Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/23
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On 23 Sep 97, PeterJonWhite@PeterWhiteCycle wrote:
> Greetings Roger,
>
> I did some moon shots years ago and I think I did them with the
> sunny 16 rule without any modification.
>
> Since the moon is illuminated by direct sunlight, sunny 16 should give
> an accurate representation, just as it does right here on good ol' ma
> earth.
That is my gut feeling until I begin thinking about light being reduced
by the inverse square of the distance.
I'll bracket liberally! Don't want to wash out the old man's facial
detail. :-)
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Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
Leica Historical Society Of America
mailto:beamon@primenet.com
Thought for the day:
Intuition (n): an uncanny sixth sense which tells people
that they are right, whether they are or not.