idle_hands: did you use same camera for all those images CaptainJim?
First one was a Sigma sd10 digital, and the next two were with a sigms sa9 film camera. The digital will only go down to 30 seconds exposure and it makes too much noise after about 10 sec.

CaptainJim looks like you answered your question about sharpness. from idle_hands bridge post: "i'm pretty sure this one was about a 90 sec exposure at f11". your barn was 5 minutes and unless you were using a 50lb tripod and there was no breeze .........

i've tried that use the lens marks thing and ch4r7ie's pacing and you still end up trading f-stop for exposure time. and i do have a fairly heavy tripod and a shutter release.

i have a speed graphic 4x5 that has it's own built in rangefinder light. unfortunitely the battery door is gone so it doesn't always get good contact and it doesn't go out all that far up hey .... it was teh hawt in 1950.

Only one I've got at night with me. I've always avoided nightime shots because digital cameras tend to do better during the day

Okay, so I get one more. This was take recently during a frontal passage. I was attempting to get a shot at a lightning bolt, but alas it was not to be. The sky looks pretty cool though. 15 second exposure from Canon Powershot A75 (as every other pic is taken).



Middle clicky for full, as usual.