Re: [APML] Cheap fun - 100F and a tripod

["Robert Reeves" <reeves10@swbell.net>]

> Hi all -
>
> Here are four new star trail pics from CA.  Talk about inexpensive
> astrophotography.... ain't nothing cheaper than an SLR full of Provia 100F
> on a tripod...... well I guess you could put a roll of that $1.69 Konica
400
> stuff in the camera instead... <vbg>

I gotta laugh....  I'm considering how much it cost to get out of
Dodge City and travel to California so you could take these
"inexpensive" images.  After dialing in travel and related expenses
they are probably $500 images...each!

But then its only a hobby, eh?  I once figured up how much each of
the images I have taken with my Schmidt camera cost.  Each chip
of film used per image averaged about 40 cents, give or take a bit.
But the overall cost per expsoure was more like $20 each after
all costs were dialed in, including building the remote observatory
and travel costs to and from it.

Robert Reeves                +29.484   98.440
reeves10@swbell.net      San Antonio, Texas  USA
www.robertreeves.com


> Anyhow, I still love taken star trail pics.  Simple yet so beautiful.
>
> http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/Startrails-1-dc.html
>
> http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/Startrails-2-dc.html
>
> http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/Startrails-4-dc.html
>
> http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/Startrails-3-dc.html
>
> Enjoy the wide FOV!
> Comments welcome.
>
> Chris
>
> ----------------------------------
> Chris Cook
> Astronomical & Nightscape Photography
> www.abmedia.com/astro
>
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