📸 Photography DSLR and Mirrorless Camera Chat

[Pewter-Camaro]

Same here, it’s 100% hobby, but if I’m going to invest in it, I’m going to do it right.

Was thinking the Perseid meteor shower peaks in a few weeks. Typically I’ve been using my 7200/7500 with the cheap 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 it came with for a nice wide view, but have to run the ISO anywhere from 1600-6400 depending on how bright they are. Looked at ultra-fast prime wide angles, fuck me.

Fortunately my dad has a 24mm f/1.8 FX I can use along with his D810 (or is it a D800?). I just have to drive to southeastern KY to get it, lol.

ohhh I will have to check this out. Now that I live out away from the city I can get decent shots without all the light pollution. i have a 35mm 1.8 and 24mm 2.8 that would work well.

this is a hobby for me too but have done some paying gigs as a 3rd for a wedding photographer on occasion shooting the churches, venues, and photo booth type stuff while the main and 2nd were following the bride and groom.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

The difference just wasn’t worth the price for me, from reading the reviews it was minimal. The biggest thing with the 150-600 is getting it calibrated. Got any shots of your astrophotography? If you don’t mind going MF (I didn’t care because the main thing I use it for is night shots), Rokinon carries a 24/1.8 and a 14/2.8 for $500 & $300 respectively.

They also have a 16mm f.2.0 aspherical for 300. I've used that during my astro shots and its nice for the price.

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[SpeedSpeak2me]

The difference just wasn’t worth the price for me, from reading the reviews it was minimal. The biggest thing with the 150-600 is getting it calibrated. Got any shots of your astrophotography? If you don’t mind going MF (I didn’t care because the main thing I use it for is night shots), Rokinon carries a 24/1.8 and a 14/2.8 for $500 & $300 respectively.

Yeah, let me look around to see what I have that is decent. Last Astro attempt I did was the NEOWISE comet, but wasn’t under the best conditions.

There are no real good dark areas within 2 hours of the city. I was out south of Dixon to get the shots.

Down at my dad’s there is virtually no light pollution, but you’re in the foothills of the mountains, so it’s limited on how much sky you can see.

I have a friend of a friend with a place up in the Hiawatha National Forest in the UP, near Wetmore, MI. Gonna see if I can rent his cabin for the second weekend in August, which is the weekend before TCG Tour.

It’ll be great for a nice dark sky, but not sure what kind of open area there will be. Was there mostly during the day or coming back half lit after spend all day on the sleds zipping around the trails going from bar to bar. So my memory is a little foggy, lol.

I used this to find the dark areas. Just too much light pollution around here.

Light pollution map

Interactive world light pollution map. The map uses NASA VIIRS, World Atlas 2015, Aurora prediction, observatories, clouds and SQM/SQC overlay contributed by users.

www.lightpollutionmap.info

 

[SHARKBITEATTACK]

Ive used the sigma 60-600. Great lens. Thinking of buying it

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Yeah, let me look around to see what I have that is decent. Last Astro attempt I did was the NEOWISE comet, but wasn’t under the best conditions.

There are no real good dark areas within 2 hours of the city. I was out south of Dixon to get the shots.

Down at my dad’s there is virtually no light pollution, but you’re in the foothills of the mountains, so it’s limited on how much sky you can see.

I have a friend of a friend with a place up in the Hiawatha National Forest in the UP, near Wetmore, MI. Gonna see if I can rent his cabin for the second weekend in August, which is the weekend before TCG Tour.

It’ll be great for a nice dark sky, but not sure what kind of open area there will be. Was there mostly during the day or coming back half lit after spend all day on the sleds zipping around the trails going from bar to bar. So my memory is a little foggy, lol.

I used this to find the dark areas. Just too much light pollution around here.

Light pollution map

Interactive world light pollution map. The map uses NASA VIIRS, World Atlas 2015, Aurora prediction, observatories, clouds and SQM/SQC overlay contributed by users.

www.lightpollutionmap.info

This is where I would go for shooting and showers.

Nice quiet, dark spot. big parking lot. Sometimes a bunch of people show up for the big meteor showers. I would be out there from about 10pm til sunrise.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

This is where I would go for shooting and showers.

Nice quiet, dark spot. big parking lot. Sometimes a bunch of people show up for the big meteor showers. I would be out there from about 10pm til sunrise.

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lol, that’s exactly where I’ve been going the last few years. For the comet I was in the west lot, and some asshat kept locking/unlocking their car to get in it, like every five minutes. Was killing everyone’s night vision with the LED lights flashing. Yelled at them at least five times.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

There are also a few farm field entry's along these two roads that can be used. Seems to be for allowing hunters to enter the area. I used one a few years ago to get away from the lights of people in the park itself. Problem was that when the dew point went up it got foggy. But was a solid quiet area.

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

found my favorite lens packed away with some random stuff still on my old Nikon FE film camera. The lens is awesome in low light.

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

This is where I would go for shooting and showers.

Nice quiet, dark spot. big parking lot. Sometimes a bunch of people show up for the big meteor showers. I would be out there from about 10pm til sunrise.

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Probably 8 or so years ago I was out there for a meteor shower and it was crowded as fuck so I left and went down some random, probably private, drive and parked on the side of the road. Didn’t see a single person after that.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Probably 8 or so years ago I was out there for a meteor shower and it was crowded as fuck so I left and went down some random, probably private, drive and parked on the side of the road. Didn’t see a single person after that.

Pretty much what you have to do.

All it takes is one asshat to turn on their lights to ruin it for everyone. During NEOWISE people kept driving down the entrance road with their high beams on to see where to go, swerving back and forth. Then doing circles in the parking lot looking for a place to park.

Need a big sign at the entrance that says to turn off your lights and keep them off. If you don't know how to do this, don't enter, go sit in a McDonalds parking lot instead.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Here are a couple from last year's comet

 

[69Nice]

Very nice! Any experience stacking? That’s my next project so I can have the foreground much more visible…either that or getting a tracker.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Very nice! Any experience stacking? That’s my next project so I can have the foreground much more visible…either that or getting a tracker.
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Zero, but I’d like to!

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

No editing done, just cropped it a bit.

Nikon D7500, ISO 800, 300mm (DX crop mode, 600mm equivalent), 1/60th sec, f/6.3, Manual white balance @ 5560K

Wanted to go ISO 400 for less grain, but 1/20th - 1/30th sec at that focal length it started to introduce a bit of motion blur. And no, I didn't do any color adjustment. That's just how orange/brown it is from all the crap in the air, lol.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Two more from tonight.

The smaller one is just after dusk using the same settings as last night. The larger one is using a t-adapter on a Meade ETX90 with a 1250mm focal length at f/13.8 (but camera fixes it at f/8). The entire telescope costs the same as just the Nikkor zoom lens, if that gives an idea of the quality of the telescope's front lens.

Also, the bottom one isn't cropped. It just barely fit on the DX sensor.

 

[69Nice]

On my PC so here's some pictures from the Sigma 150-600... it does take some adjustments but it's pretty sharp without breaking the bank.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Took some photos of the partial moon setting over the Gulf of Mexico. Have a few but this seems to the better of them.

Nikon D7500, ISO 400, 8 seconds f/4, 85mm equivalent (using FX lens on a DX body)

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Here's a bit more background, including some planes passive overhead:

 

[Anal Oats]

Some shit photos ive taken

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Not bad for shooting through three panes of glass, with just an 85mm lens at a good 15' away.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Taken tonight:

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Even the squirrel was tired of the heat.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Caption this:

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

My camera has been in the bag since last year.
After seeing Rico 's pictures, why bother trying

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Practice? I still take photos for the practice of taking them, even if I don't always keep them. Keeps me familiar with the cameras and their functions.