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Spectacular Perseid image
Unfortunately it's not mine (chance would have been a fine thing!).
I read a number of articles prior to the shower that mentioned that meteor photography was an area where film still had the edge over digital. Erm, I don't think so! This is a composite made by Fred Bruenjes using a Canon 1DS digital camera. It's without doubt the most spectacular Perseid image I have ever seen. What a fabulous result - well done Fred! http://www.moonglow.net/ccd/perseids.jpg -- Pete Homepage at http://www.pbl33.co.uk Home of the Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project |
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Couldn't agree more. Meteors cry out for continuous shooting
over time hoping that you get lucky and have a fireball appear right next to the double cluster or andromeda. The following sequence of six frames (15 secs each through 50mm f1.8 using a Canon 300D on continuous mode) shows a Perseid as it first shows up near andromeda, breaks up on the following frame, and then finishes with several frames of the debris trail slowly fading away (http://www.softwaregod.com/perseid.gif). Seems like the convenience of storing to a 1Gb or larger memory card, and occasionally deleting a couple hundred empty shots would naturally give the edge to digital. On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:41:26 +0100, Pete Lawrence wrote: Unfortunately it's not mine (chance would have been a fine thing!). I read a number of articles prior to the shower that mentioned that meteor photography was an area where film still had the edge over digital. Erm, I don't think so! This is a composite made by Fred Bruenjes using a Canon 1DS digital camera. It's without doubt the most spectacular Perseid image I have ever seen. What a fabulous result - well done Fred! http://www.moonglow.net/ccd/perseids.jpg |
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On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 10:19:07 -0500, Doug Haseltine
wrote: Couldn't agree more. Meteors cry out for continuous shooting over time hoping that you get lucky and have a fireball appear right next to the double cluster or andromeda. The following sequence of six frames (15 secs each through 50mm f1.8 using a Canon 300D on continuous mode) shows a Perseid as it first shows up near andromeda, breaks up on the following frame, and then finishes with several frames of the debris trail slowly fading away (http://www.softwaregod.com/perseid.gif). Seems like the convenience of storing to a 1Gb or larger memory card, and occasionally deleting a couple hundred empty shots would naturally give the edge to digital. Yes I agree - rather daft comment to make about film IMHO. That GIF is pretty awsome. Shows the meteor's train beautifully. -- Pete Homepage at http://www.pbl33.co.uk Home of the Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project |
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I *like* it!
Kev "Pete Lawrence" wrote in message news Unfortunately it's not mine (chance would have been a fine thing!). I read a number of articles prior to the shower that mentioned that meteor photography was an area where film still had the edge over digital. Erm, I don't think so! This is a composite made by Fred Bruenjes using a Canon 1DS digital camera. It's without doubt the most spectacular Perseid image I have ever seen. What a fabulous result - well done Fred! http://www.moonglow.net/ccd/perseids.jpg -- Pete Homepage at http://www.pbl33.co.uk Home of the Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project |
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In article , Doug
Haseltine writes Couldn't agree more. Meteors cry out for continuous shooting over time hoping that you get lucky and have a fireball appear right next to the double cluster or andromeda. The following sequence of six frames (15 secs each through 50mm f1.8 using a Canon 300D on continuous mode) shows a Perseid as it first shows up near andromeda, breaks up on the following frame, and then finishes with several frames of the debris trail slowly fading away (http://www.softwaregod.com/perseid.gif). Wonderful sequence. What ISO (effective film speed) did you have your camera set to? Roy -- Roy Battell. To use this address remove the digits included to remove Spam ... Mail: |
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:25:21 +0100, Roy Battell wrote:
Wonderful sequence. What ISO (effective film speed) did you have your camera set to? Roy ISO 1600, sir. |
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:28:46 -0500, Doug Haseltine
wrote: On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:25:21 +0100, Roy Battell wrote: Wonderful sequence. What ISO (effective film speed) did you have your camera set to? Roy ISO 1600, sir. The one thing that came out of the Perseids '04 digital imaging sessions was that it's necessary to put the pedal to the metal and open your camera to maximum aperture, use as wide an angle lens as you can and keep the ISO rating as high as you can get away with. A number of imager took the film advice literally and imaged at ISO400. This reduced many capture rates to zero. I missed the maximum due to cloud and had a tortuous post maximum night fighting high speed cloud disrupting many images. Out of 160 frames taken, not one meteor. The reason - reduced rates and too low an ISO setting ISO800. Tricky call though because the higher ambient temperatures meant that ISO1600 would have been grainy for me. Next time I'll be ready though ;-) -- Pete Lawrence http://www.pbl33.co.uk Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html |
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On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:41:26 +0100, Pete Lawrence
wrote: What a fabulous result - well done Fred! Agreed - Fred should forward image to Neil Bone - Dir BAA Meteor Section. |
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