Marko;
Great luck and a great idea for eclipse photo.
George
Marko Vrabec wrote:
>
> OK, after all those gloomy reports from the rest of the eclipse
> photographing gang, here's my story: I've taken my family to Lake
> Balaton in Hungary (6h by car from here), the weather was beautiful, the
> clouds moved politely out of the way for eclipse to take place, the
> eclipse was fantastic and kids loved it all - the swimming and the
> eclipse.
>
> OM content: thanks to the eclipse even my wife understood the vital
> neccessity of purchasing a Manfrotto/Bogen telelens support. On
> location, I put up OM4t with Tamron 180/2.5 and Olympus 1.4xA, protected
> with mylar. I wanted to enjoy the eclipse, so I opted for a simple
> photographic scenario: one multiple exposure with 4 phases of the
> partial eclipse (5 minutes apart) plus the total stage. That fitted just
> right in the frame of my 250mm combination.
>
> I was asked several times in very polite Hungarian if I would allow a
> peek at the eclipse through my camera, and a scavenging pro took three
> or four shots of me staring into the viewfinder (my face muscles still
> hurt from keeping my grin long enough). So I guess I have done my part
> in spreading the popularity of Olympus in Hungary :-)
>
> br,
>
> Marko Vrabec
> Kamnik, Slovenia
>
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