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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 11:03:49 2008
References: <17D43DA5-09BE-4744-A515-7507DD3CD8C5@verizon.net> <4947E1C9.1060008@tele2.fr> <BCB31ED5-8FF8-49CA-BD4D-84874A3957BB@verizon.net> <4947F6D2.5060507@tele2.fr>

Thanks again Phillipe.

Len


On Dec 16, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Philippe AMARD wrote:

> The merits are yours, in any case, makes one dream, really.
> Thanks again
> Phx
>
>
> Leonard Taupier wrote:
>
>> Thanks for looking, Philippe. Actually the lens isn't too heavy.  
>> The  difficult part is finding the moon in the viewfinder and  
>> being steady  enough to center the photo. I took three shots. The  
>> other two, while  still in the frame, were barely there.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Len
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Philippe AMARD wrote:
>>
>>> Can't see the man there,
>>> but this is an excellent picture by a fine photog if you were   
>>> shooting that heavy lens handheld.
>>> Thanks for sharing.
>>> Phx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Leonard Taupier wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.)
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Message from len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] IMG: The Biggest Moon, 1 day late.)
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