Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The merits are yours, in any case, makes one dream, really. Thanks again Phx Leonard Taupier wrote: > Thanks for looking, Philippe. Actually the lens isn't too heavy. The > difficult part is finding the moon in the viewfinder and being steady > enough to center the photo. I took three shots. The other two, while > still in the frame, were barely there. > > Best Regards, > Len > > > > > On Dec 16, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Philippe AMARD wrote: > >> Can't see the man there, >> but this is an excellent picture by a fine photog if you were >> shooting that heavy lens handheld. >> Thanks for sharing. >> Phx >> >> >> >> Leonard Taupier wrote: >> >>> Thanks to Nathan for taking his Moon photo on the day it was >>> closest to Earth and as it's largest size as viewed. I missed the >>> day but thanks to Nathan's shot I was able to catch it the >>> following night. >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Nikon/ >>> Biggest_Moon.jpg.html> >>> >>> or >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/6ag6fa >>> >>> Shot with the Nikon D300 and the Nikon 1000mm f11 mirror lens. >>> >>> This was a very quick hand held shot where I guessed at the >>> exposure of 1/2500 sec at ISO 800. >>> If you look at the EXIF data it's not correct as I forgot to set >>> the manual lens setting in the camera menu. >>> It's also not cropped to give you an idea as to what a 1500mm lens >>> view would be on a FF or film camera. >>> >>> Len >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >