Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Those look great to me! I like the tiny bit of land included in both for perspective. Tina On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > Been hanging out on Maui this past week with Jane, the grandkids and their > parents (phew!). > > Decided to shoot landscapes using the old version Monochrom and had a lot > of fun. Then, since it's a new moon (and Perseids) I thought I would try > the Monochrom for some "long" exposure night photography. I thought the > outcomes were pretty acceptable! > > As the Monochrom has a base ISO of 320 and a maximum exposure time of 240 > seconds (not adjusted for ISO as the M240 apparently is), seemed like it > might work. First shot is on the beach of our hotel with lots of light > pollution: > http://www.robertadlerphotography.com/p464101645/h53037451#h53037451 > This was the 35 f/2 'lux ASPH set at f/2 with a 16second exposure at 1600 > ISO. The noise was very manageable. Overall, I thought it was a positive > test. > > So the next night I drove up to the top of Haleakula (10,200') to see more > stars. Unfortunately there isn't much foreground to include in the images > so I thought I would test the 21mm f/3,4 Super Elmar. Exposure at 1600ISO, > 30sec and wide open gave noticeably more noise and a bit of banding: > http://www.robertadlerphotography.com/p464101645/h53037451#h53490fd1 > You can see (barely) the observation deck's rail and a piece of the deck > shelter's roof in the upper right hand corner. I believe the lights in the > distance are Wailea, though it could be Kihei. > > Then, after about 15 minutes of visibility after a 2 hour ride up the > volcano, the clouds rushed in and it started raining. Didn't stop for an > hour, so I drove home. > > I hope to try again tonight nearby, but the weather is not promising. Other > BW images from this trip are there also if you'd like to look. I like using > BW here: very different mindset for seeing. > > Conclusion was the 35 f/2 is good enough for BW night star photography. > Very happy about that! > Best, > Bob > > -- > Bob Adler > www.robertadlerphotography.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html