RE: [Utah-astronomy] 15,000 views and counting

22 Feb 2008

      Thanks for the suggestions. I have a 4x5 monorail but I'd like to find a
cheap 4x5 field camera. The monorail is a must for my architectural work,
but of course too heavy and bulky for a lot of outdoor stuff, at least for
me. I'm also still looking at upgrading my D70.

Kim

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[mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rob
Ratkowski Photography
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 12:57 PM
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Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] 15,000 views and counting

Thanks Kim

You are right  "Be Prepared". AND what also helps is having the gear 
to just go , pick what seems to be the 'right' lens/scope and know 
where the target will be.  I had one of the IfA astronomers along 
that got some up to the minute info as to where and when to look from 
contacts at the AEOS scope, otherwise we would have know that it 
would be 'over there' >>>>>>>. I think of this as just plain luck, I 
didn't think it was possible that the shot was 300 mi. away and 
there's no way we can see it.  Three of us saw it so I know it wasn't 
a mass hallucination.  Again   just lucky (and being 10,000 ft up 
helped too!!)

As for scanning slides, scan high and reduce the size after the scan. 
Remember the info is locked in the physical base and what you have is 
what you got.  There is a slight amount of contrast, color correction 
and sharpness that can be applied but it shows when pushed too far. 
The only film I shoot on a regular basis is 4X5 and 8X10 Fujichrome, 
I might shoot a roll of slides every other month, a few years ago I'd 
shoot a minimum 20 rolls a week. Bottom line is "HAVE FUN".

aloha
Rob

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