Re: [APML] Leo Radiant

[Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>]

Rob Miracle wrote:
> 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.

I wonder if a fast fisheye (and I have an f/2.8) would be good for
catching earth grazers around midnight.

> 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.

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Matt BenDaniel
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