Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<<<<<Perhaps my experiences will be helpful to those interested in photographing the comet. >>>>>>> <<<<<I used old reliable, Leica M3 which is auto-nothing, because it does not have a mirror and other gadgets to interfere with its operation. I set the 90 mm lens on infinity and aperture wide open (f 2.8).>>>>>>> I thought you might like this one! :) I used an R8 and an 800mm and it still looked like I was 8000 mm short of what you need to produce a worth while photograph! We screened the images shot on Kodak E100SW pushed two stops, (400) the actual images were excellent and the metering was just squeeze down on the camera release and the camera set the exposure and took the picture. Just as simple as that. :) And after all the fuss about this comet thing and what I see on film from an 800mm, I really can't get excited about it other than, "gee whiz there is that thing they are talking about!" Just maybe I'm becoming synical in my old age. :) ted Victoria, Canada http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant