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Eclipse of moon on Oct. 27
You might try one of these or do a google search.
Kindest Regards Jerry http://origins.colorado.edu/~rachfor.../barndoor.html http://members.kingston.net/rasc/barndoor.htm "Gordon Zola" wrote in message ... There is a full eclipse of the moon coming up this month, and you will be able to view it well from North America. It starts at 9:14 PM and ends at 12:54 AM, with the period of totality between 10:23 and 11:45, all eastern times. Better catch it now, because the next one is in 2007. To get a good picture, use a long lens (2000mm if you have one, for a digital or 35mm camera). Turn off the autoexposure (and the flash :-/). When still fully illuminated by the sun, expose for a darkish-grey object lit by the sun (around f5.6 at 1/200 for ASA 100). During totality, your guess is as good as mine... but chances are you will have to use a fairly slow shutter speed and the image will blur because of movement. ...unless you have a clock drive! Anyone have a design for making a simple one? G. |
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2000mm lens (or Meade LX10 in my case) is too long on a 10D as the moon
image is larger than the sensor, but OK on a 35mm. "Gordon Zola" wrote in message ... There is a full eclipse of the moon coming up this month, and you will be able to view it well from North America. It starts at 9:14 PM and ends at 12:54 AM, with the period of totality between 10:23 and 11:45, all eastern times. Better catch it now, because the next one is in 2007. To get a good picture, use a long lens (2000mm if you have one, for a digital or 35mm camera). Turn off the autoexposure (and the flash :-/). When still fully illuminated by the sun, expose for a darkish-grey object lit by the sun (around f5.6 at 1/200 for ASA 100). During totality, your guess is as good as mine... but chances are you will have to use a fairly slow shutter speed and the image will blur because of movement. ...unless you have a clock drive! Anyone have a design for making a simple one? G. |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 03:27:13 GMT, Gordon Zola
wrote: ... turn off ... the flash. :-/ Yeah, one guy could wreck it for everyone. :-) |
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"Sander Vesik" wrote in message ... In rec.photo.equipment.35mm wrote: On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 03:27:13 GMT, Gordon Zola wrote: ... turn off ... the flash. :-/ Yeah, one guy could wreck it for everyone. :-) yeah it was bloody well time people gave up on flash setups that were powered off nuclear reactors and cost more than the dept of State of California just so they can capture shadow delail on the Moon :P sarcasm well they could do it but the technology has been suppressed by nasa. If it was done then no one would be able to see the old lander modules left behind cos it was all faked sarcasm |
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wrote in message news On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 03:27:13 GMT, Gordon Zola wrote: ... turn off ... the flash. :-/ Yeah, one guy could wreck it for everyone. :-) Unless you've got a flash with a guide number of 250 thousand miles........ |
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Well, there are some lasers out there with sufficient power to illuminate
an area on the moon ... on the other hand, there is a great light source that really does a good job, is nuclear powered and doesn't cost anything. I believe the sun fits the bill ... "William Graham" wrote in message news:Fdhcd.193569$wV.12325@attbi_s54... wrote in message news On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 03:27:13 GMT, Gordon Zola wrote: ... turn off ... the flash. :-/ Yeah, one guy could wreck it for everyone. :-) Unless you've got a flash with a guide number of 250 thousand miles........ |
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