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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-15-2015, 09:39 PM
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Here is an image which I took on the same night as the comet.
I am pretty impressed with the sensor of this camera - for just 30 minutes total exposure, result is pretty nice.
Equipment and processing:
Telescope: Astrotech AT72ED
Mount: Meade LXD75
Camera: Pentax K-30
Filters: None
Guiding: None
Processing: PixInsight
Capture software: Intervalometer
Exposures: 59x30 ISO1600
Location: UACNJ
Additional information:
M42 | Astrophotography by Alex Varakin |
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-15-2015, 09:30 PM
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I normally shot astrophotos with CCD but I decided to try my K-30 on Comet LoveJoy 2014
Here is an image of it taken on January 10th.
Equipment:
Telescope: Astrotech AT72ED
Mount: Meade LXD75
Camera: Pentax K-30
Filters: None
Guiding: None
Processing: PixInsight
Capture software: Intervalometer
Exposures: ISO1600 140x30"
Location: UACNJ
Additional information:
Comet LoveJoy 2014 | Astrophotography by Alex Varakin |
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
03-17-2014, 09:51 PM
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I see that you had shake reduction off. Turning it on should allow to increase exposure and thus reduce ISO by 2-3 stops, down to 3200.
This camera is pretty good at ISO 3200
Alex
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-08-2010, 09:05 PM
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-28-2010, 06:41 PM
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I love CHDK, so after I bought K-X, I sold Lumix FZ28 but kept Canon SD1100 thanks to CHDK.
It works really nice for things like timelapses and even HDR timelapses
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-21-2010, 06:38 PM
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This is a picture of M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) taken with K-X.
Taken with Meade DS2090 90mm F9 refractor and ebay "CG5 type mount". Took about 40 frames of 30 sec each, processed with DSS, no darks, no flats.
After that, levels, curves and color balance with Gimp, denoise with Helicon Filter.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-19-2010, 03:57 PM
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Falk,
Nice pictures!
Next time you should try to take multiple shots and then stack them.
The only issue is that the beach would blur if you do this.
Other option would be: take 10 camera, set them up as close as possible, and shoot at the same time and then stack the resulting pictures :-)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-15-2010, 06:08 PM
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I personally like enfuse more.
It produces much more realistically looking images (IMO) and does not require complex process.
It is available on most platforms and is command line program.
I created some scripts in Linux and "enfused" several hundreds of images. My script also aligns bracketed images so I dont have to use tripod for taking HDR images. It works really well for me.
Just now found TuFuse, same idea as enfuse, need to try it.
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