I was driving home from dancing in SF, and seeing the mist and clouds lit by the moon over some water I was compelled to stop and take a few pictures. At one point when I was bracketing two cameras (K20 and Kx) two lenses (16-50 & 20/1.8), several isos and exposures, my first thought was that if I had a K-5 this would be so much easier because I'd at least know which camera body to use. Then I realized that for this shot I didn't need a K-5, I needed a 645D. Then I realized what I really needed was Ralf's nightscape skills.
Where my thoughts ended up, while waiting for the 30 second exposures, plus the 30 second dark fields, is that what I'd really like to see is what Ralf could do at night with a 645D, and that if Pentax were smart, they'd loan Ralf a 645D for a few weeks, just to see what one could do for night time landscapes. I need to go to bed rather than going through all of my n-dimensional bracketing from three different shooting locations, but after a quick scan, this seems to be one of the more promising shots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5191532097/ K20, ISO 400, 16-50 at 16mm f/2.8 30 second exposure. Which matches my previous experience that the sweet spot at night is a 30 second exposure with the K20 at ISO 400. For the Bay Area Folks, this is shot from the frontage road, just north of Black Road (Bear Creek exit off Hwy 17). If there's interest, I could post my full bracketing of one of the shots. The last one I took ran into problems because the lens started fogging up. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
