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JasonMX
17th of November 2004 (Wed), 07:28
Either tonight or Friday night (passed 12:00am) the Leonid shower will be at it's peak, with about 20-40 an hour. I am wondering if it's possible (I have aDigital Rebel) to point the camera up and leave the lense open for 30 min or more.

Any advice would be appreciated.
rkoshy
17th of November 2004 (Wed), 07:40
Either tonight or Friday night (passed 12:00am) the Leonid shower will be at it's peak, with about 20-40 an hour. I am wondering if it's possible (I have aDigital Rebel) to point the camera up and leave the lense open for 30 min or more.

Any advice would be appreciated.

I think it has a bulb mode... I've never tried it... though you may want to look up how bulb mode works in the manual. Also, since you're doing a long exposure, you may not have to worry about camera shake when you press the shutter release.... or you may want to invest in a remote control.
JasonMX
17th of November 2004 (Wed), 07:41
Yes, it does have bulb mode... How much are the remotes?
Jon
17th of November 2004 (Wed), 11:54
They're under $40, even for a Canon brand one. Or you can sniff around on the web and find the plans and parts list for making your own for under $10, unlike us poor stiffs with the 10Ds, 20Ds and 1D models, who don't have much choice but Canon or brand X due to a proprietary connector.