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womble wrote:
Some lovely shots there. What sort of exposure time did you need?

I'd be very pleased to have taken these and would get some printed up too!

K.

Thank you Kris! Well - since this was the first trial with 35mm film and Northern Lights, I tried to stay close to the settings I previously had used on my K20D for the same kind of photography. I used the same lens (FA24mm) fully open, 400ASA film, and exposures ranging from 10 to 15 seconds throughout the 36 exposures of the film. The five images above were shot in immediate succession and probably with 10 seconds exposures. After having scanned the images I only adjusted the white balance and applied USM and NR. There was no need to adjust exposure or add brightness. The conclusion is that the 400ASA ProviaX film behaved in a very similar way to 400ISO on my K20D - luckily

BTW: There is one great advantage with using a film camera for these kinds of shots: One can shoot long exposures in immediate succession. With a DSLR (mine at least) one has to wait for the camera to add the "dark frame" (hopefully the right term?) , which takes roughly the same time as the exposure.

Comment by bjolester posted on Analogue Northern Lights at 20/05/2012 - 19:26

Some years ago I had a Pentax Espio 928. It was a brilliant little camera, with precise auto focus and a very sharp zoom lens.

Bjørn

Comment by bjolester posted on Pentax point and shoot at 20/05/2012 - 16:56

Thank you very much for your kind remark Floggitt!

Bjørn

Comment by bjolester posted on Analogue Northern Lights at 20/05/2012 - 14:42

JAK wrote:
It's the spots in the water that look odd as they don't seem to mirror anything in the sky above.

I presumed that larger blob was the moon!

John

bjolester wrote:

Gwyn wrote:

I think the specks Steven is referring to are the ones in the water. They don't seem to be reflections but maybe they are. One slightly up and to the right of the jetty is particularly noticeable.

Oh - I see! The small red and green coloured dots in the water are floaters, possibly for fishing nets or crab catching boxes. I can count four on the left hand side and two on the right hand side in the water.!

The strong light source that also reflects on the water is the planet Venus.

Comment by bjolester posted on Analogue Northern Lights at 17/05/2012 - 19:50

Gwyn wrote:
Ah that explains those then Bjørn. Thanks. I hope you have some of these fabulous photos hung on a wall at home?

Only another four months or so until you can try again .
Enjoy your summer!

My plan is to take some of these five images to the photo lab and have them printed in A3 or A2, and hang them on the wall. I have not printed any of my N.L. photos yet, so I am looking forward to having them printed, especially these with film grain.

I wish you also a nice summer Gwyn

Comment by bjolester posted on Analogue Northern Lights at 17/05/2012 - 14:45

JAK wrote:

steven9761 wrote:
Great shots, but I couldn't help but notice that the white specks in each photo are in the same place. Is this perhaps a sign of dust/impurities on your lens?

I thought you meant the stars at first too! I suspect they're caused by dust on the diffuser in the scanner or on the slide holder.

John

I have scanned these slides on my Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400 in 16bit, 16x multipass and with ICE noise removal. Afterwards I checked these five images thoroughly with regards to scratches and other contaminants, but since I could not find anything I have not done any spot removal or cloning. It is also quite difficult to tell whether minute circular white spots are stars or dust That being said, I do not have the best monitor in the world (15" Mac Powerbook:lol, so I think I need to check these images again on a larger and better monitor. Thank you for pointing this out to me!

BTW: Here is a close-up of one area that could possibly could contain dust or noise:

[IMG]http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz50/bjolester/250412_30_MAGNIFY.jpg[/IMG]

Comment by bjolester posted on Analogue Northern Lights at 17/05/2012 - 14:39

Gwyn wrote:
Another lovely set Bjørn!

I think the specks Steven is referring to are the ones in the water. They don't seem to be reflections but maybe they are. One slightly up and to the right of the jetty is particularly noticeable.

Comment by bjolester posted on Analogue Northern Lights at 17/05/2012 - 13:59

steven9761 wrote:
Great shots, but I couldn't help but notice that the white specks in each photo are in the same place. Is this perhaps a sign of dust/impurities on your lens?

Thank you! On my monitor all the white spots are identifiable as stars.

Comment by bjolester posted on Analogue Northern Lights at 17/05/2012 - 13:48

I really like the shots of the surfer, especially 2 and 4. Great captures

Bjørn

Comment by bjolester posted on Weekend pictures 12 & 13/05/12 at 17/05/2012 - 13:12

These images were taken on the 25. April, and are from the same session as the ones in this post:
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/even-more-northern-lights-34747

The major difference being that these were shot with my Pentax MX and Fuji Provia 400X. I used the same lens, FA*24mm f2.0, on both my K20D in my other post and here with the MX. In 35mm film format the 24mm is wide enough to catch much more of the Lights, which was important because I do not have a decent wide angle lens for my DSLR. I find the FA* 24mm quite superb at capturing nuances in demanding light conditions like the N.L. C & C is welcome!

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