What is it that I am looking for?
Is it something like this - link you are looking for?
There seem to be lots of other software, some freebies to do the same sort of thing. I however don't know of any hardware to do it. If you google "ephemeris" you might have better luck than I did.
Hope that helps,
Howard
PS Mike-P has beaten me to it with a much better answer.
Google is, in general, very helpful at finding things but it works much better if you know what it is that you are looking for
Getting older and grumpier. Taking longer to decide which lens to use today.
K5 with auto-everything lenses
A collection of manual primes to keep me in touch with the pleasures of doing it old-school.
The Ephemeris is interesting though and I'll look at it in more detail. Thank you Howard.
Neither option is of any use today, with thick cloud over the tops of the Pennines. We had some rain this morning which is a welcome change for the garden.
Getting older and grumpier. Taking longer to decide which lens to use today.
K5 with auto-everything lenses
A collection of manual primes to keep me in touch with the pleasures of doing it old-school.
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
What is surpising to me, is how much variation there is in just where the sun rises and sets, with the available light having a markedly different effect due to its direction.
DrOrloff: are there any simple guides to learning how the moon follows the sun?
Getting older and grumpier. Taking longer to decide which lens to use today.
K5 with auto-everything lenses
A collection of manual primes to keep me in touch with the pleasures of doing it old-school.
TPE and the OS map (either paper or on line (via Bing Maps)) for your chosen area (or whatever is the equivalent of OS if abroad) are a great combination in finding the direction and time of the sunset and rise and possible interesting locations for photos - hills, buildings, rivers, harbours, woods etc.
Dave
http://www.photopills.com/
Simon
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Getting older and grumpier. Taking longer to decide which lens to use today.
K5 with auto-everything lenses
A collection of manual primes to keep me in touch with the pleasures of doing it old-school.
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12 years
Ilkley,
UK
At the time I thought that it will be a useful item to have in my camera bag, especially for deciding on a location for a dawn photo shoot. It was inexpensive and readily available. Unfortunately, my remaining brain cell has limited capacity and I no longer remember the name of the object, nor of the person who showed it to me, hence the reason for the question.
Do any of you know what it is I'm looking for and where may I purchase one?
Incidentally, living in a north-facing house I get to see the changes during the year of where the sun rises and sets with the way the light enters the house, so it is entirely feasible that I could record the information myself. In practise I am likely to forget to do this for weeks at a time and therefore the project taking several years to be completed...
Thank you.
Getting older and grumpier. Taking longer to decide which lens to use today.
K5 with auto-everything lenses
A collection of manual primes to keep me in touch with the pleasures of doing it old-school.