Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:46:33 -0400 From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitkamd@twcny.rr.com> Subject: [Leica] Meteor Shower 8/12-13/02 Message-ID: <NFBBLKCBALBGBAJLJIHCKENNCLAA.enitkamd@twcny.rr.com> References: Any thoughts about using R or M to shoot this thing? The winter shower I shot with SL and 21/4 lens on Fuji 800 - results photographically were +/-. I did it after a dinner party were much alcohol was consumed and I had a cold - I paid for it for days. Anyway I am rethinking my lens choice - perhaps just a 50/2. Wonder if an M would be better or if a different selection of lenses is better. Any thoughts? ernie nitka >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I shot the Leonids last fall with 2 SLRS (Nikon F5 and Nikon N8008), each with Fuji 800 and each with a 50mm one stop from wide open. Camera on tripod, aimed at right spot in sky, and open shutter for one minute (I tried some at longer exposures but you pick up too much landscape detail and extraneous light) and hope you'll get a nice streak (I got one very good shot that my astrophysicist friend (yes, a real rocket scientist) said was extremely nice). You can't be quick enough to swing the camera on a tripod to catch them -- you'll be too late. I don't think it matters whether you use an R or an M. Its the lens that will count and your ability to get the shutter to open and stay open. I think if I had to do it again, I'd go a little wider (35mm) on the lens. Email me if you want to see the image I got. Its not Leica so I guess it has to go off list. By the way if you are scanning, you must turn off things like digital ice as it will think the meteor streak is a scratch and will "fix" it for you (learned the hard way). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html