Read it somewhere and it works for me.
That sounds easier than the 1-Banana 2-Banana method I posted. I'll give it a go - ta
Mine is back and I'll check it out over the next few days. The flash doesn't seem to pop up as quick or clean as before and I don't remember it taking that long to write to the SD Card (class 10) We'll see...
There's also some reports of increased noise at ISO 100 and a hypothesis that they may have done tricks like add star shapes to the edge of the orbs.
Gonna be an interesting few weeks on the forums!
Thanks for the pic Duncan
Looks a bit like Ardnamurchan lighthouse? I make this call based on sea (looks like Atlantic), weather (windswept and cold) and backed by a beautiful beach in the distance. But I'm no lighthouse expert and at risk of being flamed - find them all a bit "same'ish" ;-)
LOL - I know what you mean.
Saying I went and visited a lighthouse does sound a bit nerdy.
But this was in France and Health & Safety hasn't made it there yet; I was still on an adrenaline high 30 mins after we drove away.
The girl on the counter walked us to the lighthouse, unlocked the door, told us to enjoy ourselves and shut the door behind us - flippin brilliant, proper scary and ABSOLUTELY no way they would LET us do that in the UK.
Doh! Just thought - with a max shutter speed of 60 seconds not going to get much of a star trail *blush*
Long exposure is one way of doing star trails, and you are right, the X10 cannot do them; but I prefer the lots of 30s exposures technique.
I've not tried it with the X10, but I can't see why it shouldn't work.
Here's my favourite resource on the subject....
http://www.liquidinplastic.com/2008/06/startrails/
Do you have a place youve shared the candids?
Not yet, but I'll happily put up a link once I've got them sorted out.
Here's one from the X10 to be going on with; the X10 did all the wide shots.
I did say it was a drinking holiday