Right,

after 5 weeks I have finally got my net back and post the best pic from my tests here

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=62034#62034

Regards
PaulM

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all your responses and advice.

I had a play at the weekend setting the camera to bulb and doing 20,25, 30 and 40 Sec exposures. I should get the film back at the end of this week so I will report back then.

I feel like this is a dumb question but......
How do you work out what the exposure would be based on the figures from another exposure?

John,
I dont have a faster lens unfortunately, the city is about 14km away from me and I am shooting through the trees in my garden at select bits of it I can see with a 400mm lens

Spirit of will,
Great picture thats the sort of effect I was after but with a slightly darker sky

Kind Regards
PaulM

Hi Don,

I will try dawn (if I can get up early enough) and dusk this weekend.

I was using the Super A on aperture priority to meter of the building lights with a 400mm lens at f6.3. It wasn't till the last pic that I looked at the display which was a flashing 15" after a quick read of the manual (its still quite a new camera to me) I realised it meant it was out of the metering range.

Thanks for the advice
Regards
PaulM

Hi Guys,

just a quick question about night shooting when the light level is outside the cameras ability to meter.

From where I now live, I can see Sydney city and at night, when its all light up, I think it looks quite good so I was out last night trying to shoot it but the light level was outside the range of my Program A

Is it just a case of suck it and see, by that I mean set it to bulb and try a 20 sec, then a 30 sec, then a 40 sec, etc etc and see what results I get or is there a general rule of thumb that can be used ??

Regards
PaulM

Hi All,

Its been a while since my last post due to lack of broadband and cameras, but I now have a job and limited web access and ......

My cameras returned from their luxurious round the world cruise yesterday (only two months late). I was so excited last night I was hurridly ripping open boxes and fiddling with each one like a little boy at Christmas !!

At last I can get out and start shooting again and finally try out the MX I got at the end of last year, I just need to pick up some film this weekend.

If my broad band also gets sorted this weekend I will put up some pictures what I have

Regards
PaulM

They look excellent.

They remind me of antique ships telecopes or something.

I hope they perform as good as they look

Regards
PaulM

Hi all,

I have been getting very bored and restless whilst waiting for my kit to arrive, so I have been playing with the close up function on our digital camcorder.

I saw this feather and liked the colours, so I tried different ways and backgrounds to highlight its colours and show it off and this was my favorite.

As usual C&Cs welcome




Tweaked a bit in photoshop with a usm and warm up filter

Regards
PaulM

I was just browsing though ebay hoping to find a bit of a bargin lens to cheer me up while I wait for my kit to arrive and I saw this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MACRO-BELLOWS-UNIT-HELIOS-LENS-FITS-CANON-EOS-PENTAX-K_W0Q...

and I instantly thought of you Clarky

I have no idea if its anygood but you where the first person to spring to mind

Regards
PaulM

They are excellent shots mate,

All this macro stuff is making me very jelous, only 20 more days till my kit arrives at my door, I cant wait

Regards
PaulM

I just wondered if people are more paranoid about digital than they are film?

Regards
PaulM