I suppose it is to late to chime in. Darren, mind if I ask you to show
us the pictures that came out of your encounter?
Boris
On 2/24/2011 12:36 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
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.
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