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Just wondering. I may try to haul myself out at 11 or 12 or so and see
how long the D200 will let the shutter stay open.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...g_perseids.htm

Were you too late?

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"Cynicor" <jt__rup__i_n@speak__easy.net> wrote in message
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: Just wondering. I may try to haul myself out at 11 or 12 or so and
see
: how long the D200 will let the shutter stay open.

Joan wrote:
> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...g_perseids.htm
>
> Were you too late?
>

Nah, I've got time. It's only 7:30 PM here.

And it really is time to just blow up the damn moon. It causes too many
problems, and it doesn't show up well in landscape photos anyway.

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:34:40 -0400, Cynicor
<jt__rup__i_n@speak__easy.net> wrote:

>Joan wrote:
>> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...g_perseids.htm
>>
>> Were you too late?
>>
>
>Nah, I've got time. It's only 7:30 PM here.
>
>And it really is time to just blow up the damn moon. It causes too many
>problems, and it doesn't show up well in landscape photos anyway.
Spray paint it.

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:58:43 -0700, irwell wrote:

>> And it really is time to just blow up the damn moon. It causes too many
>> problems, and it doesn't show up well in landscape photos anyway.
> Spray paint it.

Orff's Der Mond had a better solution. Steal it.

"irwell" <> wrote in message
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: On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:34:40 -0400, Cynicor
: <jt__rup__i_n@speak__easy.net> wrote:
:
: >Joan wrote:
: >> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...g_perseids.htm
: >>
: >> Were you too late?
: >>
: >
: >Nah, I've got time. It's only 7:30 PM here.
: >
: >And it really is time to just blow up the damn moon. It causes too
many
: >problems, and it doesn't show up well in landscape photos anyway.
: Spray paint it
with the blood of the terrorists.

Cynicor wrote:

> Just wondering. I may try to haul myself out at 11 or 12 or so and see
> how long the D200 will let the shutter stay open.

I've managed to catch a few trails. It really isn't that spectacular.
I didn't even bother saving the images I managed to get.

The meteor shower isn't like sparks coming from a grinding wheel

You only get a few streaks per minute. If you're real lucky you
might get two streaks in the same image.

The image below isn't mine, but it shows the best you can expect
without a motorized tracking mount:

http://www.spaceweather.com/meteors/...01/Lucena1.jpg

Joan wrote:
> "irwell" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> : On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:34:40 -0400, Cynicor
> : <jt__rup__i_n@speak__easy.net> wrote:
> :
> : >Joan wrote:
> : >> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...g_perseids.htm
> : >>
> : >> Were you too late?
> : >>
> : >
> : >Nah, I've got time. It's only 7:30 PM here.
> : >
> : >And it really is time to just blow up the damn moon. It causes too
> many
> : >problems, and it doesn't show up well in landscape photos anyway.
> : Spray paint it
> with the blood of the terrorists.

If we don't blow up the moon, the terrorists win.

Anyway, I made a more basic mistake. I forgot to bring a remote cord
with me, so I was limited to 30 second exposures. I saw 5 or six
meteors, including 4 nice fireballs, but got nothing on "film."

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:48:49 -0400, Cynicor wrote:

> If we don't blow up the moon, the terrorists win.

Nonono. It's the terrorists that want to blow up *our* moon.


> Anyway, I made a more basic mistake. I forgot to bring a remote cord
> with me, so I was limited to 30 second exposures. I saw 5 or six
> meteors, including 4 nice fireballs, but got nothing on "film."

You should have been using an evaluation D80. I think it also has
a 30 second exposure limit, but it also has a mode or two that
allows multiple exposures, which should be able to effectively
extend the exposure to at least 90 seconds per image.

"Jim Townsend" <> wrote in message
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> Cynicor wrote:
>
>> Just wondering. I may try to haul myself out at 11 or 12 or so and see
>> how long the D200 will let the shutter stay open.
>
> I've managed to catch a few trails. It really isn't that spectacular.
> I didn't even bother saving the images I managed to get.

God is conserving resources too. He switched to a miser shower head