Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan: Well the thick, rain spewing clouds would kill the idea for me. And the 5 AM stuff, I understand, you're still one of them young-uns what sleeps late. - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > 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