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| Posted: Sat Jan 9th, 2016 12:02 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:You know when you are waiting for a bird, then five come along at once... I wondered where they went. Generous to a fault.  The reason I didn't use them on my gear was that the guy who bought my D300 fried it....trying some Chinese remote control unit. 
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| Posted: Sat Jan 9th, 2016 12:31 |
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jk
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Seems like the thumbs  is working.The old naming was :thumbsup: I have changed it 
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| Posted: Sat Jan 9th, 2016 14:59 |
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Robert
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Thanks JK!
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| Posted: Sat Jan 9th, 2016 15:08 |
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Robert
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Eric wrote:The reason I didn't use the remotes on my gear was that the guy who bought my D300 fried it....trying some Chinese remote control unit. Well as it happens I have managed to get my original Wireless remote working again (Chinese)... The wired remote of yours seems to have an intermittent broken connection in to the full shutter release, pin 1, it has worked a couple of times but not consistently. If I do use the wireless units I will test them rigorously before attaching them, but in all probability I will only use the leads with the ten pin plugs, rather than the entire unit. They could have other uses, for remote actuation of almost any device... Better not go there.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 9th, 2016 15:24 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Eric wrote: Am I glad I never used it?
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21st, 2016 08:53 |
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Robert
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After a few distractions, last night I managed to make some star trail pix, it seems for digital the long exposure isn't needed. Even for bodies which perform poorly in low light, by taking multiple exposures and stacking them, either in Ps, or some other software like pano or StarTraX, which is free, although as you may expect for free software it isn't free from foibles! However StarTraX does a pretty good job and has several interesting useful features, it's also pretty quick. One thing I have learnt is that Nikon 30 second shutter speeds seem to be 32 seconds, not 30, which does make sense when you double numbers up from 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32. It causes problems when you set the intervalometer to 31 seconds and the shutter to 30, which is actually 32 (ish). The answer is to set the intervalometer to 33 or 34 seconds. This is the post processed image before the star trails were added in the stacking software, the image was then straightened and adjusted in Ps.  After stacking and adjustments in Ps. This is a straightened and adjusted star trail photograph of Lowick Church. 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22nd, 2016 05:42 |
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jk
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I prefer the version with the star trails. 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22nd, 2016 06:01 |
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Robert
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Thanks JK, what do you think about the brightness? I am trying to get away from it looking like daylight, which the top image almost does, yet I don't know how far to darken it without loosing the visual appeal. I am not my best critic!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22nd, 2016 07:24 |
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jk
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I think the tones in the church wall are perfect for a night photo.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22nd, 2016 10:12 |
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Robert
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Thanks!
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