Re: [APML]: Why Om-1

["Jim Pennington" <penningtonj@email.msn.com>]

Greg Mueller wrote:
>
>The question seems really to be how obsessive do you want to be about
>astrophotography detail? I feel that there is not enough I can do to
>make it (astrophotography) better. Some people will say that guiding a
>90 second exposure is silly. Some people will say that locking up the
>mirror is silly. For myself, I try to think of everything I can do to
>eliminate potential problems. Then I take pictures and find somthing I
>overlooked and ad that to the list. Some day I'll be satisfied with my
>work, maybe. Call me obsessive.
>
>--
>Greg Mueller
>Amateur Astronomer, Machinist, Filmnut
>
>Every passing hour brings our Solar System forty-three thousand miles
>closer to Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules...
>and still there are some misfits who insist there is no such thing as
>progress!
>
>mueller@silverlink.net
>

Oh I think obsession is the driving force for many of us.  The "perfect"
astrophoto has never been made (although some look mighty close to me <g>)
and that's what keeps the fires burning.  We're always striving to improve
on our work.

As for me?  I've got a L- O -N- G way to go.  :-)

Clear Skies,
Jim
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/lab/6529