Got a new digital camera and have been playing. It's a 10mp samsung D103 not a profesional camera like proctor, uses but i'm happy with it as it was a late birthday present form my dad. So here's a beam shot for my DL 125
Which pointer are you using?
Just a technical question as well, why do pictures with a close focus on the beam make it look like "yarn". The light almost looks woven - is that dust?
Yes, dust particles swirling in air currents during the time of exposure. If the exposure were shorter you would see specks instead of lines/curves. If the exposure were very long, they would blend and it would look more like a beam.
My pointer is a DL 125mw thanks for the tips guys this is new to me taking shots of lasers & is quite hard. I'm only good at astrophotography. Also i'm gonna have to resize the pics to post them here. Like this one here i've just downloaded a bit of freeware to resize after i posted this.