Re: [APML] OT: M81/82 w Canon D10

["Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Derek - that is a great story! Thanks!

Stuart
----- Original Message -----
From: "DEREK BAKER" <derekb@sympatico.ca>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] OT: M81/82 w Canon D10


> I do more watching than talking with this forum these days, but I can't
> resist responding to a fellow Canuck who pays me a generous compliment!
>
> So, thanks Stuart!
>
> Believe it or not, that M81/82 shot was taken last May 3rd (I believe),
less
> than one month after I purchased the camera. That night was my first
attempt
> at doing astrophotography with the camera!
>
> At that point only a few photographers had published stuff with the 10D,
> including Johannnes, so I knew it had SOME potential, but Johannes was an
> expert and I was not. I really purchased the camera for daytime
photography,
> and I was just hoping that the 10D would be somewhat satisfactory for
> astrophotography so I could dabble in some lunar and deep sky shooting
from
> time to time.
>
> That May evening was a night of wonderful surprises and changed
everything.
> I also got good shots of the Sunflower galaxy and the Leo Trio. Since then
I
> have become totally hooked on daytime photography, and done more
> astrophotography than I ever imagined. I have some of the results at
> http://www.pbase.com/derek_baker. but be warned, I have not updated the
> gallery since September. Since then, I've gotten other good shots and
> improved my processing skills. Someday I will set up my own website, so
you
> can see what I have in the way of updated material. And, now that I have
the
> latest version of Images Plus, with a good RAW conversion routine, I
should
> go back and reprocess many of the pics. But I've been busy with other
> things.
>
>
> The 10D wasn't cheap (especially in Canadian dollars last spring), but has
> been worth every cent spent! I've even had photos published in two major
> Canadian newspapers, The Hamilton Spectator and The Toronto Star, and in
> Canada's premier astronomy magazine, Skynews. All this from someone who
had
> never really taken photography seriously prior to this year! An
> astrophotgraphy expert I am not. The fact that I was able to image those
> galaxies (in somewhat hazy skies when they were rather low in the sky) is
> proof enough that if a luddite like me can be successful, then anyone can
do
> it!
>
> So, go get a 10D if you can! Enjoy!
>
> Thanks again for the pat on the back Stuart...and also to Todd who runs
the
> website.
>
> cheers!
>
> Derek Baker
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stuart Heggie <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>
> To: Discussion of FilmAstrophotography <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 6:00 PM
> Subject: [APML] OT: M81/82 w Canon D10
>
>
> > Here is this week's Pic of the Week on SkyNews' website - an impressive
> job
> > with the Canon D10 for them who've converted. I'm starting to get a
> complex
> > about the successes folks are having with these things!
> >
> > http://www.skynewsmagazine.com/pages/pow.html
> >
> > Stuart
> >
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