Mrs Shiney felt the same and was feeling shattered all day - although it didn't stop her going up to London. Fortunately she was going to the end of the line so could sleep on the train. As I'm up all night anyway it didn't bother me at all.
Having used the wrong camera I have one dismal shot, anyone want to see it? I have to say though it's the bloodiest blood moon I've bloody seen!
Yes please, plus advising why it was the wrong camera might be useful to others. I used the right camera, right lens but the wrong cable release, one that didn't work and I should've checked beforehand and another reason for using a radio remote in the dark is one less cable getting snagged, especially with taking spectacles (on cord) on and off . One thing I did get right was keeping the camera strap round my neck when fiddling around with it on a tripod in the dark. I really should have practised in advance. Only hope I still remember all this stuff in 18 years time.
This is only woos personal oppinion Good afternoon I used my FZ1000 which is a Bridge camera handheld and was quite pleased with the result,if I had used my Canon 600D DSLR I couldn't have improved on the images,the tracking and focussing are second to none as are the two image stabilisers,I have used at least 12 Bridge cameras over the last 5 years and found them to be wanting in lots of areas,especially the 30 x zooms and above as the sensors were always to small to compete with my DSLR's,but now the FZ1000 has arrived with its large sensor and 20mp,and the Leica Lens's are outstanding
Here's the shot and I think the colour was good. I used my Canon SX50 bridge camera because it has a terrific zoom but I couldn't zoom in further because of light issues with it. Taking a normal picture of the moon is pretty much spot on but when the light is a mixture of bright and dark as with the eclipse it seemed to totally confuse the electronic viewfinder and this in turn battled with the automatic focusing. As the eclipse started to recede and light started to reappear the camera was giving a white-out on the left side of the moon and a black-out the other side, there was no colour at all. It may have made a difference turning the automatic focus off but unfortunately I have eye sight problems that mean I have to rely on it. When I was weighing up the pro's and con's of this camera before buying it - it was in fact the electronic viewfinder that I was concerned about. What it sees is not the same as what we see!
@wiseowl thanks for the info. Although my camera wasn't really up to it I think I'll stick to it as it does OK for taking the snapshots I need. I don't think I'll change my camera for something that only happens once in a blood moon!
