Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 12.05.24 um 22:21 schrieb Steve Cottrell: What annoys me is that there’s loads of photos by people who say ‘ooh yeah you have to use a long exposure on a camera to really see it well, can be tricky with the naked eye…’ well I wanna see it blaring at me with my own eyeballs so sod that!!

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Stanley Halpin
I had beautiful clear skies. Went out about 10:00pm, quick iPhone snap to verify that the green glow was not my imagination. Set up tripod, did a series of long and long]ger exposures… Zip. Nada. Well, in one frame I can see the edge of the light show down low on the horizon, mostly covered by

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Rick Womer
Philly is a bit far south, and it was cloudy and wet (and still is). Rick On Sun, May 12, 2024 at 4:32 PM Steve Cottrell wrote: > Zillions of pics on Twitter, and of course I was in the land of Nod when > it all happened :-) > > Saturday night I was driving home from some work at a football

Re: OT. OM-5 first impressions

2024-05-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
Lar I use an Olympus OM-D EM1 mark II as a video camera (only) but in conjunction with a very bright Fotga external monitor. The IBIS is excellent and one of the reason I got it. That and it was pretty cheap so reasonably easy to replace if it goes wrong or gets damaged. I use it on

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
Zillions of pics on Twitter, and of course I was in the land of Nod when it all happened :-) Saturday night I was driving home from some work at a football match, and too zonked to stop and stare at the sky. What annoys me is that there’s loads of photos by people who say ‘ooh yeah you have

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Comcast
I was sleeping, but many of my Metro Detroit friends got good cell phone pics on Friday night. Paul > On May 12, 2024, at 2:37 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > In some ways I'm ideally situated now: Good northerly location > (Scotland) and far away from any significant light pollution. AND

Re: PESO: Bellbird

2024-05-12 Thread Alan C
So there is no problem with camera shake. I still use the Jack Davis formula TAV, 1/2000sec, f8 with my 170-500 for H/H at full stretch but still, like you, I find the AF screw drive somewhat lacking & seldom manage successful quick grabs. Too much glass for quick focus. The new PLM's are

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Mark Roberts
In some ways I'm ideally situated now: Good northerly location (Scotland) and far away from any significant light pollution. AND the weather has been pretty clear - unusual for Scotland. But we've been doing long hikes during the day and I've been too exhausted to stay up until it's dark enough to

Re: OT. OM-5 first impressions

2024-05-12 Thread Larry Colen
> On May 11, 2024, at 10:32 PM, John Francis wrote: > > On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 04:50:59PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: >> After the weight of my new (13 months) K3III in my handlebar bag caused my >> bike to fall over and but the Smart Function knob, I looked into OM-5s >> again. The price