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World's First Canon EOS-D30 Aurora Borealis Photographs

Aurora, Muskoka Ontario, Canada, October 28, 8:18pm
Photographed with Canon D30 at ISO 400. 15 seconds @ f/2.5 with a Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens. RAW Mode. Long Exposure noise reduction mode ON.
Sometimes you're good, and times you're lucky. Sometimes you're good & lucky. Tonight was one of those special times.
I was at my place in the country (Muskoka, Ontario, Canada)for the weekend, and to do some further testing of the new D30. On the Saturday I had planned to test the D30's long exposure noise reduction mode after dinner. Stepping out onto my deck facing the lake I was excited and very pleased to see the beginnings of an auroral display.
I grabbed theD30, the50mm f/1.4lens and tripod, and set myself up in the below freezing evening. Using the D30's special long-exposure noise reduction mode, I took about 25 exposures over a 2 hour period. The best images came from the first hour, as the display started to fade after a while....

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