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Originally Posted by Glenn
where did you copy and paste that from brad?
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Well, I'm a bit peeved at this...If I had copied and pasted from someplace, I would have given credit. The only place this information was copied and pasted from was my Word program. It's completely original and comes from my experience and training as a photographer.
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Originally Posted by Kaptain K
Three things:
1) Diffraction spikes. 4 or 6 point spikes are usually caused by the secondary mirror holder in a reflecting telescope.
2) Add my reccomendation of the Pentax K1000. Great basic camera.
3) Beware of all electronic cameras. If the shutter is held open electrically, time exposures will quickly drain the battery and the camera won't work until you change the battery.
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The Diffraction spikes I'm talking about are with camera-only pictures of bright objects such as the sun. The 4 or 6 point spikes caused by secondary optics-holding vanes in telescopes do exist, but only if you're taking pictures through a telescope which has such vanes...
I hesitate to endorse any specific camera, although the one you mention may well be a good basic camera, it may be beyond a beginner's abilities to figure out the manual-only functions.
Your warning about electronic cameras is well-founded though. I had this same problem with my AE-1 last winter...cold + battery-operated shutter + time exposure = dead battery. I always keep spare batteries in my camera pack since I dont own a mechanical-shutter camera.
I'm having to research a little bit of the information in my "Advanced" section for this FAQ...I'll have it up as soon as I can.