Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, the water views from your island a lovely. The space station blob reminds me watching Sputnik fly across the sky, a white blob angling across the night sky. On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 11:31 PM Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Hello Luggers, > > First thanks to all who have commented - both on and off list - about our > brush with the virus. Think we will be fine. We get let out on Tuesday. > > Last night, tonight and Sunday the space station will be passing over > Pender Island and I?m doing my best to photograph it. Last night was a wash > out > > but the first pass tonight was better. I used the Z7 and the 200 - 500 VR > zoom plus 1.4 extender and handheld at 1/25 f8.0 and ISO 12,800 > > managed to capture a few frames of the blob. IBIS is amazing!! > > First, here are a few soothing frames of the view from the cabin deck all > taken with the Z7. > > The last frame is the station as a blob - it really moves quite quickly. > Later in the evening when it comes round again I?ll try to get it as a > streak with a time exposure using the R28. > > The first frame: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Pender/DSC_5872.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Pender/DSC_5872.jpg.html > > > > .Please shift right to see them all. Can be viewed large if you like. > > C&C always welcome. Wash those hands!! > > Howard. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com