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Observing in shorts
Still quite warm so I was able to observe in shorts and a sweatshirt
last night. Had to get a coat at 2am because it did start getting chilly though. The serious side of this is the fact that because it's still relatively warm my camera never really got cold enough to keep the noise under control. Still it was a beautiful evening... Here's a processed shot of the Pleiades from last night... http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2004-09/M45-20040919.jpg Bring on the frost ;-) -- Pete Homepage at http://www.pbl33.co.uk Home of the Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project |
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Pete,
Now there is a sobering thought, Pete in shorts and a jacket Flashers anonymous??? I actually got a konus motormax 90 on an EQ1 the other weekend (instead of the bc&f camera mount). I took an entire roll of film on Saturday night at varying FL's mostly of milkyway constellations. Although the so called "motordrive" did work i found it more reliable to turn the RA wheel of the mount by hand. Put the film in this morning and will pick it up at lunch??? Hope to see some nice pics, surely must get 1 decent one out of 25?? Rob "Pete Lawrence" wrote in message ... Still quite warm so I was able to observe in shorts and a sweatshirt last night. Had to get a coat at 2am because it did start getting chilly though. The serious side of this is the fact that because it's still relatively warm my camera never really got cold enough to keep the noise under control. Still it was a beautiful evening... Here's a processed shot of the Pleiades from last night... http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2004-09/M45-20040919.jpg Bring on the frost ;-) -- Pete Homepage at http://www.pbl33.co.uk Home of the Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project |
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:12:35 +0100, Pete Lawrence
wrote: Still quite warm so I was able to observe in shorts and a sweatshirt last night. Here's a processed shot of the Pleiades from last night... http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2004-09/M45-20040919.jpg Pete Nice one Pete - I had to get my calculator to make that a 45m exposure. Do you know whether the D10 has a similar response to fast film? |
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:16:33 +0100, "Robert Geake"
wrote: Now there is a sobering thought, Pete in shorts and a jacket Flashers anonymous??? Be thankful I was wearing shorts ;-) I actually got a konus motormax 90 on an EQ1 the other weekend (instead of the bc&f camera mount). I took an entire roll of film on Saturday night at varying FL's mostly of milkyway constellations. Although the so called "motordrive" did work i found it more reliable to turn the RA wheel of the mount by hand. Put the film in this morning and will pick it up at lunch??? Hope to see some nice pics, surely must get 1 decent one out of 25?? Keep us posted Rob. -- Pete Homepage at http://www.pbl33.co.uk Home of the Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project |
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Pete Lawrence wrote:
BTW be careful - it's the 10D not the D10. You'll have the Canonites fighting with the Nikonites before you know it ;-) As I have a Nikon film camera with AF lenses the Nikon digital SLR seems a more attractive option. Is it better/worse? I'm only dreaming but I like my dreams to be real... |
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:19:29 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote: Pete Lawrence wrote: BTW be careful - it's the 10D not the D10. You'll have the Canonites fighting with the Nikonites before you know it ;-) As I have a Nikon film camera with AF lenses the Nikon digital SLR seems a more attractive option. Is it better/worse? I'm only dreaming but I like my dreams to be real... I think you'd be aiming at the Nikon D70 Martin. As far as I'm aware (and I'm no expert here) I believe it's functionality and capability is very similar to the Canons. -- Pete Lawrence http://www.pbl33.co.uk Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html |
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Pete Lawrence wrote in message . ..
Here's a processed shot of the Pleiades from last night... http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/2004-09/M45-20040919.jpg Magical! Pete, you're an artist. :-) Interesting "lightbeam" effects from the star (bottom right) that I haven't seen before. Chris.B |
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Pete Lawrence wrote:
I think you'd be aiming at the Nikon D70 Martin. As far as I'm aware (and I'm no expert here) I believe it's functionality and capability is very similar to the Canons. Thanks Pete - the specs look very similar. The Canon a bit cheaper but I'd have to add a lens. The Nikon a bit dearer - and I bet I'd have to add a lens because even the wide angle will be a telephoto when stuck on a ccd rather than 35mm film. Certainly is on the Mintron: my 55mm Pentax lens equates to about a 200mm equivalent on a film camera. |
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"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message ... Still quite warm so I was able to observe in shorts and a sweatshirt last night. Had to get a coat at 2am because it did start getting chilly though. I've been doing that for the last 2 weeks in Menorca with my binoculars.. 8-) Only problem is that I've been seeing stuff with them, that I cant with the 14" in my back garden! Kev |
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