Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The moon itself moves to fast for a half second. Its in the Ansel Adams Photo Series books. But the moon is typically over exposed. And was nice you didn't do that. On 10/9/14 9:31 PM, "Howard Ritter" <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > Mark? > > Yep, Nikon, D800 with the Zoom-Nikkor 80-400 at 400mm. I wanted all the FL > I > could get and my longest Leica is the 180 Elmarit-R. > > Tripod of course, and only the best: the latest Ferrari-logoed, > epoxy-infused > carbon-fiber Giotto, internet-enabled, GPS-located, Wifi-connected, gyro > stabilized with 17 sapphire bearings and magnetic articulations, and > vibrationless hydraulic leg extension/retraction. Plus ultra-resolution > optical position encoders on all three axes and electrorheomagnetic > vibration > damping. Or wait, maybe it was my faithful companion, my old aluminum > Manfrotto. Yeah, that?s it. > > Camera was set on 2 sec but I found that at this long FL, the long shutter > was > enough that the mechanical torsions of the mirror and shutter created image > smear. So I exposed by selecting a 2-sec shutter, holding a black card in > front of the lens when I triggered the shutter then moving it aside for > half a > second in mid-shutter to avoid the vibrations at opening and closing. > Worked > out well but not quite perfectly. Next time will use 3 or 4 sec to ensure > full > damping before moving the card aside. > > ISO was 6400. A bit of tweaking in DxO and PS made it a little prettier. > > ?howard > > > On Oct 9, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> A perfect setup and technique! A nice 800 was it Nikon? Tripod? >> To me its like a magic show I always just want to know how they did it ! >> Carbon fiber?!?! >> >> >> On 10/9/14 10:40 AM, "Howard Ritter" <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Mark! A lucky combination of time of day and geographical >>> location >>> didn?t hoit! >>> >>> ?howard >>> >>> >>> On Oct 9, 2014, at 4:09 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Real nice ones! Super sharp! Perfectly exposed! Never seen it this >>>> good! I >>>> think better than my blood moon from last time.! >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/8/14 7:21 PM, "Howard Ritter" <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I?ve just posted a couple of more images from this morning?s eclipse. >>>>> These >>>>> were made with a D800 and 400mm zoom. They show a much larger image of >>>>> the >>>>> Moon, and one with a splash of stars in the background. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Blood+Moon/ >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for looking. C&C welcome. >>>>> >>>>> ?howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/