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RE: [APML] Leo Radiant

At 09:25 AM 11/16/2001 -0500, Matt BenDaniel wrote:
>At 10:30 AM 11/16/2001 +0100, Mikkel Steine wrote:
> >...Aiming the camera
> >straight at Leo would most likely produce NO meteors at all.
>
>Is that true for a 28mm lens or a 16mm fisheye lens?

Going too wide isn't a good thing.  The meteor's may be too small to image 
at wide angles.   Most people recommend a between 35 and 50mm.

Now my understanding is that if you point your camera at the radiant point, 
the meteors will streak out from it, kinda like the hyper-drive effect in 
Star Wars.


Thanks,
Rob
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