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Its the entire interface that I like because it is now integrated in all of apples products.... so...so what if it is faster than the sensor can be read? Dont think that will stay that way forever...No need for an interface faster than the ability to read the sensor
-bob
Wow Ed...you must be using "short" exposure times (like 30 sec or less) for each exposure? Well, you can't be going to 1 minute because that would amount to 20-28 hours [even without darkframes]...and outside the polar regions, nights are not that long!
But you're using a Pentax 645D, if I'm not mistaken? So why not shoot 5 or 10 minute stretches of startrails?
Ray
Ah, I see! Excellent shots, and thanks for the explanation of your technique.Hi Ray. Good question! But there is method in my madness. If I am shooting in places without light pollution, I do indeed use longer exposures (though not usually as long as 5 mins). However, I often shoot trails in Sydney where I am balancing the trails with quite bright scenes which can bleed into the star areas if very long exposures are used. I have found that 10-15 sec exposures still pick up the stars without letting this happen. I can blend darker exposures of the light areas in layers of course, but the key thing is to stop the bright areas from bleeding into the sky if heavily over-exposed. For that reason, I often end up using shorter exposures and stacking many files! Naturally this pick up fewer trails but it's a compromise.
I didn't realise the that 645D's dark frames were compulsory! At what exposure time do they kick in?On another note, I don't use the 645D for star trails because of its compulsory dark frames which would yield discontinuous trails. So I use my D800E for these shots.
Why don't you sell it?I guess this puts the final nail in the coffin of my 2008 Mac Pro. Still sitting in the box, never even fired it up. Two Quadcore processors, 16gb RAM...now a hulking dinosaur. Fifty years from now...a collector's item? Too late...I'll be dead and gone.
It's true what they say (in a different context)...use it or lose it.
Even so, I'm glad to see that Apple FINALLY came out with a new Mac Pro. :thumbs:
Gary
I hate the thought of parting with it, knowing that it's only worth a small fraction what I paid for it. I keep hoping that one day, I'll find or make room in my office for a second workstation and get it set up. Mostly, I'm a WinPC guy and so my main computer is a HP i7 machine, although I've always had a Mac of one sort or another since the late-80s.Why don't you sell it?
Maybe he doesn't want to... after spending so much time together..Why don't you sell it?
Now I see... this home has 3 Macs but no wife. Does that mean that the two are incompatible? That I have to get rid of a Mac to find a wife?Tried to convince my wife to let me set it up in our family room, replacing the WinPC she uses...but she's never been a Mac fan.
No, but it does mean that you have the all clear to buy the new IQ260/280 and the Achromatic B&W version too.Now I see... this home has 3 Macs but no wife. Does that mean that the two are incompatible? That I have to get rid of a Mac to find a wife?
At least someone understands my logic. :ROTFL::chug:No, but it does mean that you have the all clear to buy the new IQ260/280 and the Achromatic B&W version too.