Eclipsed...

amateriat

amateriat

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"Hey, there's an Eclipse tonight!"

"Really?" I ask, only half-remembering.

"How about getting a picture?"

By "picture", he meant something that was instantly-shareable. Of course.

I slipped on my jacket, grabbed a tripod and my lone digicam (a Casio EX-850), and made my way to the roof of our brownstone. Ugh...forgot my gloves. No matter. Set up tripod. Ugh #2...gonna have to use digital zoom to satisfy the gang here. Too early to catch the Right Moment, but that's not the moment I'm really interested in. This is the moment I'm interested in:

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Obviously, I'm no astronomer (and less of a photographer in this realm...you DO know that Canon has a dSLR just for stuff like this, right?), but there it is, and there I was, singing "Up On the Roof", appropriately.

Please keep this under your hat...


- Barrett
 

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I remembered about the same time as you it seems. All I have is a very bad old 400mm lens. To make things worse, we actually had a cloudy sky tonight! So I only got the one shot before it was obscured.

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Makes you want to go out and buy a proper telescope and take a trip to the mountains.
The night skys at 8000 feet are incredible.
 
amateriat said:
Pete: tell me about it. But you got The Moment pretty nicely!


- Barrett
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Since this is in the point and shoot forum, I cheated a little bit ... DSLR S5, Sigma 50-150mm at 4 seconds and f10 (at ISO 400) on tripod about 20 minutes ago

I didn't crop any further as it gets real soft real quick
 
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Same setup as Dave but with a 1.4 extender and a longer exposure. I shoulda got my telescope out. Damn clouds kept coming in. I didn't think I would get anything and then it finally opened up for a few.
 
Chris: yay, from the Other Coast! Looks good from here. (Talk about an all-digital "boys out night!") ;)

Almost makes me want to scrounge around for a cheap. used D30 or something...


- Barrett
 
300/2.8 + 2x + 1.4x TC's, 840mm on a 1D.

Same exposure for all 9 shots, approx 10min's apart.
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From past experience I'd say get the newest camera possible if you want to do astro stuff. The full frame sensors especially help. It's just the nature of using the higher ISO's and getting the cleanest images. You pick up a TON of noise unfortunately.

EDIT: Awesome shots Kin!
 
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