>
> In December of 1972, I watched the launch of Apollo 17 from the closest
> public viewing area - about 10 miles away - and we still might have needed
> some kind of pass to get that close. It was a night launch and the shuttle
> is now from that same complex. With a 50mm lens, the launch pad was a tiny
> white little speck. The photo we came away with was a time exposure of the
> launch. It showed the path, and a few cloud layers illuminated by the
> rocket engines.
>
> Exposure with Ektachrome 64 was probably about f/5.6 of 5/8.
>
> For this kind of photo, a really long lens may not add that much.
I used a 135/3.5 from a restaurant car park in Titusville in 1989 (I think) for
a military night shuttle launch. I put the OM4 on Auto and the results were
exposed OK.
Chris
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Chris Barker
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