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Hi, guys!

I would like to try and photograph some stary night skies wIth a hope of catching curent meteor shower a bit.

Can you advise me in which mode to shoot and how to get longest and best exposure and lock to infinity focus.
I seem to be hitting some wall im M mode in ISO vs. long shutter speeds... :-)

thanks!
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Rick Halle wrote:

" Keep in mind that tall buildings sway back and forth so they require faster shutter speeds."
 
That wall is pretty concrete from my experience. Higher up you go in ISO, the less shutter delay you can get.

ISO 100 30 secs
ISO 200 15 secs
ISO 400 8 secs
ISO 800 4 secs
ISO 1600 2 secs
ISO 3200 1 sec

As far as infinity focusing, I've not found anything satisfactory except focusing on the moon using AF or possibly some distant lights, then going over to MF. Unfortunately, moon isn't going to be available in the dawn hours for the Perseids so you might try AF on either Jupiter or distant lights if you can. The other option is focus on something very distant now (using AF) switch over to MF and don't touch the focus until you try the showers tomorrow morning.
 
I believe the maximum exposure time is 30 seconds so no star trails of any real length!

As for HS10 manual focus, the system that Fuji has designed for the simple expedient of "set at infinity and forget it" is almost beyond comprehension and (if you actually do achieve full infinity through some miracle) needs to be constantly reset.

Make sure you use the 2 or 10 second delay to reduce camera shake.

There is a manual cable release available from Hong Kong that can be easily attached and it really does work!
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Harry Zee
 
Good info, thanks so far guys!:-)

So using AF halfpress to focus on something far, releasing shutter and switching to MF will keep it locked? Even if camera turned off?:-)

When is the best time for Perseids tomorow? I am in Europe.:-)

I find this ISO vs. shutter wall ridicilous. Fuji should have given more thought on things like having the camera remember 2sec delay or burst mode settings.

PS i got the remote shutter from HK. I'll put it to good use tomorrow:-)
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Rick Halle wrote:

" Keep in mind that tall buildings sway back and forth so they require faster shutter speeds."
 
Scratch that, MF does not survive the camera being turned on and off...go figure. I've had fairly good luck AF'ing on Jupiter and he will be out in the morning so you could try that. Anytime after midnight and before dawn should be good although I'm going to try for the 0100 to 0300 time period.
 
Could you share which remote shutter you got from HK for the HS10.

Thanks
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Just a Pixelpusher, currently shooting Fujifilm Finepix HS10
 
Yep! That is the one!:-)

How long shutter and what ISO is the option for tonight?
I'm thinking iso200 and 15"

Star trails begin to blur the picture. :-) Also at iso100 and 30sek I am afraid exposure for a passing Perseid wont be long enough for iso100 sensitivity.
Any thoughts?
:-)
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Rick Halle wrote:

" Keep in mind that tall buildings sway back and forth so they require faster shutter speeds."
 
iso800 4"
iso400 8"
iso200 15"

any one tried something simmilar? Which one worked best for you?
I'll try them out, but any info would be great!

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Rick Halle wrote:

" Keep in mind that tall buildings sway back and forth so they require faster shutter speeds."
 
So, did anyone catch any last night?

I went out, couldn't see any with my bare eyes. I tried several exposures but stars in them mostly looked unimpressive. I doubt a short pass of a small meteorite would leave a more impressive mark.

So in one word it was a Bust! for me. lol :-)

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Rick Halle wrote:

" Keep in mind that tall buildings sway back and forth so they require faster shutter speeds."
 
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Just a Pixelpusher, currently shooting Fujifilm Finepix HS10
 
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