jande9

When we travel on holiday we go for the sights and the experience as the first priority.  I try to fit my photography around this. For the last few years I have taken my DP2M plus Nex 7 with extra ...

That could be Regulus. Jan

Now we know where the expression "tighter than a gnat's ass" comes from! Jan

It will get very dark so practice doing all those adjustments by feel.  Give the camera a few moments to settle after every adjustment. Don't forget to look up and enjoy the view! Jan

It depends on the exposure of course but people will step through up to 12 stops from the diamond rings to the outer corona to try and capture everything so it is possible to get the faintest ...

That lens may be too long to shoot the eclipse.  You want to have about 6 moon diameters visible on each side of the moon to get all the corona.  600mm is about as long as you want to go. Jan

I didn't twig to your comment on using a Barlow, which suggests that you are shooting through the eyepiece.  I assume the focal length and f ratio would be very different than the telescope specs. ...

Its beautiful country.  I've driven through many times on my way to the family cottage in Saskatchewan and I've always enjoyed it. Jan

I am no expert but I understand that refractors are much easier to use for astrophotography.  It is difficult to get good results with a Newtonian reflector. Jan

Lin Evans has some pointers here. Jan

The landscapes are kind of what I expected but the shot of the little girl is really good.  I'm impressed. Jan

It is amazing that you can get defocused backgrounds with a 4mm focal length lens.  I never would have believed that to be possible. Jan

I can't imagine complementing your Sigma camera with a phone.  That's an extreme quality/convenience range! You can scratch your Foveon itch with a DP(x)Q to experience the sensor with a wonderful ...

It looks like the sun went behind a cloud for the Sigma image as there is no shadow on the church roof. The Sigma seems to have close to 1.5 stops more exposure.

The sun/moon will be very high in the sky at totality so if you want foreground in your pics you will need a very wide lens. Your basic kit lens won't go wide enough.

Performance is important but I think the quality of the screen is vital.  Laptops with great screens in the PC world are expensive, close to Apples in price.  I would narrow your search down to ...

Hi Ted. I tried the same image on my laptop with an ordinary business quality screen, and Windows Photo Viewer is now the odd man out, with SPP and Photos looking pretty near identical.  The image ...

I'm wrestling with the colours here. Photos, Windows Photo viewer, and SPP all display very differently. An older one. Jan

The atmosphere expands slightly which can affect satellites in low orbit. Space travel is incredibly complicated, but who knows, maybe a naive viewpoint can lead to breakthroughs.   Certainly the ...

That is a fantastic series of wildlife pictures.  What a trip! Were you hiking? On a tour?  Did you take these 6 years ago?  What lenses did you use?  I crave details. Thanks Jan