I tried a lot in 2008 when there was a huge meteor shower and went with my friend Amitabh and my father in law GMP. We camped for few hours on Mt. Hamilton, took lots of pictures but couldn't capture any. We saw a lot but nothing for digital memory. This time Varun & Neha were around and went with whole gang on 12th August 2010 on Mt. Hamilton. Police stopped us to go further way up to Lick Observatory, took U turn and parked at a nice place, after few mins, police again kicked us, but we got smarter this time. we parked right outside a house. Piku slept and it was past mid night. I carried tripods and Nikon D300s with my fancy 14-24 F2.8. Opened it all wide and took some nice pictures and bingo. I got one (broken star) this time and i was done for the year :) Everyone including Anita saw these and we came back by 2 am. though it was not a huge success, it was still better than 2008 when out of 200 pictures none captured a broken star. :)
Camera Settings:
Camera: Nikon D300s
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: Bulb mode with 60 sec recorded from watch.
Aperture: F2.8
Lens: Nikon 14-24 F2.8 FX.
Mount: Tripd and facing sky above.
Used remote cable and noise reduction off.
Note: More than 60 sec was giving lines because sky is moving continuously.
