--- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
Kurt, I bought the Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fisheye a few years ago, but (time to crow a bit) I only paid $75 on eBay, for a brand-new unit. Back when gas was 95 cents a gallon?
Do you know of a translation of the manual somewhere, perhaps? The Russian cryllic manual is a hoot. The Russian only manual is a drawback to the Zenitar.
I'd love to accompany you next time you shoot and try to duplicate your shots, if you're up for the company.
You're always welcome. Of few remaining overflight passes, the 17th looks the most promising, although it is a full moon night: 9/17/2005 Saturday Appears      20h46m30s   5.0m  az:302.1d WNW Transit      20h51m23s  -1.1m  az:220.7d SW  h:48.4d              dist:461.4km  alt:353.2km Sunset 19:34 Civil Twi 20:02 Astro Twi 21:07 Full Moon Disappears   20h52m25s  -1.0m  az:164.5d SSE  h:30.8d I'll send you a reminder email a few days before. I'll probably also try Friday, 9/16/ 2005: 9/16/2005 Friday Appears      20h20m42s   4.4m  az:309.6d  NW Transit      20h25m37s  -1.4m  az: 32.0d NNE  h:45.7d              dist:481.7km  alt:354.2km Sunset 19:36 Civil Twi 20:03 Astro Twi 21:09 Disappears   20h27m24s  -0.4m  az: 99.5d   E  h:19.1d The civil twilight sky may be too bright during this overpass, but the ISS track takes it within 20 degrees of the near full Moon rising in the east. That may be close enough to capture the track and the Moon in one frame with a superwide lens. See www.calsky.com for the ISS track detail on that night. - Canopus56(Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com