Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It must depend on how you count Solstice. For me, the Sun stands still for 3 days :-) Since we have a tradition of singing up the Sun during Solstice Morn, I am pretty sure that just a few years ago, we sang up the Sun, slept for 8-9 hours :-) then got up and went to the Bayland again to see the full moon. Or may be it's almost full? In any case, it wasn't 2000 years ago :-) On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > A total lunar eclipse will be visible from North America and much of the > rest of the world on Dec. 21. This is only the second time that a lunar > eclipse has taken place on the Winter Solstice in over 2000 years. > Photographing it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. All Luggers will be > dead the next time it occurs. Certainly the Leica company will be dead. > > No special equipment is needed for most lunar photos. The full moon itself > is very bright, reflecting about 10% of the sun's light. The f16 rule > should > work pretty well. During a total eclipse, however, the brightness falls off > and longer exposures are required. Perhaps the equivalent of 4 or 5 stops > more than the normal full moon. Unless you have a very fast telephoto lens > or a camera that will reach an ASA speed of 1600 or better, a tripod will > be > required. All this is remembered from a couple of years training in > astrophysics in college a long time ago (class of '51) so don't take it as > gospel. The Leica M camera was merely a dream and Leica's latest lens was > the Summitar when I learned this stuff. So here are a couple of more > authoritative references: > > > Information on the 2010 lunar eclipse- > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2010_lunar_eclipse > > > How to take lunar eclipse photos with data and tables - > > http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html > > http://www.eclipse-chasers.com/lunar/leclphot.htm > > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]