The Perseids are Here, How to best capture them.

[one12zero]

Well today is August 12 and today is believed to be one of the best days for viewing the Perceids(In case u dont know google it, its a huge meteor shower, believed to be at its peak around this time of the year) Illd love to watch it tonight and get it on tape. So please I need advise on how best to get pictures of these beauties. Illd recommed you join and take pictures too and lets share it afterwards in this thread.

[Fen]

Set your camera to Bulb setting.

A wide aperture (f2.8 or f3.5)

ISO 100

Manual focus on a distant object

Tripod of course

And lots of luck

If you've got cable or remote release, that's a good thing as well

[cgcaudle]

Wow, I tried this and failed miserably. I even bumped up to 1600 ISO and had one streak right in front of my lens and it didn't even show up?!?! Most of my shots were 400 ISO @ f3.5 for 2 minutes. I had several go in my shot, but did not see them when I downloaded them from my memory card. SIGH.