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Posted on Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:55 am

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Trying my hand at star photography in central France last night, I caught an early Perseid meteor and distant lightning in he same shot. Makes up for not bringing a remote release, leaving my 'astrotraker' useless.
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Posted on Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:21 pm

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Nice capture Mike :thumb:

Can't you use the astrotracer with the camera on self-timer? That would negate the need for the remote as any shake introduced by pressing the shutter should have dissipated at the end of the timer. :)

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Posted on Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:18 pm

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Mike,nice image I would be well pleased if I managed to get such a shot, today I came across a article with regard the Perseid meteor display and apparently one is due 12/13 August the source of this info was from Photography talk you might already know this but just in case I thought I mentioned it.


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Posted on Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:53 am

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I've not used the Astrotracker previously, but it's only available in bulb mode (grayed out in Av, M etc). It seems an unnecessary restriction to me manual & self timer would be fine for duration of many shots IMO.

Yes the perseids peak 12-13th but can be seen at lower frequencies for about a week either side. I was vaguely aware of them being early august, and saw the peak dates when checking the spelling :) Apparently they are expected to be about 100 an hour (under ideal conditions) at their peak.

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