Thanks for reporting back that it does work, Ken. Are you using an external intervalometer for each single shutter click? Or doing it manually?
Not sure if I understand your other question. Do just what you did to reply to THIS thread. Compose an email to pdml at pdml.net and copy and paste the subject line in and add "re: " to the front of it (if you want it in the archive in the proper thread. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 11:47 PM, Kenneth Hauck <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all the suggestions on a K-3 with telephoto setup. Exposure > bracketing with self timer is definitely the best way to go, it works very > nicely and I can get 5 widely spread out stable exposures with a single > shutter press. I’ll set the drive mode before totality, it keeps it set > through power on/off if I’m not mistaken. i’m only interested in capturing > the corona, I won’t be aiming the lens at the sun except during totality so > don’t need a solar filter, just a timer to make sure I get it pointed away > from the sun before totality ends. Oh, I’ll also use a very wide angle on my > spare body to capture the 360 degree sunset. > > Happy eclipse shooting to all those in the US! > > Ken > > P.S. I always read PDML through the web archive, can anyone tell me how to > reply to an article posted there if I’m not getting it via email? > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
