For what it's worth, most of the photos were taken in astrotracer mode. Also, it is not surprising that I can push the ISO a lot harder with the K-5 than I was able to with the K20. For some reason the K20 seemed a bit better at star photography than the K-x.
It is important to learn where infinity focus actually is on your lenses to do this. Or, have something bright enough, at infinity, for your camera to autofocus on. I have not figured out the optimal settings on the K-5 for star photography, but when trying for meteor trails, I suggest erring on the side of higher ISO and shorter exposure so that their brief passage is brighter in relation to the stars. On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 03:36:38PM +0200, Alan C wrote: > "there are several with my full spectrum body" > > So I see! > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Larry Colen > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:38 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: geso, pleiades > > Lesson learned. If you try to photograph meteors and have the camera set > for auto darkfield noise reduction, that is exactly what will happen during > one minute during which three meteors will go overhead, one close enough to > hear. > > http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157635054367568/ > > The first seven pictures are three shots, both uncropped, and cropped > down to the meteor trail. > > I haven't noticed any in the other frames. Luiz was asking about > IR night photography, so there are several with my full spectrum body. > After about 10654, they were done without darkfield noise reduction. > > I don't know why the exif data isn't showing up on fluidr > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
