NancyP

Another TEN ESSENTIALS person, I see.

If you are camping, just add extra aluminium foil

I love it!

to get critiques

Ach, there goes my illusions - "RAW isn't raw...."

grand.

OMG. Interesting story.

Henry means, Bring a REAL tripod, dammit! Or at least a monopod...

Phone: Photographers' Ephemeris; SkySafari; personal lists in Notes re: no-parallax-point for various lenses, best f/stop for astrophotography with various lenses, etc.

In camera bag: large...

I use 8 and 16 G SDHC/SDXC cards, I prefer to have multiple spares.

Often in my bag or on my person in various pockets, not related to actual photo process:
"TEN ESSENTIALS" - yes, I am a hiker and landscape/ wildlife photographer. For a day hike: 1. compass and...

Yes, the Astrotrac, cool as it is, is a "lightweight travel, quick set-up, low focal length" solution, perfect for hiking into some dark zone camping site for landscape astrophotography composites,...

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Nothing here suggests that the damage is limited to CC customers. People who bought their software outright may also be at risk.

mossy #2 looks like he is contemplating his rather cooperative dinner. Did the insect escape or did it get slurped up?

I am a rank beginner with the lightweight Astrotrac (up to 400mm so far - lightweight f/5.6L lens) - works fine for 1 minute shots, if carefully polar aligned. Better folks than I have done well...

the bargain Canon lens

Image stabilization works for static subjects. Faster lens is needed for moving subjects, because you need that increased shutter speed. Faster lens is needed for narrow depth of field shooting, as...

Great!

Naturally the quality of the lens and support matters. My 400mm f/5.6L has more reach than some crappy 650mm $150.00 T-mount refractor, given the same pixel density (personal observation,...