Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Nice moon shots. I don't see the TT as too soft. They're all gorgeous. Is that a Hasselblad I see lying on the ground up there? :-) DaveR -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Sharp [mailto:douglas.sharp@gmx.de] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:03 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: The Biggest Moon, 1 day late. Hmmm Len, it looks just like the moon I shot a while back, but without the planet's shadow getting in the way :-) I made some attempts to find the right exposure and lens for moonshots taken during a recent partial lunar eclipse - it was 35,000 km further away too. Camera Canon 20D 1: Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar f4/300mm http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/20080816-_MG_8204-Edit.jpg.html 2: Leica Telyt-R 4/250mm http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/20080816-_MG_8226-Edit.jpg.html 3: Novoflex T-Noflexar- 5.6/400mm (The "Bazooka") http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/20080816-_MG_8240-Edit.jpg.html Manual exposure - it's easy to get it wrong and surprisingly close to daylight exposure - all hand held, ISO 200, 1/125th or 1/250th all wide open, lens barrel leaned against the door frame. I tried a Sigma 8/600mm mirror lens too, but it wobbled too much without a tripod My conclusions: Keep away from any automatic settings Forget the CZ lens for shooting the moon, it's too soft wide open The Leica lens (first version) is too heavy to keep perfectly still, and a little too short The Novoflex is just the thing. I'l must try and find the 600mm head for it Maybe I'll try it with a 2x converter and a tripod next time, and lock the mirror up before shooting. Cheers Douglas Leonard Taupier wrote: > Yup. I went 1/2 stop faster to try and get rid of camera shake. Most > people will use the meter in the camera and end up about 10 stops > overexposed. > > The lens is pretty neat and in great shape. You don't see them for > sale very often. At a little over $300 I couldn't pass it up. I've had > it about 6 months now. > > Thanks for looking, > Len > > > On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Frank Filippone wrote: > >> Moon Exposure is pretty easy.... Sunny 16. >> >> Always is, unless you have a cloudy night...... >> >> A really nice shot..... pretty exotic lens as well..... >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i@earthlink.net\ >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >