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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
09-24-2014, 08:18 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
06-03-2014, 08:43 PM
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Some incredible shots in here! Winter is not playing a very nice game with me at the moment in the tropics... it's more like early Spring! Last month we only had 3 clear nights in the entire month :( Hoping this month is going to be a lot better but so far it's pretty frustrating. Last night I got a break in between the clouds and managed to image Saturn.
Details:
Skywatcher ED100 APO 900mm F9
5x Powermate
NEQ6 Pro mount
Pentax K3
10x 1 second @ ISO 200 stacked. Conditions were fairly poor with only a 2 on the seeing index but still happy with the result :) Total zoom is 4500mm
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-05-2013, 11:10 PM
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Awesome! Can't wait to see the results :)
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-05-2013, 10:23 PM
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Anyone got any astro shots with the K3 yet?
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
10-30-2013, 04:02 PM
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Wow great shots!!! The Celestron SkyProdigy130 I ordered was faulty (never could auto align with any stars even though it was an inky black sky full of stars), so I got my money back and have now purchased a HEQ6 Pro Mount, SkyWatcher Black Diamond ED100 scope and the Orion Autoguider with 50mm refractor guidescope. Cannot wait to get it all!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
10-13-2013, 09:39 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
10-07-2013, 08:25 PM
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Some pretty impressive shots coming out in here guys! I took a holiday during the long weekend here in Australia to a little town by the Ocean called Clairview in Queensland and set up the K5 at about 2am in the morning with the Sigma APO 70-200 F2.8 and Astrotracer - I took about 40 shots (everytime I had to move the camera I had to let the gps position recalibrate so got quite a few images with startrails) - I finally got lucky with the 2nd last shot!
Single shot @200mm F3.5, ISO2500, 15 seconds. Can see the running man too! I have made an enquiry about the "vacation package" for the astrotrac - the O-GPS isn't cutting it for me with it being very hit and miss at the best of times.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
05-04-2013, 07:16 PM
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Thanks everyone! :) I headed out last night in near perfect conditions west of Mackay Australia and did this nice stack - 26 minutes of 30 seconds at F3.5 ISO800 on the Sigma 10-20mm - the light trails are glowsticks in the river
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
05-01-2013, 04:55 AM
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Hey everyone,
I've been watching these forums for a while and thought I'd finally register - I swapped from a Canon 7D to the K5 in August last year and couldn't be happier :D half the price of the 7D and the quality is like chalk and cheese! Here's a shot I took back in March of Orion, using the O-GPS1 and a Sigma 18-200 @ 170mm. Settings are F6.3, ISO1600, 120 seconds. Pretty happy with the results :) I got a Sigma 70-200 F2.8 coming hopefully Friday so looking forward to trying that out with astrophotography too!
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