I think they did a song for people like us Steve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw :)
Seriously, that photometry with a DSLR is some hardcore geekiness right there, (at ANY temperature). With a 7F windchill, I'd say it borders on something straight out of the DSM-5. ;) On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Steve Sharpe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:07:06 -0600, Darren Addy wrote: >> Thank you, Steve & Mark. I assure you, there are many MUCH better >> images, but I'm pretty happy with the result, considering my current >> state of extreme-newbieosity. >> >> Here's an example of one that really "tripped my trigger": >> http://enchantedskies.net/Lovejoy_and_Pleiades2.jpg >> It is by Rich Richins (slap his parents for me) >> T2i thru a 100mm Canon lens (f/2.5, 1' subs @ iso 1600) post with >> Nebulosity & Photoshop. >> >> WHAT an image! > > Uhh, you're right...that is a better image... :^) > > But still, yours is right up there. > > I was out on the 17th, but devoted my time to a 60 minute exposure of > the Orion Nebula with the K-3 and the 200/4 piggybacked on my Celestron > 5. I was also doing variable star photometry with my old Nikon D200, > and took a single, unguided, 30s exposure of the comet with it using a > 50/1.8...but it does not look nice. > > It was 7F plus a wind chill when I was out there...a damned cold night. > The D200 died after about 40 frames, but the K-3 kept going for 130 and > could have done more. > > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
