Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Exactly the same here, except I had the R9 and DMR with the 560 Telyt lens set up on the Gitzo tripod. I was ready. The weather wasn't. Tina On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > Beautiful clear evening. Moon as big as a dinner plate. Set Oly E-500 on a > very sturdy tripod. Mounted old 500mm Maksutov catadioptric lens on camera > (T mount to Olympus OM mount to OM to 4/3 mount) giving he equivalent of a > 1000mm lens on a 35mm frame. Test exposures perfect. Sat in comfortable > chair with a glass of wine waiting for the eclipse. Clouds rolled in at > midnight. Moon a fuzzy blob. Went to bed. No joy. Clouds rolled out at 6 > a.m. Clear morning. Damn. Guess I'll have to wait another 97 years. > > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com