Re: SV: [APML] New pix on my homepage!

[Albireo14@aol.com]

Dans un courrier daté du 13/01/00 23:38:10 Paris, Madrid, 
olle.eriksson@telia.com a écrit :

> >I am happy that you have posted this message because I think some people
>  >are reluctant to post their images when they are not as beautiful as the
>  >ones posted by the experts on this list.
>  
>  Exactly my thoughts! Getting a good astrophoto is not a contest between
>  amateurs in my opinion but with ourselves. If one wants to take really good
>  astrophotos the first thing is to get some piece of good equipment. I think
>  it is interesting to see what can be done with a little less than that.
>  

Olle,
That's quite my opinion, too ! The important point is not to shoot a picture 
worth beeing published in a magazine. I never planned that even in my 
craziest dreams. The important thing is to check that at each film roll 
developped, you have made a step forward (oops.. steps backward can happen 
sometimes too...) I also have that philosophy of getting the best I can from 
a cheap and very simple gear, and piggyback is the best way to begin, I 
think. By the way, congratulations for your self made Dob. Seems to be a very 
nice instrument. And your web page is quite beautiful, too.

> The negatives are pretty thin (5-15 min at f2.8 on PJM) which makes me fear 
that the scanner
>  operators will probably run into problems.

Why not try E200 slides and have them scanned on Kodak photo CD's and then 
streched in Photoshop ?

Greetings from Normandy (you know, the place where your Viking forebears 
landed centuries ago ;-)


Michel Bonnement
Courseulles, Normandy, France
49° 20’ N - 0° 27’ W
<http://members.aol.com/albireo14>

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