Kevin Cooley's camera?

[ray_fenio]

<p>I just saw some of Kevin Cooley's night or low light photographs and wondered if<br>

anyone knows what camera equipment he is using. </p>

[richardsperry]

Are those model rockets that he's using?

 

Cool idea.

[maury_cohen]

<p>You could always ask Mr. Cooley: <a href="http://www.kevincooley.net/">http://www.kevincooley.net/</a></p>

[woolly1]

<p>I'm guessing 5x4 using small aperture.<br>

No noise on long exposures, and all 5/4 crop ratio with high detail level.</p>

[richardsperry]

<p>Those aren't really long exposures, Clive.</p>

<p>If those are model rockets, they are .5 to 1 second long max.</p>

<p>That is not long exposures.</p>

[woolly1]

<p>@ Richard</p>

<p>Well most of them look like long and multiple plane trails ...<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.kevincooley.net/#1136477/nachtfluge">http://www.kevincooley.net/#1136477/nachtfluge</a><br /> <a href="http://www.kevincooley.net/#1136477/nachtfluge"></a><br /> On frame two of the linked album I count in excess of 60 trails. Assuming it's just a minute between take-offs that is an hour according to my watch. Plus the time it takes the last plane to traverse the sky.<br /> That is a long exposure for such a clean image. I know my D200 & D300 will start glowing purple in the corners of the sensor at an hour's shutter opening.</p>

<p>I'm not talking about the rocket shots - of course they are sub 1 sec ... the sole person in them can't stand still so long.</p>

[richardsperry]

<p>http://www.google.com/search?q=kevin+cooley&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1075&bih=845</p>

<p>I can't post the actual images I am referring too. It is a TOA violation.</p>

<p>But those are model rockets going off, in most of those I have linked.<br /> He also has pics of airplanes taking off, those with multiple trails are much longer exposures, of course.</p>

<p>http://www.thefstopmag.com/?p=904</p>

<p>The first pic in this link is a model rocket.<br /> The second pic, appears to be a two stage model rocket.</p>

<p>Those are only a half second to a second long exposures.</p>

[richardsperry]

<p>Clive, Just looking at the pic...</p>

<p>Nachtfluge is at least 30 seconds long.</p>

<p>Might be a minute long exposure.</p>

<p>I doubt much longer than a minute though.</p>

[woolly1]

<p>I'm talking of the plane trail exposures. You have attributed my camera 'guess' to the rocket pics.<br /> The long exposure image I was looking at is the penultimate in the article you linked to.</p>

<p>Confusion reigns supreme .... :-)</p>

<p>Actually in the interview Mr Cooley states he uses military flares as they have a 'hang-time' in the air of 8-10 seconds.</p>

<p>Aha! On further reading ...<br /> <br /> <strong><em>The camera I used is a Linhof Technikardan 45s with a 135mm Schneider apo-symmar lens......exposure of four or five minutes at f22.</em></strong><br /> <strong><em> </em></strong><br /> That was just for the flare shots. Give the man a cigar for a correct guess!</p>

<p><em>Clive, Just looking at the pic...</em><br /> <em>Nachtfluge is at least 30 seconds long.</em><br>

Go to the next frame - see 'next' at left of photo. Not the beach shot, ok.<br>

Mmmm, 60 take-offs in half a minute. I don't think so.... be a bit crowded at the end of the runway ;-)</p>

[richardsperry]

Duh.

 

I r sofa king... The fact that the flare trails have "ended" was not a clue to me with Glenlivet on my brain.

 

Thanks for the clarification.

[ray_fenio]

<p>Thanks for the response. I thought it was large format but wondered if it may be D3 or D700. <br>

I've shot transparency film at low light but not negative film. Cooley is using Portra but does anyone have <br>

any suggestion beyond that.</p>