NASA says 4-6 AM on the east coast. Kent Gittings -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of aimcompute Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 2:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: shooting Leonids - need help, please.
Between 3-5 AM EST, but definitely look earlier too. Radiant is Leo. Look towards east south east. Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anand DHUPKAR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:43 AM Subject: Re: shooting Leonids - need help, please. > in US - to be more precise on east coast, what should be the time to see > this thing ? early morning on Sunday ? > which direction should we watch ? > > > >From: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: shooting Leonids - any tips? > >Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:01:52 -0700 > > > >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 . > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > - > 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 . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - 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 .
