by "Marcus L. Rowland" <forgottenfutures@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 21, 2008 at 02:23 AM
In message <m7npr31csqbfudsd7caetdbm7n91c7p6m0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, mike weber
<fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>21:07 EST - good visibility, the shadow is definitely moving over the
>disc.
>
>I'm *trying* to get pics - mostly with my 150mm (about a seven degree
>field of view on the PEN FT), occasionaly with the 500 (about two
>degrees), bracing it on the ****ch railing.
>
>Wish i had a tripod with equatorial mount.
>
>I found several sites with all sorts of advice on using a digital
>camera for shooting the eclipse... None (at least with the amoiunt of
>searching i did) for film.
I always used to find that about 125th or even 250th at f8 worked
reasonably well on 400 ASA film. Can't see a thing here as of a few
minutes ago, it's totally overcast.
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