No probs everyone,..
Here is a pic I took back in the late 80s when I had a old classic C8. Its only a handful of images I took back then that came out nicely..
ektachrome 400 slide film about 8-10 sec at f/10. Can`t remember the exact time but something like that.
cheers Gary
lets say the ISO is 400, then the totality shot with a f6.3 would be 6 seconds? with my F4 vixen it would be 2 or 3 seconds.
When half and half It would be still 1/1000 sec shot, my shots I posted were iso 200 at 1/750 and 1/1000 so there is a benefit of having a slightly higher ISO setting, but would this be at the expense of more grainier images?
Recomendations from the book Astrophotography by H.J.P. Arnold.
During totality
ISO 400 8secs @ f8
4secs @ f5.6
1sec @ f2.8
But they do stress that this is a basic guide.
Yep it is confusing when Covington gives from 5 sec and between 1 and 3 minutes for the same settings but different conditions. 5sec for a light totality (?) and 1-3 min for a dark totality (?)
I was thinking about heading to the ASV public viewing with some friends at Ikea so that I can speak with people about their equipment and perhaps look through a few scopes, as well as take a few photos plus testing out my new binoculars.
I will be taking our Nikon D80 (with 18-200mm lens) and my camera tripod but have not decided what shot(s) to take. The moon will not look very large in the 200mm lens so though to take some sort of "time-lapse" "wide field" photos.
Some questions, though:
- What sort of foreground is viewable from the Ikea site? Obviously not the nice tropical island that the MrEclipse site has...
- I believe there is a large fluorescent sign nearby, perhaps to the East. is that going to cause any problems?
Most of the comments in this thread detail using ISO 400 for the eclipse.
is there reason not to use ISO 800 and reduce exposure times?
Using the Nikon D80 I have taken some great shots at ISO 800+ of things other than the moon with very little noise, although I have never had an exposure time of 1-2 seconds.
Of course, i will have to test it out for myself but any info before the night would be appreciated.
try some noise reduction as those sorts of ISO speeds. you camera should have some that you can activate through the menu system., i find it does a pretty darn good job
try some noise reduction as those sorts of ISO speeds. you camera should have some that you can activate through the menu system., i find it does a pretty darn good job
yes, it does have noise reduction- thanks for the pointer- and I will probably turn it on for any shots at ISO 800, probably on High, based upon a dpreview article.
Hey guys, thought I'd show you this article that appeared in the local Central Coast "Express Advocate" on Wednesday the 15th August.
Pretty funny seeing myself in the local paper. A few people at Karate came up to me and said they saw me in the paper
The local ABC (92.5 central coast) saw the article and rang me on the Friday to interview me on air about the eclipse. It's definitely helped get some more Central Coast locals on IceInSpace!