I forgot what aperture I used. And that's one of the problem with film where digital already recorded all the detail in every JPEGs. I think around f16 with Kodak profesional PJA-100. It was a slight underexposed, so noise is visible.

I have a feeling that normal film like Fuji 100 that time might have different and stronger exposure despice same 5 hours and same aperture. It was really taking up lots of time to know the limits and character of each films...

Can't wait to get my first digital version of star trail.

great idea, it would be first(?) camping from lowyat-kakis ...

prevent from light pollution? use hood? . I nv try before, if can't then KL skyline nitescene ...

deepyu -> Tmn melawati. lights? true also, but i scare of darkness.hey dare u go to some Mt. away from light ....

15min for daytime..

This post has been edited by wasabi: Sep 15 2005, 04:02 PM

hood can prevent light from entering the lens..but cant solve the
sky's light pollution problem. we have to go somewhere with clear view..
far from city to get nice astrophoto..place like u mentioned maybe can also.
easy to go.

dont climb in darkness lar..climb in daylight..camp and wait for the nite..
and of course not alone lar me also afraid of darkness..

Usually climb alone very interesting one le... can see and hear a lot of 'thing' one le... hahahaha...

Just kidding. Never alone la. I never climb that kind of mountain before... Do you need walky-talky?

Walky-Talky START:"Ahh!! Who touched my ass?" Just kidding
deepyu, have you contacted the local dealer of Meade telescope? If you want to buy something from him, you have to act fast as he is going to Chile ( the best place for celestial observing in this planet! )and he will be leaving in September 18 and back in October 15.

Wahaha, here are the pics that let will let you guys drooling!

The Moon during the night.


This is our loving Venus


What are these three stars?


This gas cloud is made of "man hand", I increase the exposure compensatation and brightness of the pic, then it become this. Shall we call it "fake" gas clouds?

If you want to see more clearly of the three stars picture, you can request the original photos from me.

maybe i'll contact him... on oct..next year/s oct..
btw the 3 stars maybe not a star..maybe a satellite..who knows unless we check
it.
ur gas cloud not colourful enough lar
thanks for sharing arr..

If the background of that "gas cloud" is black, it will be wonderful... Got way to check whether they are satelites?

i think u can check it if u have the meade's autostar. or other
astronomy navigation software. if i'm not mistaken
they also includes some satelite's infos..maybe except the
confidential one..

Congratulations, Mr.LKM. You have caught the Moon passing through the Constellation of Scorpius.

hey friend, i "heard" from XYZ friend.... chang er will pass the moon this sunday ....kekek is that true

Oh, is it? How lucky am I By the way, when are you guys getting to get your telescope? I found a good place called Chile, it is located at South America. Saving now and go there for celestial observing

Anyone got nice full moon pics? Saturday night was hazy, but managed to see the moon for about 30 minutes. Glorious. Now can watch the moon in the morning sky already, no need to sleep late.
I must buy a digicam soon - all these opportunities going to waste...........
Any suggestions, guys? To be used for digiscoping, not prime focus astrophotography.
Right now my choice is between Casio EX S500 or Ricoh Caplio GX8.

Hey guys, just saw this

from this thread: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...0&#entry4886590
Not quite full moon, but who cares. Makes my day.

I guess the thread-starter read about this astronomy photography from CLICK!

Ooops.... I know nothing about astronomy photog, cant help... sorry.

yeap..saw it there also..good shot.
but march if u want to shoot tis kind of moon pics dont think
u can do it with EX S500 or Caplio GX8. Tis guy using Nikon 8700
with 8x zooming capability.and I think he is using the max zoom to get
this shot.

Can the Nikon 8700 do digiscoping well? The Nikon 990 (i think) was perfect at this, but it's hard to find one in good condition nowadays.

Any other alternatives from Canon?

This post has been edited by March05: Sep 21 2005, 04:07 PM

What did u mean by CLICK! ?

March05,
Hey man, your choices are not suitable for the types of photography you want Able to get urself a dslr?

I am wondering how was the guy able to shoot with so many details. Every of mine shots were all overexposed, wonder if photoshop able to solve overexposed problem... and even my KM Z3 with 12X optical zoom can't be this far...

See? My moon...

Mr.LKM u shot ur pic using auto mode rite? u need to shoot with high shutter speed
to get like tat guy's pic. and doing some digital zooming.
try to shoot with ur KM Z3 with max shutter.1/1000 i think.

I used manual mode, maybe my shutter speed is too low.