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Re: [OM] Re: Lunar Eclipse

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Lunar Eclipse
From: Geilfuss Charles <Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:32:04 -0600
Thanks Roger. That was me. Skip's suggestion to try Google was certainly the
best as I found a plethora of sites devoted to such. Alas to no avail as our
skies in SC were heavily clouded that night. As you rightly point out, they
are fairly common so I shouldn't have to wait too long for the next. Unlike
the Annular Solar eclipse back in '93 or '94 (I forget which) that we had
when living in Western NY. What an amazing sight that was with the
birifringent (sic) shadows. OM Content: photographed that one with my OM-1
and my high tech view box made of cardboard, white paper and aluminum foil
f100 pinhole.

Charlie Geilfuss

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Wesson [mailto:roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:25 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Lunar Eclipse


Did anyone else reply to this?  It's a bit late now but lunar eclipses 
are not too infrequent.  There are two next year, those of you in the 
Americas have one on October 28th, while Europeans, Asians, Africans and 
Australians are well placed for one in May:

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2004.html

There are a few ways of photographing a lunar eclipse.  Most 
straightforward is use a lens of reasonable focal length (400mm or 
longer) to get a reasonable sized-image of the moon.  Exposure times for 
the partial phases are of the order of 1/500s at f/5.6 if I remember 
rightly, for ISO400 film.  Totality requires longer exposures (4-8s) and 
I think it's probably marginal as to whether you can get a shot without 
any guiding.

Wide angle shots can be very nice, with an obviously red moon leaving 
much fainter stars visible than you'd normally see at full moon.  With a 
50mm lens, about 20s at widest aperture will give you a nice shot.  Fast 
film is good - Fuji Superia 800 and Super HG 1600 are good choices.

Another possibility is to do a trail shot.  Good if your skies are 
likely to stay clear for several hours!  You need to have a reasonable 
idea of where the eclipse will be appearing in the sky, use as wide an 
angle lens as possible (28mm probably the maximum), and use a fairly 
small aperture and slow film for about a four hour exposure.  You'll end 
up with a madly bright lunar trail diminishing to a dull red, then 
growing again as the moon leaves the earth's shadow.

Here's a good page of examples:

http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEgallery1.html

It was very clear at the start of the eclipse in London but there was 
mist rising as it proceeded, and by totality the skies were blank,  I 
took a few shots of the partial phases with my Vivitar 400/5.6 beast, 
haven't got them back yet.

Apologies for the belated reply, hope you tried some shots out and hope 
this might be useful for future eclipses!

Cheers,
Roger

Geilfuss Charles wrote:

> Greetings All,
>       I'm looking for suggestions on how best to photograph the upcoming
> Lunar Eclipse (Nov. 8th). Thanks.
> 
> Charlie Geilfuss



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