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My mistake. well they are both very beautiful sun rises.

next week sometime im hoping to get some more sunset pictures and then im going to stay up and get some long exposure star trail shots

Had a go at shooting Jupiter last night, without a lot of success another of my train shots, they are having a Steam Meets Diesel weekend today and tomorrow if anyone is interested.

I was going to have a go at Jupiter last night too, as it's right next to Uranus at the moment, but the thin cloud was spoiling things. Next few nights look like being cloudy - we'll have to see.

I have no idea where Jupiter is at the mo - Pointers please / approx angle?

Still no news on my 50 Missing it like mad,especially as we've had some lovely sun ups /downs this week.

Ken - Just been catching up on your last watercress line video link - listening through headphones (HID has Xfactor rubbish on) and the audio from the 7 sounds great - I did note that your filter does appear to be grubby at around 1.40 onwards - you can see what looks like rain streaks (perhaps it was?) at certain points on the vid. Not being detrimental to you, but is very noticeable, but doesn't take the "taste" of what you've captured away - have really enjoyed being there as it were & many thanks for sharing.

I didn't check the lens at any time during the day so may have been subject to smoke, steam, soot, coal etc Was that the first video or the second one.

Jupiter is now rising in the East at sunset and is due south at midnight. Apart from the moon it's the brightest thing currently in the night sky, so you'll not miss it. Uranus is just above it, visible in binoculars, but unexceptional looking. If I get a chance I'll get a shot of the two of them.

artyman wrote in post #10933119
I didn't check the lens at any time during the day so may have been subject to smoke, steam, soot, coal etc Was that the first video or the second one.

Ken - the 2nd one
http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=3zWAITUTZ64
It's very visible but I still enjoyed it very much indeed - very impressed with the video quality & audio considering this is supposed to be a "stills" camera.
What size CF card do you use? I imagine it could fill a 2Gig card quite easily.

Madweasel wrote in post #10933216
Jupiter is now rising in the East at sunset and is due south at midnight. Apart from the moon it's the brightest thing currently in the night sky, so you'll not miss it. Uranus is just above it, visible in binoculars, but unexceptional looking. If I get a chance I'll get a shot of the two of them.

Thanks for the info Mark - I'd be far away in the land of nod at midnight for sure, but must take a look before bed & perhaps look towards the south west around 5ish in the mornings then.

I have a couple of 8GB cards, plus all my older ones, my whole days shoot of all the video and stills were on one card. I was shooting at 640x480 so HD would have taken more space.

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been given a large roll (300 ft long and 12 inches wide) of Kodak Professional Linagraph Direct Print paper Type 2022 by someone having a clear out.

It is in a sealed box and cost over £400 when it was bought – it’s never been opened and is still inside the thick black bag.

Apparently it has specialised use in the laser industry but on some of the internet forums they are using it to print “arty” images and portraits – links and text below.

http://www.rangefinder​forum.com/forums/showt​hread.php?t=25718

I know I'm digging up an old thread, but I just came across some of this paper myself. My safelight fogged it in a few seconds, so I had to do all my testing in darkness(fun). It's very fast. I have prints exposed for 4 seconds at f/11 that turn black if I leave them in the dev for more than 40 seconds or so. I was able to get useable results by snatching them from the dev after about 25 seconds the throwing them in the stop. I may experiment more tonight.

Here are some scans of two 8x10s I made. Kinda cool if you ask me.

http://zack.loseby.net​/images/lin1.jpg

http://zack.loseby.net​/images/lin2.jpg

The emulsion is really delicate when wet. The white marks are from me/things touching it. They seem stable now that they're dry though.

Linagraph paper is a heat sensitive paper used in high speed thermal printers. Both of which are obsolete, however it is also used by the laser industry for burn paper.

Is the stuff you have pink before the light gets to it too long? and then turn an off white on the emulsion side?


I do not have the facilities or the knowledge to use this direct print paper and see what happens.

Would it be of any use to anyone on here to experiment with and see what results you can get?

I can arrange to meet somewhere in Hampshire as required.

If anyone is interested - please just ask - it seems a huge pity just to bin it if someone can experiment with it.

Regards

I wonder how it would the surface react to being used in an inkjet printer

artyman wrote in post #10938162
I wonder how the surface would react to being used in an inkjet printer

Probably like one of those inky black postcards "Portsmouth at Night" - that's if it made it past the rollers........

EDIT - What if the inkjet were to be loaded and operated in complete darkness perhaps?

Hey guys,

On Sunday morning I decided to get up early and walk around Farnham until the sun rose. was a complete ghost town. So I explored the town looking at the different buildings. Climbed up to a high point and watched the sun rise. Then walked onto the high street and noticed these birds jumping from building to building following me. So I stopped to take a picture and then I decided to edit it up. this is the image:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/mathewteague/5​009325890/

What looks like a ridge tile is a bit distracting it would have been better with a smoother roofline, but birds can be so unco-operative at times

Finally got round to updating the firmware on my 7D to 1.2.2 at long last today. I also cleaned the smear of the filter on my lens

As I promised, as soon as conditions permitted I got out and got some shots of Jupiter and Uranus, in close conjunction (less than 1 degree apart). I was limited to short exposures as I was only using a fixed tripod. Amazingly, at 400mm, even 1 second is enough to show trailing due to earth's rotation!

First a shot with the 70-200/4 at 1s, f/4, ISO 1600. I used mirror lock-up to prevent mirror vibration and did some noise reduction in Lightroom 3. To help everyone out I also labelled the planets.

I've just been out with the Sigma and the 2X trying to get some shots as well, rather unsuccessfully. I'll have to try again.