Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/23

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Subject: Re: 90/2.8--internal reflections
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 22:52:36 -0700

At 06:21 PM 9/23/97 -0700, you wrote:
>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. :-)
>
>--
>Roger Beamon  

If I remember correctly, the Black Cat says "sunny 16" for a full (or
nearly full) moon. Mine was lost years ago so I cannot double check...

Jim