Leonid meteor shower!

[W.Smith]

I don't have a DSLR yet.....

This should work with film shouldn't it ???

Yes.
Same procedure.

 

[Torus34]

Living in NYC, I've pretty much given up on meteor showers. If light pollution don't get ya, the weather do.

 

[W.Smith]

Living in NYC, I've pretty much given up on meteor showers. If light pollution don't get ya, the weather do.

Indeed. I fear any shooting star photo trials within 150 miles of any metro area will come out iffy.

 

[Torus34]

Yup! Though I enjoy amateur astronomy [make telescopes, have written for a journal, etc.] I'm located where deep sky is a once-in-a-great-while thing. This still leaves lots of stuff including lunar star occultations and other such events.

 

[abraxas]

The Leonids can be spectacular.

I always shoot with a prime lens and a manual focus 35mm.

Use 800 speed film and shoot at f2.8 to f5.6 or wide open and infinity focus.

Bracket...bracket...bracket...did I mention bracket your shots.

For comets and constellations I like a 180mm f2.8. For meteor showers a 28mm f2.8 or 50mm f1.4/8 stopped to f2.8 will do well.

Inform your photolab that you have astrophotography shots...in fact custom lab work is better.

You can do all of this with a DSLR but you need more than 1 battery.

LWW

What kind of exposure time would you use?

 

[astrostu]

Long exposure times are recommended. As long as you can get without over-saturating due to light pollution.

Another thing I should mention is that the constellation Leo, from where the meteors will appear to come, doesn't rise until around midnight these days.