Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, >>And after all the fuss about this comet thing and what I see on film from an 800mm, I really can't get excited about it other than, "gee whiz there is that thing they are talking about!" Just maybe I'm becoming synical in my old age.<< The comet is best photographed with a 50 to 80mm lens wide open under an extremely dark sky. Long exposures with fairly fast color films will reveal the faint colors, wisps, and tentacles of the tail that extends for thousands and thousands of miles. With an 800mm lens you get a shot of the coma but the real beauty is in the off gas surrounding and trailing the coma. The tail can be so faint at its farthest reach from the coma that it cannot be really apreciated without wide long exposures. Happy hunting, Don