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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    as you say very nice part of the world, great for taking your photo's
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    what part of the uk are you in nod?
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    i have found the cheapest flights to icleand leave from london luton direct to Reykjavik.
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    thank you i will have to have a look,
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    NOD did you have any luck looking at the holidays to iceland?
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    NOD, we booked via lowcostholidays flying with easy jet and we are staying at the hotel cabin right on the coast http://www.hotelcabin.is/ the food is expensive but you will not be ripped off you are just being charge more to cover the fact that they have to import almost everything. and...
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    fridge thank you for the info on your setup, and your photo's look really stunning, Nod this will be our second time as we so loved it the first time, like you we don't drink and smoke. we dont drive when we go to iceland as the roads are so bad once you get of the main routes i dont feel safe...
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    stunning photo. i went back in 2009 and took 2 trips to see the A,B and was lucky enough to see them on both nights although faint and only had point and shot camera so photo's really sucked, this year im going in november with a better camera and again have booked 2 trips first is taking a...
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    NOD your my new hero spiderman has nothing on you. i have been waiting for a clear night so i can test the camera to see what results i can get, i have read the manual 3 times now but while it tells me how to adjust the iso and shutter speed and things like that i dont really tell what they...
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    hi yes the thing is free i will even pay the postage myself. once again thank you for all the help, if i recap what i understand i need to adjust the shutter speed to bulb so i can select the amount of time the shutter stays open, i then need to open the aperture wide, i then have to focus...
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    donutagain i dont remember anyone saying about focus at infinity and af what is this and how do i do it? nod its really not an issue please dont feel bad for it just thank you for all the advice and help you have given me. i will buy this 1 now so should do the job...
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    LOL thank you yes i see, so i take it for taking photo's of the A/B i would have the camera lens set to 18mm setting.
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    graphilly thank you for your advice. as i say i am a total noob with all this so from what i understand of your post for best result i should i should keep the aperture as small as possible f3.5 ( although mine dont seem to go below f5.3 ) and as you say above and keep the shutter speed around...
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    my camera has a light on the front to the right of the lens that shines when i press the button to take a photo it seems to go off when the camera takes the actual photo but what is this light what is it for and how the hell do i turn it off, i think its called the af assist illuminator do i...
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    NOOB, NEED HELP PHOTOGRAPHING AURORA,

    thank you ordered, so i have to set my camera to have the shutter speed open for a long time and the aperture open wide is there anything else i need to know to help mne get goods pics of the A/B thanks anthony
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