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The night my tracking mount froze mid-exposure during a Perseid meteor shower shoot
I was out at this dark spot near Moab, Utah, and thirty minutes into a 3-hour composite of the meteor shower, my mount just locked up completely, leaving me with a dozen blurry frames and a choice between packing up or trying to manually track the rest by nudging the tripod arm every 10 seconds - has anyone else dealt with a total mount failure in the field and found a quick fix that actually works?
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riley_king1627d ago
Try using a $20 intervalometer with shutter drag to turn those blurry frames into star trails.
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betty14421d ago
Nah, star trails are boring compared to capturing the actual moment before the blur.
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