At 14:40 8/13/01, Chris O'Neill wrote:
3. Check the batteries in the flashlight before heading out, and take
spares! We managed to get through without a problem, but that
flashlight was getting darned dim by the time we were done.
If you can get one with a red lens (military) it preserves night vision
much better than "white" light. I have two. One is the traditional olive
green with right angle head; takes two D cells. The other is an aviation
penlight with a sliding button that puts a red lens over the bulb; takes
two AA cells. The penlight comes in handy when counting off a timed
exposure because of its small spot.
6. It doesn't matter whether it's a 10 second or 5 minute exposure, as
soon as you close the shutter the meteor will show up! :-)))
Murphy's Law! Universally applicable to anything that has the remotest
element of probability to it.
Anyway, like I said, it was a "howling" good time and we'll see if we got
any decent pictures out of it. Thanks, again, to everyone who offered
suggestions and encouragement!
I too had an interesting time last night, in spite of not being able to get
as far away from light pollution as I would have liked. Used an OM-1n on
tripod with S/N>1M 50/1.4 MC. Also used an old Heliopan Wz (soft focus)
filter for half the shots to see what it would do. Saw a half-dozen, maybe
more meteors. It will be interesting to see how the Provia 100F turns out.
-- John
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