It's all going to depend on how many there really are. If it's a storm, I don't plan to leave my shutter open for much more than a minute, possibly a good deal less, otherwise they will wipe each other out on the film. If there's only 1 a minute or so, then I'll probably use a longer exposure. This is with 400 speed film.
I plan to have three cameras set up. One with my newly acquired Zenitar 16mm fish-eye (which I'm very proud of). One with a 28/f3.5. The other will be a 43f/1.9. One of these will be on a motorized tracker, the other two will show some star trailing, but that's not necessarily bad. It depends what you like. This following site has some tips too. They make sense based on what I've experienced. http://leonids.hq.nasa.gov/leonids/photo.html Clear skies and good shooting. Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:41 PM Subject: shooting Leonids - any tips? > I was reading that to shoot meteors, you should > use the widest angle lens possible and do > 5-to-10-minute exposures. Does anyone here have > any tips they'd like to share? This will be my > first meteor shower. > > Thanks, > Amita > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
