One of my wife ... Hexar AF & TRI-X 400 self developed. I've shot about 20 rolls on the Hexar now and only recently am I really beginning to understand how good this camera is. You work with it not against it
Widefield in Cygnus with the North American Nebula using a Hasselblad and Zeiss 150mm Sonnar @ f/4. Fuji Velvia 100 pushed one stop using the Arista E-6 kit.
Single 45 minute exposure. Click the flickr link for a larger version.
astrodave wrote:
Widefield in Cygnus with the North American Nebula using a Hasselblad and Zeiss 150mm Sonnar @ f/4. Fuji Velvia 100 pushed one stop using the Arista E-6 kit.
Curious which films are best for astrophotography, specifically dealing with reciprocity failure- slide film? Shooting astro with film seems to be mostly just a technical challenge for the sake of technical challenges.. longer exposures meaning more critical guiding, satellites/meteors/planes more likely to ruin an image etc. Is there a particular benefit beyond the technical challenge part? (color rendition, use of certain lenses / cameras etc?)
At least as far as I see it, digital is 10000x superior for astro-imaging than film, even though I feel film and digital are equally as beneficial for portraits.
I have heard that Kodak E200 (was) the best. Generally lower ISO will be better for fine detail, but certainly, there is the reciprocity failure to deal with. This Velvia 100 is not supposed to have very strong reds, but I think they're fine for my taste. I've tried Portra 160 before, and was not impressed with the results.
I just did these for the sheer enjoyment of shooting on film and then processing it at home...really cool to see the positives come out of the tank.
Even with this, I still used my computer-guided mount and took a nap for 45 minutes while the shutter was open. :-)
Normally I use a cooled CCD camera and go full digital...you can see some examples on my flickr album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjZdyxu6
Did a 13 mile hike with my wife the other weekend. Brutal on our bodies but I did get a chance to see some new ground in an area I like to photograph. Here are a few from that outing, all hand held with AE-1>50/1.8>expired ektar>tetenal>Kodak pakon 135+ scanned>lr5 (levels, sharpening).
hiked an abandoned toll road from the 1840's that was built by slaves (McMinnville to Chattanooga toll road) and is on the national register of historic places. Here you can barely see the road bed and wall.
. It's her TRI-X outfit.
