RE: [APML] Iowa Leonids

["Robert J. Seabold" <bseabold@mn.rr.com>]

Bert,

I love that shot...I wish I had the foresight to do some more interesting
framing.

I used Provia 400f, Superia and NPZ 800.  I used three OM-1s, one with a
28mm/2.0 (a cheapie) and zuiko 50mm/1.8s on the other two all on a tracking
platform(kenko sky memo)...I didn't really know what to expect with the full
moon exposure-wise so what I usually did was to close the shutter after
approximately 3 minutes or if I saw a meteor fly by.  However most of the
exposures ended up being between 1 minute and 2 minutes although after
reading the posts I should have probably shortened it to a minute exposure
maximum...

I did update my site with info for each shot, although my paperwork that
night was a little suspect as I was trying to run three cameras, double
checking the alignment on the mount, checking frost(i used dew heaters on
all lenses) and keeping track of how many meteors I saw!

I'm new to this stuff so it was mostly experimentation...One camera was out
of focus for two rolls...most of the npz and superia were extremely over
exposed.  I haven't experimented too much with processing mostly I just
cropped the shots, and the negs I scanned in at +1--probably should have
stock to the 0 setting and attempted some level adjusting...

It was a fun learning experience, I'm looking forward to the next one!
(without a moon!)

Bob Seabold

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-astro-photo@seds.org [mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org]On
Behalf Of Bert Katzung
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 7:42 PM
To: astro-photo@seds.org
Subject: Re: [APML] Iowa Leonids


Hi Bob:
Well you caught a lot more than I did (
http://www.astronomy-images.com/images/Solarsystem/leonid-meteor2002.htm )!
Nice work!! What films, lenses, exposures did you use? I gather from the
images that you used both negative and positive film?
Bert

Bert Katzung
katzung1@attbi.com
www.astronomy-images.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert J. Seabold" <bseabold@mn.rr.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 5:33 PM
Subject: [APML] Iowa Leonids


> Slightly anticlimactic a week later but here are the Leonids I ended up
> with...
> http://home.mn.rr.com/raraluma/Leonids.htm
>
> Thanks for everyones advice!
>
> Bob Seabold
>
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