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Re: [OM] req. suggestions for meteor photography

Subject: Re: [OM] req. suggestions for meteor photography
From: "Terry and Tracey" <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:58:13 +1000
I'll be honest, I haven't read the emails yet. I saw them, gave them a quick
glance, realised I would need this info soon, and moved them to a folder for
posterity.

Foxy

----- Original Message -----

> Thnks Foxy, I have one comment:  I'm not sure what the poster means by
> 'lens efficiency'.  It seems a bit counter-intuitive.  To have a good
> chance of getting a meteor, 2 things are important in a lens: speed and
> angle of coverage.  He's got the speed right, but using his calculation,
> a 100/2 is 4 times better than a 24/2 ??  Well, maybe if you're
> prescient enuf to point the 100 at the exact spot where the meteor will
> streak by.  Carrying his calculations further, the ultimate Zuiko for
> meteors is the 250/2 @ 62.5.  Somehow that doesn't work for me.
>
>



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