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From: "dolphans1" <dolphans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Rarest Zuiko-- 1000/f11
> Photographing the space shuttle with a 1000mm and a doubler, 2000mm at
f-22,
> would be pretty difficult to track.
>
> The most usable photo's or height of the peak action would be before and
> during the rocket solid rocket boosters ignite. i.e. right before and
> slightly after liftoff. (I can't imagine riding on a Roman candle, you'd
> never get me in it.)
>
> I have never photographed the space shuttle, but I would assume there
would
> be so much smoke surrounding the shuttle once all the stages disengaged
off,
> that it would be very difficult to track, especially at 2000mm.
>
> The key to doing this is owning a very expensive tripod (a must) with a
very
> good ball head on it, and of course a motor drive, racking off several
> frames of film toward the begining stages. Keep the good frames and toss
the
> bad ones.
>
> I would love to see the photos John if you still have them.
>
> I'll never forget the Space Challenger disaster, I was in Orlando and my
> sister informed me it blew up. (it was a very cold day) I said to her: was
> the shuttle on the ground? and she replied: "no it was in the air", my
first
> words were "oh no"
>
> At the time without seeing the footage, I knew the crew would all perish
if
> it were inflight, but thought the crew may have had a chance on the
ground.
> Then I watched in shock, the many replays. Christy MaCuliff (spelling?)
was
> the school teacher that won the essay for the historic ride. It was a very
> sad day.
>
> Sam...
>
>
>
>
>
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