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Published: 2008-10-02 06:18:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 831; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 29
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Busting to retake this picture and the other night i did so.Dragged *savedchick along for the ride
Taken at Tamborine mountain on Fuji 200ASA 35mm
F8, 28mm, 20 minutes.
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Nicely done, we should meet and you can teach me how to take good star trails
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anytime but the day time!
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I like this. I'm about to go out and take some more start trails. Some have turned out, some don't. Hit or miss.
What was your ISO? Seems a bit high--might be because of the night shot...
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Its 35mm Film at 200ISO - Noise is courtesy of reciprocity failure in the film negative, which happens to film subject to extended exposures.
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Yeah fair enough. Basically the same result with digital with long exposure night shots. I've never really shot with film, but understand, for the most part, how it works.
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believe me digital is much worse. If i had a digital that would do that id be using it - the noise levels on my D300 are easily acceptable but unfortunately Amp Glow is the killer in all my long exposure pictures. I am soon to invest in the d700 but ive seen examples of that with amp glow as well. As soon as someone can find me a solution to this problem my film camera will have to be the one to use.
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Really? Wow I've heard the D300 is nearly amazing when it comes to ISO and long exposure. That is the camera I will be upgrading to soon, at least in the next few months.
As far as "amp glow" what do you mean? I'm not sure I'm familiar with this term.
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A digital image sensor will heat up during a long exposure and will start "burning" the image in red patches, usually at the edges of the exposure. My D300 burns about a third of the way through the frame as a massive red band i cant remove with my level of ability in photoshop.
Some people go to extreme measures to minimize the damage including dry ice and god knows what else. Im very disappointed the d700 has a few issues of its own but im hoping it will at least give me the 20 minutes i require.
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dark frame subtraction and stacked exposures?
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thats with Dark frame subtraction ON although i did enhance the noise a bit so it was a lot brighter so you can clearly see it. I know Im gonna have to start stacking, but see in my mind i dont believe i should have to - not for the 2800 i paid for it last year. Id like to buy the D700 but ive seen some images with noise and im not sure whether its worth it after all - a big disappointment after waiting so long for the interest free deals to come around.
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Oh damn. I've done 25-35 minute exposures with my D50 and shitty and nice lenses. Never gotten a red band. Some of my best shots have turned out in a cold climate, however so this could be why. Anywhere from 40-55 degrees F. You think that would make a difference?
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apparently so, at least that seems to be the general idea ive gathered so far. I had the d80 before my d300 and i opted for the d300 in search of a more respectable result with my long exposures. Cant say i was too impressed with the quality improvement for the price difference - But what the hell lol ill just throw more money at the bastard.
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Try trails during the winter months and see what happens. I've had some decent results with a hell of a lot of ambient light...[link]
And that is with a terrible amount of ambient light.
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yeah thats not such a bad result at all!
But no i havent managed to get noise free even in winter. Im not afraid of grain though, it looks nicer in print
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