Re: [APML]: Agfa 50 for Astrophotography

[cvedeler@bio2.edu (Chris Vedeler)]

I checked the negative first.  Little there to work with... :-(  Maybe 1
hour exposures would have done it, but I think I'm better off going to
faster film.

Chris Vedeler

At 02:14 PM 1/28/98 EST, you wrote:
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>Chris,
>       Did you examine the negative?  Some times I have found that the print
>may not reflect everything available on the negative.  I have had very good
>prints originally, and then the re-prints are not as good as the original.
>
>In a message dated 98-01-28 13:48:14 EST, Chris wrote:
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><< I had Agfa Ultra 50 speed film in my Mamyia (for daylight shots)  and
> decided to use up the roll and take some piggyback shots this weekend.  I
> used the standard 80mm f/2.8 lens.  I knew that with 50 speed film exposures
> would need to be quite long, even at f/2.8 so I shot wide open for up to 30
> minutes. 
> 
> Well I got the film back last night and was very disappointed though not
> really shocked by the results.   All the shots where severely underexposed.
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