I used my old Canon D60 and a 100-400 EF zoom lens. I set the ISO at first to 800 and then to 1000. Exposures were still about 2 sec. long (I could see the stars beginning to "trail".) Of the 10 images I took, I liked just one. I might have gotten a better image had I waited until the moon began moving out of the Earth's shadow giving me more light. Anyway, seeing the eclipse was an occasion. Lunar eclipses are more common than the more spectacular solar eclipses. I read that another lunar eclipse will occur in Feb. 2008.
Jim A. > I hate my *ist D. I stayed up until 5:15 AM taking eclipse photos. The > first several within 20 minutes of when the eclipse started look OK, > though > that was not the fabulous part of the evening(morning). However, the > camera > quickly became noisy (electronic noise), even at short exposures ISO 400 > and > 1/500 sec. All with Tokina 500 f/8 mirror lens. > > Of course it was at its absolute worst during totality. One shot for some > reason was less noisy than the others, though still ruined by noise (next > to > the last as presented). > > http://photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=355756 > > Most shots looked good on the LCD, even when magnified to check focus, > with > orange hues and turquoise tones at the edge of earths shadow. All lost to > noise. > > Some taken during totality didn't make muster because 8 - 10 sec exposures > were too long and exhibited too much tracking across the frame. > > I'm not sure if I have a hardware problem with the camera... may be time > to > throw it in the trash. I've taken other aurora shots with the same body > that were virtually noise free at exposures of 15 - 20 seconds. The newer > *ist DS with less than 1000 shots on it was even worse, however, at ISO > 800 > and 2 secs. Images (not shown here) were absolutely obliterated. Looked > like a Photoshop effect. > > Still amazing to watch. > > Tom C. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
