Sorry. I should have included that as well. That shot was taken with the following equipment / settings: Canon 7D with 500mm f/4 lens, (800mm effective focal length with 1.6 crop factor on the image sensor) ISO 800 f/5.6 2 sec exposure On Mar 10, 2013, at 9:51 PM, "JimW (Lists)" <jwarthmanlists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sam, > Your exposure details are helpful. When you were shooting at 2 seconds, ISO > 800, what was your aperture? > > Thanks! > > Jim > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 10, 2013, at 8:10 PM, Sam Rua <sam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Of note also was how fast this is zipping through the solar system. I tried >> several shots at 6 seconds exposure time and all had the head blurred. 2 >> seconds seemed to give the best balance between sharpness and brightness >> using a Canon 7D at ISO 800. >> >> On Mar 10, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Sam Rua <sam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Spotted Comet PanSTARRS (C/2011 L4) from Tucson this evening. First picked >>> it up in binos at 19:05 MST. Then was able to spot it naked eye. By the >>> time I got my camera gear out is was setting fast. managed to snap a few >>> shots, with the better of the lot posted here (taken at 19:22 MST): >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/image/149145030 >>> >>> - Sam >>> >>> On Mar 10, 2013, at 7:32 PM, Sam&Anne <sam&anne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >> >> -- >> See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please >> send personal replies to the author, not the list. >> > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.