Thanks for the considerate equipment response, Gonz! I owned one of those A* 300 Pentax lenses and 1.4L TC. Hauled it all over western US and Canada. Eventually sold it to a PDML member several years ago. Was that you? I doubt I'll ever take any sharper images, due to the fact that I have a silver tripod. :-)
J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 28, 2017, at 8:52 AM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had the K-1 with the Pentax A* 300mm 2.8 with the 1.4x extender and > one of those AstroZap solar filters someone on the list recommended. > I had just also purchased a pair of > SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC Memory Cards from B&H, which are > much better than the old cards I had and brought as backups, the new > ones are much faster and make a difference for the K-1's large DNG RAW > files. The tripod was a Oben CT-3581 Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod with > BE-126T Ball Head, which was just sturdy enough to hold everything > (next time I'll go with something more substantial). I figured the > tripod was the weak link, which is why I brought the IR remote and > used the mirror up shutter setting. > > >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> Gonz, I praised these images >> earlier, but failed to ask about >> your camera/lens setup. >> Thanks! >> >> J >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 27, 2017, at 7:52 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Was in Cerulean Kentucky for the eclipse with my family. It was an >>> amazing experience. I'm glad we are getting another one in 7 years >>> and the centerline of totality will be an hour west of my home here, >>> so no need to take a long trip. The weather was perfect and my wife >>> took a video of the family right before and during totality. My Dad >>> of 91 years was there, as were two of my grandchildren ages 15 and 10. >>> My 10 year old granddaughter was overwhelmed by the site and kept >>> saying OMG OMG. It is something incredible to see and I'm glad we >>> drove up there to experience it. I have some ideas to make the next >>> one go smoother camera wise. It was a pain to take the filter off at >>> the time of totality and switch over to a different exposure. I >>> should have prepared better. It would have been nice to get some wide >>> long exposures too. >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36021221794/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36021220494/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36021219734/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36568777642/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36690745736/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >>> >>> -- >>> -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding >>> it still. Dorothea Lange >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding > it still. Dorothea Lange > > -- > 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.
