Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't you love that, Nathan? (The people taking flash photos of Halley's comet). It's almost as hopelessly dumb as the people at stadium rock concerts snapping away with their point and shoots with flash...Boy, would I like a flash I could control with, say, 150 yard range...:-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 4:34 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Get out the Leicas - Leonids tonight Hi Jim, Firstly, it is going to be 5 a.m. where I live and I do not like to be up at 5 a.m. unless I have been partying all night. Secondly, the sky is covered with thick clouds spewing rain, and I see no signs that it will change during the night. Thirdly, I doubt that one will be able to get any meaningful photographs of the meteors with a Leica M, although it might be fun to take flash pictures of the other photographers (be prepared to be yelled at) and also to smugly look at the people with point-and-shoots using flash to photograph objects millions of miles away (I saw many people doing that during the Halley's Comet pass in 1986). Goodnight... Nathan Jim Hemenway wrote: > http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/11/18/leonids.meteors/index.html > > Best viewing times are forecasted for 11 PM (4 AM GMT) tonight and > 5:30 tomorrow morning (best on East coast) > > Be there or be square! > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html