Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
etc,
One of the funniest posts yet. I hope you have recovered from your
spinal injuries and meteoric fall.
You can really learn from experience, and others' are less painful.
Tom
(re:olympus-digest V2 #976)
On 8 Jun 99, at 0:47, olympus-digest wrote:
Date sent: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 00:47:28 -0700
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Subject: olympus-digest V2 #976
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> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 99 23:13:14 -0700
> From: kelton <kelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Someone said meteors?
>
> >I recall some discussions of meteor photography in the past but I don't
> >think there was much technical advice. So is it B exposures for how long
> >at what aperture for say, Provia 100?
>
> I'm sorry, I missed my cue. Someone said "astrophotography" -- OK, I'm
> awake now. Advice you want? Advice I have. And this ain't no ordinary
> advice: this is advice from a *complete, miserable failure* at meteor
> photography. I've tried twice, and have not gotten a single image of a
> meteor, not even during an active meteor storm, so I figure that makes me
> an expert (of sorts). Give me a comet, and I can work wonders with it, but
> those slimy, slippery little *%#$$@! are a different story. Here's what I
> know: The comets will appear ninety degrees from their apparent origin.
> Make a "gun" out of your finger and thumb, point your finger (the barrel)
> at the point of origin, and your thumb (the hammer) will be pointing at
> the area where the meteors will be the brightest. (Parents: don't do this
> with teenage children present, they'll get the wrong idea and point their
> fingers at friends.) Rotate your "gun" on its axis, hold it kittywampus
> like a gangbanger: wherever the "hammer" points (excluding earth, and the
> horizon) is fair game for one of those creepy little meteors to show
> itself. It's a moonless night, right? you can't see the glow of a distant
> city on the horizon, right? -- this is important. Load your OM with 400
> ASA, (preferably 3 or 4 OMs pointed at different parts of the sky), use a
> standard lens or a fast moderate WA lens, put OM on a tripod, point it at
> a likely patch of sky. Put your OM on B, open your Zuiko WIDE OPEN, damn
> the abberations, full aperature ahead (I can hear the objections now, but
> believe me, you'll be glad you used at least f/2.). Lie on your back and
> watch that patch of the sky. Watch the meteors gravitate to every OTHER
> patch of sky but yours. If you happen to see one streak by "your" patch,
> close the shutter, say a hail mary, toss salt over your shoulder, and
> promise to donate to charity. Your shutter may stay open for 8-15 minutes
> or more at a time, but lore says to close the shutter once you get one.
> (Astronomy Magazine has published several nifty photos of meteor trails
> that were taken at EV -9; I find that I start to exceed the sky fog limit
> at these exposures, even on dark nights.) You'll be happier with slide
> film, but print will do. OK, so why have I been unsuccessful? Here's my
> failures: One. I only burned a single roll the first time out. Foolish!
> Need to use more film. Two: tripped and fell over my tripod in the dark.
> Caused some interesting but unintentional star trails, several welts &
> embedded cactus spines, and much awful cursing, elaborate and articulate
> cursing, the likes of which I've not heard before. (Which is why, my
> friends, I am shopping for a SOFTER, not a more rigid, tripod). YES, THE
> OM-1 WAS FINE, IT DIDN'T TUMBLE-- I know, who cares about my encounter
> with the cactus. Three: On second try, I fell asleep. Shutter doesn't open
> itself when the operator is sleeping. May your luck be better than mine!
> You are using the camera that the almighty himself intended to be used for
> photographing the wonders of the night sky, so you are on the right
> "trail," pun seriously intended. Good luck. --Kelton
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