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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Biggest Moon, 1 day late.
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Tue Dec 16 10:42:38 2008
References: <17D43DA5-09BE-4744-A515-7507DD3CD8C5@verizon.net> <4947E1C9.1060008@tele2.fr> <BCB31ED5-8FF8-49CA-BD4D-84874A3957BB@verizon.net>

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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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