Try this B&H tutorial for the info you need to determine your exposure: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/22-tips-for-photographing-a-lunar-eclipse Hope this helps. Wish I was out there somewhere to photograph it. On 1/29/2018 18:40, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
I heard there was going to be a "Blue Moon" on Jan 31, but ignored it, because that is not a real astronomical event. I even heard something about a lunar eclipse, but that didn't seen to apply to me. So, I am here, in the middle of the Pacific, and it suddenly dawns on me that there will be a total eclipse of the moon, right over my head, in just 36 hours, and I am totally unprepared. Of course, the weather is still a problem, but I would hate to miss such an opportunity. I used to bring a tripod with me, but with the tighter baggage regulations, I gave it up a few years back, first substituting a monopod and then one of those 8' models that you can place on a table or wrap around a pole. This year I have nothing. Had I given it some thought, I would have brought a prime lens, or even my old 500 mm reflector lens with an adapter. What I have now is: GoPro Pentax WG-3 gps K-5 IIs DA 1:4 12-24 ED AL [IF] DA 1:3.5-5.6 18-135 mm ED AL [IF} DC WR FA 1:2.8 !00 mm Macro Tamron AF 75-300 1:4-5.6 LD Tele-Macro /1:3.9 My principal concern of course is the weather, then staying up late to see the event. Assuming all goes well, any suggestions as to what might afford to best opportunity to capture the eclipse? TIA, Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
-- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
