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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Biggest Moon, 1 day late.
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Wed Dec 17 15:01:32 2008
References: <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36052E92BD@case-email.casefoods.com>

Dave,

If someone goes up there again (probably the Chinese), it will probably 
turn up later at Photo Arsenal in Germany - most of the stuff from the 
Leica Museum did :-)

Cheers and thanks for looking
Douglas

David Rodgers wrote:
> Douglas,
>
> Nice moon shots. I don't see the TT as too soft. They're all gorgeous.
> Is that a Hasselblad I see lying on the ground up there? :-)
>
> DaveR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Sharp [mailto:douglas.sharp@gmx.de] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:03 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: The Biggest Moon, 1 day late.
>
> Hmmm Len,
> it looks just like the moon I shot a while back, but without the 
> planet's shadow getting in the way :-)
>
> I made some attempts to find the right exposure and lens for moonshots 
> taken during a recent partial lunar eclipse - it was 35,000 km further 
> away too.
>
> Camera Canon 20D
>
> 1: Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar f4/300mm
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/20080816-_MG_8204-Edit.jpg.html
>
> 2: Leica Telyt-R 4/250mm
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/20080816-_MG_8226-Edit.jpg.html
>
> 3: Novoflex T-Noflexar- 5.6/400mm (The "Bazooka")
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/20080816-_MG_8240-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Manual exposure - it's easy to get it wrong and surprisingly close to 
> daylight exposure - all hand held, ISO 200, 1/125th or 1/250th all wide 
> open, lens barrel leaned against the door frame.
>
> I tried a Sigma 8/600mm mirror lens too, but it wobbled too much without
>
> a tripod
>
> My conclusions:
> Keep away from any automatic settings
> Forget the CZ lens for shooting the moon, it's too soft wide open
> The Leica lens (first version) is too heavy to keep perfectly still, and
>
> a little too short
> The Novoflex is just the thing. I'l must try and find the 600mm head for
> it
>
> Maybe I'll try it with a 2x converter and a tripod next time, and lock 
> the mirror up before shooting.
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Leonard Taupier wrote:
>   
>> Yup. I went 1/2 stop faster to try and get rid of camera shake. Most 
>> people will use the meter in the camera and end up about 10 stops 
>> overexposed.
>>
>> The lens is pretty neat and in great shape. You don't see them for 
>> sale very often. At a little over $300 I couldn't pass it up. I've had
>>     
>
>   
>> it about 6 months now.
>>
>> Thanks for looking,
>> Len
>>
>>
>> On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Moon Exposure is pretty easy.... Sunny 16.
>>>
>>> Always is, unless you have a cloudy night......
>>>
>>> A really nice shot.....  pretty exotic lens as well.....
>>>
>>> Frank Filippone
>>> red735i@earthlink.net\
>>>
>>>
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