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Brush up on your astro-photography
Erik Markov, Photographer
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anywhere | IN | | Posted: 11:21 AM on 03.21.11 |
->> If you've ever felt like your astro-photography could use some work, now is your opportunity to do some studying.
Hassy has released their manual for astronauts using the company's cameras way, way..... way up there.
http://www.hasselblad.com/media/2207875
/astronauts_manual_singlepage_lr.pdf
BTW, if you need to take an exposure reading off the white cargo bay, remember to open up 1 stop. |
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Michael Granse, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 1:44 PM on 03.21.11 |
->> Who do I need to call in order to get photo credentials for the next space shuttle flight?
I have a really good camera, and it is a professional camera too so I think that it would probably work in space. I also had a toy robotic arm when I was a kid, so if they needed someone to help capture a satellite I could also help with that. |
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Brian Dowling, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 1:48 PM on 03.21.11 |
| ->> That's one assignment nobody would complain about if you shot it for free. |
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Erik Markov, Photographer
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anywhere | IN | | Posted: 1:57 PM on 03.21.11 |
->> Michael,
unless you have experience wearing adult diapers and driving hundreds of miles with no bathroom breaks on a homicidal mission, they're not interested in you. |
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Robert Deutsch, Photographer
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NY | NY | USA | Posted: 9:55 PM on 03.21.11 |
->> If you want to see some excellent real astrophotography by one of our own, check out Jerry Lodriguss' site:
www.astropix.com Very cool and informative... |
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Dianna Russell, Photographer
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Springfield | MO | USA | Posted: 10:19 PM on 03.21.11 |
| ->> Robert ... that is an excellent site. Thanks for posting it. Now I am really itching to get a telescope. |
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Max Gersh, Photographer
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Rockford | IL | USA | Posted: 10:45 PM on 03.21.11 |
->> I've always wanted to get into astrophotography as a hobby. As if our gear isn't expensive enough. Some of these high-powered scopes are ridiculous.
Anyone ever use Canon's astrophotography specific 20Da? http://tinyurl.com/2sbtnv I wonder how today's stock cameras stack up against something like the 20Da. |
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Eric Isaacs, Photographer, Assistant
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Dennis Wierzbicki, Photographer
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Plainfield | IL | USA | Posted: 2:30 PM on 03.23.11 |
->> OK, the gear Eric posted is certainly cool (hot) but it also costs as much as a decent used car (or for something most of us can understand, a new 400 f/2.8 lens) for the mount alone...
One can get into astrophotography using one of your DSLR's for imaging (or even a modified webcam - good for planetary photography) and an 8"x2,000mm f/10 scope that, with mount, runs just over $2K new.
Optical focal reducers will bring these scopes down to f/6.3, for a couple hundred bucks more, and these reducers will also allow you to view more of the sky, which is important for deep-sky subjects like nebulae and clusters .
Of course you can spend more for more purpose-built imagers, and mounts like the one linked to in Eric's post, or spend less if you buy your stuff used. |
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Steven Mullensky, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Port Townsend | WA. | USA | Posted: 3:11 PM on 03.23.11 |
| ->> I took photos of the Discovery space shuttle and ISS streaking overhead earlier this month using my 1D MkIIn and a 24-105 set on 50. The exposure was 32 seconds @ f8 at ISO 400. The stars show up as points of light with the satellites showing up as a moving streak of light. Nothing fancy but it worked very well. |
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