[Leica] Don't photograph the eclipse

[photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)]

Slainte!

Philippe



> Le 20 ao?t 2017 ? 21:43, Larry Zeitlin via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a 
> ?crit :
> 
> Unless you?ve been living in a cave for the last year you know that on 
> August 21 a total eclipse of the sun will take place in the USA, the 
> shadow of the moon sweeping in a 70 mile wide diagonal path from Oregon to 
> Charleston, SC. Many of my photographic friends, knowing that my first 
> college degree was in Astronomy and that I built two fairly decent 
> telescopes, hve asked me how I am going to photograph the eclipse. They 
> are taken aback by my answer - DON?T BOTHER, JUST LOOK. WATCH IT ON TV.
> 
> But it?s an EVENT they aay, just like the Superbowl or the final game in 
> the World Cup. That?s probably true, but remember, even at those EVENTS 
> you get a better view on TV than sitting in the stands. Remember that the 
> image on your camera?s sensor is only about 9 percent of the focal length 
> of the lens. Unless you have a 1000mm telephoto or one of the old 600mm 
> mirror lenses kicking around, your best viewing tool is a pair of 
> binoculars (with suitable solar filters, of course). NASA intends to use 
> high flying aircraft with expensive taxpayer funded camera gear to track 
> the eclipse. There will be several NOVA programs devoted to the eclipse. 
> Watch them. You don?t even need solar glasses.
> 
> By the way, this is not sour grapes. I was invited by the Clemson 
> University Astronomy department to view the eclipse, and deliver a 
> lecture. The campus is smack bang in the center of the path but I 
> declined. Why fight 35 mile long traffic jams and exhorbitant hotel and 
> food costs when I can get a better view sitting in my living room sipping 
> a cold beer.
> 
> Larry Z
> 
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