Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suppose one would shop for such a flash based not only on it's guide number, as the SPF protection level needed to use it safely. Pat - --- bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > Don't you love that, Nathan? (The people taking > flash photos of Halley's > comet). It's almost as hopelessly dumb as the people > at stadium rock > concerts snapping away with their point and shoots > with flash...Boy, > would I like a flash I could control with, say, 150 > yard range...:-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On > Behalf Of Nathan > Wajsman > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 4:34 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Get out the Leicas - Leonids > tonight > > > Hi Jim, > > Firstly, it is going to be 5 a.m. where I live and I > do not like to be > up at 5 a.m. unless I have been partying all night. > > Secondly, the sky is covered with thick clouds > spewing rain, and I see > no signs that it will change during the night. > > Thirdly, I doubt that one will be able to get any > meaningful photographs > > of the meteors with a Leica M, although it might be > fun to take flash > pictures of the other photographers (be prepared to > be yelled at) and > also to smugly look at the people with > point-and-shoots using flash to > photograph objects millions of miles away (I saw > many people doing that > during the Halley's Comet pass in 1986). > > Goodnight... > > Nathan > > Jim Hemenway wrote: > > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/11/18/leonids.meteors/index.html > > > > Best viewing times are forecasted for 11 PM (4 AM > GMT) tonight and > > 5:30 tomorrow morning (best on East coast) > > > > Be there or be square! > > > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html