Re: [APML] Speaking of E100 and Velvia

["Franklin A. Holub" <lists@my-spot.com>]

Robert,

I've tried pushing E100VS a couple of times, once +1 and once +2. Both
results were O.K. but the film seemed more suited to +1, at +2 the film lost
a little too much for daylight use. For what is worth, I think I heard that
Kodak was discontinuing E100S and E100SW, but E100VS would still be
around... What kind of exposure times can one get on the ISS before
trailing?

Frank
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Reeves" <reeves10@swbell.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 8:11 AM
Subject: [APML] Speaking of E100 and Velvia


> Greetings,
>
> A fortuitous topic...  I have been asked about E100S film by a rather
> high-flying astrophotographer.  In fact, he is so high flying that he will
> be aboard the ISS with the next crew going up in November.  Dr. Don Pettit
> will fly to the ISS in a few weeks and he is an astrophotgrapher!  About a
> year ago he contacted me and we started chatting about astrophotography
> opportunities from the space station.  He paid me a great compliment when
he
> said he regarded my book Wide-Field Astrophotography as the only book he
> deemed interesting enough to haul back and forth between Houston and Star
> City, Russia.
>
> Anyway, since the ISS flies through a low radiation environment, they
don't
> take up any films in the 800 speed range because of fogging.  Don is going
> to try some 800 speed anyway and attempt to shield the film with water
> packages until getting it back to Earth.
>
> Traditionally, the use E100S and Velvia in their film cameras in orbit.
As
> an astrophoto backup in case his 800 speed is fogged, he wants to use some
> of the E100S for astrophotography.  He asked me about the suitability of
> giving this film a two stop push to get more out of it for
astrophotography.
> I have always pushed E200, but never have used E100S.  Can anyone tell me
> about pushing E100S for astrophotgraphy?  Good, bad, indifferent?
>
> If launched on time, Don will have a stellar view of the Leonid storm next
> month and actually see the meteors from above!
>
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