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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Biggest Moon, 1 day late.
From: len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Tue Dec 16 09:54:24 2008
References: <17D43DA5-09BE-4744-A515-7507DD3CD8C5@verizon.net> <C4DA6F276C8B473E94E33337D2CBEFDF@jimnichols>

Hi Jim,

So far I've been very surprised with this lens. It was KEH bargain  
for just a little over $300 and came with the built-in filter turret,  
special cap and case. I find it's sharper and higher contrast then  
their 500mm mirror.

Thanks for looking.
Len


On Dec 16, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> Len,
>
> Don't worry about being one day late.  That is a great moon image.   
> I have often wondered what kind of images one gets with mirror  
> lenses.  It would appear that they can do just fine.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Taupier"  
> <len-001@verizon.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:52 AM
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Biggest Moon, 1 day late.
>
>
>> Thanks to Nathan for taking his Moon photo on the day it was  
>> closest  to Earth and as it's largest size as viewed. I missed the  
>> day but  thanks to Nathan's shot I was able to catch it the  
>> following night.
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Nikon/ 
>> Biggest_Moon.jpg.html>
>>
>> or
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/6ag6fa
>>
>> Shot with the Nikon D300 and the Nikon 1000mm f11 mirror lens.
>>
>> This was a very quick hand held shot where I guessed at the  
>> exposure  of 1/2500 sec at ISO 800.
>> If you look at the EXIF data it's not correct as I forgot to set  
>> the manual lens setting in the camera menu.
>> It's also not cropped to give you an idea as to what a 1500mm  
>> lens  view would be on a FF or film camera.
>>
>> Len
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] IMG: The Biggest Moon, 1 day late.)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: The Biggest Moon, 1 day late.)