Meteor Showers: What settings are the best for just before dawn meteor showers. They are occurring now that it is August.

hamtrack Loc: Omaha NE

What settings are the best for just before dawn meteor showers. They are occurring now that it is August.

nikonshooter Loc: Spartanburg, South Carolina

hamtrack wrote:

What settings are the best for just before dawn meteor showers. They are occurring now that it is August.

Perseids will be hot - Aug 12 and 13th.

Exposure 30 seconds if choosing a F/2.8 to F/5.6 and ISO (native) 100 or 200.

If you want a longer exposure - 3 hours - change Aperture to F/22

Good luck and I have attached Russell Browns guild for night photography

Attached file:
(Download)

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

http://www.spacedex.com/guides/photograph-meteor-showers.php

hamtrack Loc: Omaha NE

Thanks for the good info. Now all I have to do is get up early.

nikonshooter Loc: Spartanburg, South Carolina

hamtrack wrote:

Thanks for the good info. Now all I have to do is get up early.

or....stay up late!

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

There have been some excellent posts on UHH recently.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-139169-1.html#2355447
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-139167-1.html#2355451
and this might help too
http://www.thephoblographer.com/2013/07/12/night-photography-essentials-must-have-and-must-do

Dlevon Loc: New Jersey

hamtrack wrote:

Thanks for the good info. Now all I have to do is get up early.

That's the hardest thing to do! Just don't go to bed!

juicesqueezer Loc: Okeechobee, Florida

nikonshooter wrote:

Perseids will be hot - Aug 12 and 13th.

Exposure 30 seconds if choosing a F/2.8 to F/5.6 and ISO (native) 100 or 200.

If you want a longer exposure - 3 hours - change Aperture to F/22

Good luck and I have attached Russell Browns guild for night photography

Thank you for that download. Explains many questions.
I do have one and hope that it doesn't sound too stupid; he refers to LENR. What does that stand for?
Thanks in advance for your answer.

nikonshooter Loc: Spartanburg, South Carolina

juicesqueezer wrote:

Thank you for that download. Explains many questions.
I do have one and hope that it doesn't sound too stupid; he refers to LENR. What does that stand for?
Thanks in advance for your answer.

It is far from a stupid question - some DLSR's have a noise reduction feature. I do not use this with the FULL FRAME cameras as it is just not needed - plus it does add time to implement. For example - if you take a 20 sec exposure - with NR turned on....it will take another 20 seconds to process.....the fastest shot to shot time would therefore be 40 seconds.

nikonshooter Loc: Spartanburg, South Carolina

I meant to add this site

http://www.russellbrown.com/scripts.html

Russell has written a script that (when used with Photoshop) will stack your images for you - time saver for sure.

In fact - he has a number of scripts on this site that are free to use!

Be sure to check out his podcast - if you are a PS user.
https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-russell-brown-show/id102204470?mt=2

RicknJude Loc: Quebec, Canada

nikonshooter wrote:

Perseids will be hot - Aug 12 and 13th.

Exposure 30 seconds if choosing a F/2.8 to F/5.6 and ISO (native) 100 or 200.

If you want a longer exposure - 3 hours - change Aperture to F/22

Good luck and I have attached Russell Browns guild for night photography

Thanks for the download. :thumbup:

juicesqueezer Loc: Okeechobee, Florida

nikonshooter wrote:

It is far from a stupid question - some DLSR's have a noise reduction feature. I do not use this with the FULL FRAME cameras as it is just not needed - plus it does add time to implement. For example - if you take a 20 sec exposure - with NR turned on....it will take another 20 seconds to process.....the fastest shot to shot time would therefore be 40 seconds.

Thanks for the reply. I have a d5100 and I am assuming that it does not have this feature.???

nikonshooter Loc: Spartanburg, South Carolina

juicesqueezer wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I have a d5100 and I am assuming that it does not have this feature.???

It does,

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/D5100/D5100HI_ISO_NR.HTM

Zippy Loc: Cathlamet, WA

nikonshooter wrote:

Perseids will be hot - Aug 12 and 13th.

Exposure 30 seconds if choosing a F/2.8 to F/5.6 and ISO (native) 100 or 200.

If you want a longer exposure - 3 hours - change Aperture to F/22

Good luck and I have attached Russell Browns guild for night photography

Thanks for the link, it really helps, again thanks nikonshooter

bioteacher Loc: Brooklyn, NY

What focal length would you recommend?