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Post by thun0815 on May 21, 2018 19:51:16 GMT
Hi Folks, just for the record. Since two weeks we have here outstanding weather in the evening. sometimes the sea-fog is coming with a northly winds, but most of the time light Easterly brise but.....no nlc to start with. i think ill expect the first positive reports form Estonia or Denmark like in last years... but anyway some pics of the normality of hunting nlcs. no nlc 20-21 may 2018could someone give me a feedback if this google drive linking is working?? thanks c.thun
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Post by noctal on May 22, 2018 18:16:42 GMT
Hello fellow NLCer. Yes, your link works.
I can report that here in central Alberta (Canada) N53.5, we have had several good nights as well, all negative so far.
What are your favourite camera settings? I suppose it depends on whether you are doing single shots or timelapse, and at what focal length. For me, based on images 2 years ago, with a Canon 60Da, I have settled on for this year an interval of 6 seconds, ISO800, f/4.5, and a bracketed set at [ 3.2, 0.8, and 1/5s ] so I can do High Dynamic Range. I find that at intervals of 10s, the NLC is fast enough that the playback is not smooth. One advantage of the bracketed set is that I do not have to keep a close eye on adjusting the exposures manually as the sky brightness changes. The disadvantage is that the noise at ISO800 is noticeable on zooming in, fine for a computer monitor but not really a print.
Regards, Alister.
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