This may seem like a silly question, but... I'm going to try to take a handheld image of the ISS (International Space Station) on a flyover tonight. It goes darn near directly over the top of me and is early enough that I should be able to get it for almost it's entire arc of the sky. After doing some research, it appears that you need a darn fast shutter speed to freeze the motion of the thing, as it is really cooking along. I will be trying it with my Tamron SP 500mm mirror lens. The exposure I will be attempting will be 1/2500 @ f/8 ISO: 3200 on my K-x.
I won't be able to use the mirror-up/self-timer so there will be mirror slap followed by a 1/2500th exposure. Does anyone have any data (or opinions) on whether shake reduction should be ON or OFF? (Even at an equiv. 750mm focal length, this is like shooting a slightly large STAR. It is going to be small in scale to the frame). Thanks for any input. I've got about 2-1/2 hours till flyover. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
