Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/31

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Subject: [Leica] Need help shooting STS 131 Shuttle Launch
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:51:50 -0700
References: <h2y1be504db1003311849u66702403me848a80195c73bcf@mail.gmail.com> <1A47BA82-6654-469B-9516-C2943C18FAD4@teleport.com>

Email Ctein, he has done a few of them, in the early years.

I'd loan you the use of my Leica if you let me tag along :-). Oh man,...

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> wrote:

> I have a ticket to the VIP area of the causeway. I apologize for no Leica
> content but there is no way my late production 135 f4 will help here. So
> Nikons are going. Significant other and dogs having a hard time with the
> stay behind status but...there are only 3 Shuttle launches left
>
> Anybody out there in LUG land been there done that? Real world advice.
>
> 6:50AM Monday launch.
>
> two Manfroto tripods
> Manfroto monopod
> D2Xs
> D2h primary cameras
> 300 f2.8 on D2xs
>
> ADVISE HERE PLEASE SECONDARY CAMERA
>
> D2h with 500 Cat  OR
> D2h with Tamaron 200-400 f5.6 AF at 400
> D2h with Novoflex Kilfit 640 f9 with bellows and trigger grip (TSA's gonna
> love a pistol grip)
>
> THIRD CAMERA
>
> D200
>
> or
>
>
> FM2nT with ADVISE HERE PLEASE
>
> Lens
>
> Film have freezers of Portra 800...
>
> or go old school and shoot TXP....
>
> Doubt anyone has shot a Shuttle launch on film for a decade
>
>
> ALSO ANYONE IN PDX SEA have a Novoflex NIKON adapter so I can dump the
> bellows
>
>
> THX
>
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>



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In reply to: Message from pswango at att.net (Phil Swango) ([Leica] They that are left)
Message from mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist) ([Leica] Need help shooting STS 131 Shuttle Launch)