Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks, Alexy. I don't imagine I'll be climbing any towers, but the Leonids were fun to see here in California (I didn't have to get up early, just stay up late) and I enjoyed seeing your photo.t > From: Alexey Merz <alexey@webcom.com> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:20:59 -0500 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Merz- PAW45 and SAWs > > > On Thursday, November 22, 2001, at 12:08 PM, Leica Users digest wrote: > >> From: ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net> >> >> Tell us how you did it! > > The Leonids shot: > http://www.webcom.com/alexey/paw/week200145.html > ...or the street photos? ;-). For the Leonids shot, M6HM, 35 1.4 > ASPH wide open (an IDEAL setup for meteorite pix), Fuji Superia > 400. Exposures were made for 15 s to more than 5 minutes, the frame > shown was in the 30s -1' range. I mounted the M6 on the guard rail > of a fire lookout tower; this was done with Vise grip pliers and a > homemade L-bracket with a (Leitz) ballhead attached to it. > > Actually, by far the most difficult part was getting up early > enough to be at the top of Gile Mt. before 0500! Also, with > cold-numb fingers, I almost dropped the bottom plate off the tower > during a film change. I'm going to have to put a leash on the > bottom plate when I take the M6 to high, exposed locations. > > I did not track the earth's rotation, so you can see motion blur in > the background star field. There is a sweet home-made setup for > tracking described here: > http://home.hiwaay.net/~warrenca/Astronomy/Projects/Barndoor/Door.htm > > ...of course, if I had tracked, the skyline at the bottom of the > frame would have been blurred. > >> I like weeks 47 and 42 the best! > > Thanks! > > Alexey Merz > Department of Biochemistry > Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover NH 03755-3844 > alexey@webcom.com | alexey@dartmouth.edu > 603-650-1702 | http://www.webcom.com/alexey/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html