Big Brother is watching you (The George Orwellian Big Brother that is)

The forecasts look very promising for a major Northern Lights occurance on 12-13 September. It looks as if the Lights will possibly be visible far South in Europe, I hope you will be able to see them in the UK!

I usually consult spaceweather.com in addition to the Fairbanks website you have linked Gwyn.

http://spaceweather.com

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Bjørn

Wonderful images, all of them!

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Bjørn

Thanks Mat! I will check out eBay. The Pentax 67 M* 400mm ED is reputedly outstanding, and very tempting, but unfortunately too expensive for me.

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Bjørn

I am looking for a Pentax 6x7 SMC Takumar 400mm. This is probably not the most common lens to have in ones collection, but maybe there is someone out there that has this lens, and does not use it anymore...

The lens has to be sent to Norway.

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Bjørn

This is a really beautiful set David. The two first images and no 5 are my favourites. No 2 has a special quality, you should have it printed and hung on a wall in your house (that is what I would have done if it was my shot)!

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Bjørn

Here is a link to Ming Thein's review: link

Very nice macros! Well done.

Bjørn

Great set. My favourites are the two monochrome images. I presume you store your images on external HDs, so that you you will delete these images completely?

I also have a ambivalent relationship with my K5. Since I purchased it early last spring, I have mostly used it for ISO 1600 northern lights photography, where it really is superb. For daytime images, and especially landscapes, I have almost exclusively used the K20D (and sometimes also my medium format Pentax 67ii). The RAW output from the K20D within ISO range 100-400 is quite different from the K5. But like you also say, maybe I need to use the K5 more in order to fully appreciate the camera?

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Bjørn

Very nice series. My favourite is number 5.

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Bjørn

The HDR attempt in no 5 is hilarious

Bjørn