08-12-2016, 02:00 PM
All Perseid stuff is a matter of luck and I must say I haven't had so much so far, I have spend three all nighters, the K3 with astrotracer and the shutter open for 1.5 minuets at a time in batches of five hours. for just a few minor streaks. Last night I just stuck my head out the hatch and a beautiful shooting star bright as bright came barreling in not far off.
Tonight I will be running the D750 and the "yang" with 15 second exposures and the K3 running probably 90 seconds with the Sigma 10-20mm F4/5.6.
Looking forward to seeing what the Yang can do, it's all just down to luck on the night!
I wonder how good the AF one for Sony E mount is going to be?
I briefly checked Nikon's focus confirmation for MF lenses, the depth of field is so great it thinks nearly everything is in focus, so looking at the focus scale once calibrated is better.
A small note though: For adjusting infinity focus, the precision needed is far greater than you wood think for such a wide angle lens, to get best sharpness across the frame, that final last sniff, a millimeter on the barrel made a huge difference, I got no sense of hyper-focal distance!
Tonight I will be running the D750 and the "yang" with 15 second exposures and the K3 running probably 90 seconds with the Sigma 10-20mm F4/5.6.
Looking forward to seeing what the Yang can do, it's all just down to luck on the night!
I wonder how good the AF one for Sony E mount is going to be?
I briefly checked Nikon's focus confirmation for MF lenses, the depth of field is so great it thinks nearly everything is in focus, so looking at the focus scale once calibrated is better.
A small note though: For adjusting infinity focus, the precision needed is far greater than you wood think for such a wide angle lens, to get best sharpness across the frame, that final last sniff, a millimeter on the barrel made a huge difference, I got no sense of hyper-focal distance!