Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-19 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/19/2011 11:40 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Oct 14, 2011, at 14:04 , Matthew Hunt wrote: Don't you just wait for twice the exposure time for the final result? I haven't tried star trails. My longest K20D exposure has been something like 5 minutes. Star trails from DSLRs are usually as

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-19 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Oct 14, 2011, at 14:04 , Matthew Hunt wrote: >> Don't you just wait for twice the exposure time for the final result? I >> haven't tried star trails. My longest K20D exposure has been something like >> 5 minutes. > > Star trails from DSLRs are usually assembled from multiple exposures > (oth

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-17 Thread Brian Walters
On Sunday, October 16, 2011 5:12 PM, "John Sessoms" wrote: > > I gave the night photography thing a trial with the K20D last night 7pm > to midnight. I'll find out whether I can do anything with the K20D. > > Set my camera on the tripod locked down good & tight, ISO 400, manual > exposure 30se

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Brian Walters" On Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:08 AM, "John Sessoms" wrote: However long your exposure is you have an equal length duplicate while the camera makes the dark frame exposure with the shutter closed. A 5 minute exposure followed by a 5 minute dark frame. Meanwhile the stars

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-15 Thread Brian Walters
On Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:08 AM, "John Sessoms" wrote: > > However long your exposure is you have an equal length duplicate while > the camera makes the dark frame exposure with the shutter closed. A 5 > minute exposure followed by a 5 minute dark frame. > > Meanwhile the stars have move

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-15 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker On 11-10-14 4:33 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: David J Brooks Thanks Dave On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Just a heads-up for anyone interested in trying night photography. Here's a free introductory 24 page eBook (PDF) on the subject ... http://avail

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-14 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 14, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >>> It occurs to me that this will be a lot more difficult with K20D because >>> you can't turn off the long exposure noise reduction. How are you going to >>> get contiguous star trails? >

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-14 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-10-14 5:04 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: It occurs to me that this will be a lot more difficult with K20D because you can't turn off the long exposure noise reduction. How are you going to get contiguous star trails? Or has anyone come up w

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-14 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> It occurs to me that this will be a lot more difficult with K20D because >> you can't turn off the long exposure noise reduction. How are you going to >> get contiguous star trails? >> >> Or has anyone come up with a hack that will allow the

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-14 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-10-14 4:33 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: David J Brooks Thanks Dave On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Just a heads-up for anyone interested in trying night photography. Here's a free introductory 24 page eBook (PDF) on the subject ... http://availablelightimages.co

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: David J Brooks Thanks Dave On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Just a heads-up for anyone interested in trying night photography. Here's a free introductory 24 page eBook (PDF) on the subject ... http://availablelightimages.com/blog/night-photography/ The content looks

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-14 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 14, 2011, at 5:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Just a heads-up for anyone interested in trying night photography. Here's a > free introductory 24 page eBook (PDF) on the subject ... > > http://availablelightimages.com/blog/night-photography/ > > The content looks pretty good. Author makes

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-14 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Dave On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Just a heads-up for anyone interested in trying night photography. Here's a > free introductory 24 page eBook (PDF) on the subject ... > > http://availablelightimages.com/blog/night-photography/ > > The content looks pretty good.

OT Night Photography: free eBook

2011-10-14 Thread Bruce Walker
Just a heads-up for anyone interested in trying night photography. Here's a free introductory 24 page eBook (PDF) on the subject ... http://availablelightimages.com/blog/night-photography/ The content looks pretty good. Author makes a couple of questionable assertions, but stuff like his sugge