Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan - thanks for the advice. Fortunately or unfortunately my scanner is not so endowed as to have Digital ICE - my only other obstacle is to avoid the local mini-lab who has a knack for putting in scratches when you least expect them onto the negative. Seems silly to get up at 4 am , elaborate camera/film setup only to have the minilab put scratches in the film. ernie On 7/30/02 4:14 PM, "Alan Weinschel" <alan_weinschel@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html