Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is an excellent comet photo! I still remember the hype about Halley?s comet in 1986, all my efforts to get a decent image of it on ISO 2000 slide film, to little avail. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 8 Jul 2020, at 14:46, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > Got up at 4:00 AM this morning and drove out north of town to get away > from the city lights. Set up the tripod. Looked for comet NEOWISE in the > NE sky but couldn?t pick it out but a pair of (Leica - see? on topic) > binoculars found it right away. > > Astro photography is a bit of a different thing for me. I made some > mistakes. I should have used the delay on the camera so I got a bit of > tripod shake. But I did make a comet photo! > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/MiscUsage/Astronomy/i-DwpdHCL/A> > > Fujifilm GFX100 with 250mm f4 lens. 1.3 seconds @ ISO 2000. > > It was fun to see the comet which was naked-eye visible as my eyes got > adjusted. Of course the sky was lightening also. > > Thanks for looking! > > Adam Bridge > Davis, CA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information