Perseids Meteor Shower

photosbyjd2photosbyjd2 Registered Users Posts: 33 Big grins
edited August 13, 2010 in Technique
anyone ever shot a meteor shower? best settings? i figured a slow shutter speed , but shoot wide open on apature? or closed so more is in focus?
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited August 12, 2010
    I have a couple frames of shooting stars, not the Perseids, but the exposures should work similar.

    ISO 800, 58 seconds, 20mm f 5.6 I suspect ( the lens is a manual Zeiss, and the exif data for focal length and aperture are not correct) If you do not want star movement, the longest shutter speed with a fixed camera at 28mm is about 30 seconds or so. I got away with 1 minute because the 20mm Distagon is a bit wider. Use a high ISO.

    This was shot shortly before dawn, and exposure at midnight might require an ISO of 1600.
    736799211_c2Wse-XL.jpg

    Use a very wide angle, like a 15mm if you have it on a full frame body. And be in a really dark place, far from the lights of town.
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 12, 2010
    Gorgeous, Jim. Is that Monument Valley?
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited August 12, 2010
    No, that was near Hondoo Arch south of I-70 in Utah, in Red Canyon.

    You can see this from the campground there.
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 13, 2010
    I created a thread for last night's Perseids display here. http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=175210
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