Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-08 Thread Boris Liberman
On 8/6/2011 21:08, Tom C wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946935 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946857 On a side note, after reading and rereading the K5 reviews, and seeing examples here and elsewhere I'm pretty much convinced it's the best out there for my shooting

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-08 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24 hours. In my location we were several hours peak... so the world turns. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946935

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-07 Thread David Mann
On Aug 7, 2011, at 6:08 AM, Tom C wrote: A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24 hours. In my location we were several hours peak... so the world turns. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946935 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946857 Nice... I've

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Very nice, Tom. I've never seen an Aurora either--only through pictures. You'll love the K-5--make your future soon :-). Cheers, Christine On Aug 6, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Tom C wrote: A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24 hours. In my location we were several hours

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Lucky you! Would love to ahve seen that.. I have a slight preference for the Violet skies - I like purple - but both lovely ann On 8/6/2011 14:08, Tom C wrote: A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24 hours. In my location we were several hours peak... so the world

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful! On Aug 7, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Lucky you! Would love to ahve seen that.. I have a slight preference for the Violet skies - I like purple - but both lovely ann On 8/6/2011 14:08, Tom C wrote: A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24

PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread Tom C
A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24 hours. In my location we were several hours peak... so the world turns. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946935 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946857 On a side note, after reading and rereading the K5 reviews,

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 12:08 PM -0600 8/6/11, Tom C wrote: A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24 hours. In my location we were several hours peak... so the world turns. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946935 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946857 On a side note, after

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread Jack Davis
Well done, Tom! You'll have ISO 80 available with the K-5. Noted by someone recently as a benefit to the astro photog. Jack --- On Sat, 8/6/11, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread William Robb
On 06/08/2011 2:35 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Well done, Tom! You'll have ISO 80 available with the K-5. Noted by someone recently as a benefit to the astro photog. I think that and the astrotracer function of the GPS will be very useful for this kind of stuff. -- William Robb -- PDML

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread Darren Addy
Super! What a treat. I've gotten to photograph aurora from as far south as South Central Nebraska a couple of times, but don't think I would have had much of a chance this far south last night, even if I had known about it. The lasts time it was shafts of light very much like these (of course