ABOUT me
My name is Jason Durrant and I live in Suffolk on the east coast of England near the mainland's most easterly point..
My interest in astronomy goes back as far as I can remember and I remember following the Apollo - Soyuz flight with great interest. Like most amateur astronomers in the UK my greatest influence in astronomy was Sir Patrick Moore and his The Sky at Night TV series.
I have had an interest in photography since I was a small child and was allowed to take some photos my fathers Zenit TTL SLR camera back in 1976. My father was a professional wedding and industrial photographer. 10 years later I got my first SLR as a Christmas present, a Zenit 11 which I stll have. Over the years I have been lucky enough to have a number of film SLR cameras.
In 2002 I bought my first digital camera a Fujifilm S602 with at the time a whopping 6X optical zoom! I also started astro photography with digital imaging equipment at around the same time owning many different telescopes and astrophotography CCD imaging cameras.
In 2009 due to a health problem I gave up astrophotography with large expensive amateur equipment and returned to more budget orientated methods of astrophotography. A move I have never regretted!
I have had an interest in photography since I was a small child and was allowed to take some photos my fathers Zenit TTL SLR camera back in 1976. My father was a professional wedding and industrial photographer. 10 years later I got my first SLR as a Christmas present, a Zenit 11 which I stll have. Over the years I have been lucky enough to have a number of film SLR cameras.
In 2002 I bought my first digital camera a Fujifilm S602 with at the time a whopping 6X optical zoom! I also started astro photography with digital imaging equipment at around the same time owning many different telescopes and astrophotography CCD imaging cameras.
In 2009 due to a health problem I gave up astrophotography with large expensive amateur equipment and returned to more budget orientated methods of astrophotography. A move I have never regretted!
Especially these days with Smart Telescopes. I have a ZWO SeeStar S30 Pro, a Dwarflabs Dwarf 3 and a Dwarflabs Dwarf Mini. I really enjoy being able to be up and running in a few minutes and then sitting in the warm watching the images build on my phone!
These days I shoot wide field and Milky way photos mainly with a Canon 6D Full Frame DSLR Camera, a FujiFilm XH-1 Mirrorless Camera and Pentax K-70 DSLR camera. I also still have my Sony RX 100 iii point and shoot camera.
These days I shoot wide field and Milky way photos mainly with a Canon 6D Full Frame DSLR Camera, a FujiFilm XH-1 Mirrorless Camera and Pentax K-70 DSLR camera. I also still have my Sony RX 100 iii point and shoot camera.