[Leica] IMG: Comet NEOWISE 2020

[Adam Bridge]

One of the joys of exposure control: it can appear brighter than it actually was! The joy of 14bits worth of dynamic range.

Adam

> On 2020 Jul 8, at 7:18 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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> Wow, that's quite bright, Aram. Good job as the shake is not obvious. I'd get up myself up early and take one, but I need my sleep, and the weather forecast is not great.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> On 08/07/2020 13:46, Adam Bridge via LUG 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!
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>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/MiscUsage/Astronomy/i-DwpdHCL/A>
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>> Fujifilm GFX100 with 250mm f4 lens. 1.3 seconds @ ISO 2000.
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>> 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
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