Tripod ISO 800 or 400 if light polluted A 20 - 31 mm lens most likely is the best choice. Over 50mm means you'll be cutting out too much sky and you don't know exactly where the meteor may fly through the frame. Too wide and the image of the meteor is likely to be to small to make a good impression. Aperture, bigger the better. Anything over 2.8 is definitely to small. Shutter speed 20 - 30 seconds otherwise you'll get very evident motion blur of the stars due to earths rotation. Noise reduction off. There's just as good of a chance a meteor will fly by while a dark frame is being taken as there is otherwise. Might as well maximize the chances of capturing it.
Once you're in the peak of the shower, you might as well fire 20 to 30 second exposures off back to back, since it's pure chance that you'll capture one. If you're in a place where you can have some horizon in the shot it will make for a better image. A flash of light going through a star field only can make for some unexciting images. Tom C. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: PDML@pdml.net >Subject: Shooting the Orionids >Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:03:56 -0700 > >This weekend the Orionid meteor shower will be going on. Sunday is also my >birthday, so since I'm going to be staying up late anyway, I figure I might as >well go out and shoot some shooting stars. > >What are good settings for shooting such things? Shutter speed, aperture, ISO, >noise reduction on/off, etc. I've never tried to shoot a meteor shower before, >so any suggestions would be much appreciated. > >Thanks, >John Celio >(28 for just a little longer) > >-- >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. -- 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.
